75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Wabash, Indiana, and mustered in August 19, 1862. At Grand Review May 24. Mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 8, 1865

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Officer and Non-Commissioned Office - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Wabash County - see Rosteron page 216
 * Company B - many men from Tipton County - see Rosteron page 218
 * Company C - many men from Howard County - see Roster on page 219
 * Company D - many men from Hamilton County - see Rosteron page 221
 * Company E - many men from Sullivan,  Gibson and Huntington counties - see Roster on page 222
 * Company F- many men from Jay Country - see Rosteron page 224
 * Company G - many men fromMadison County - see Roster on page 225
 * Company H - many men from Huntington County - see Roster on page 227
 * Company I - many men fromHancock and Hamilton counties - see Rosteron page 228
 * Company K - many men from Wells County - see Rosteron page 230
 * Unassigned Recuits - see Rosteron page 232

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the th Regimen, Indiana Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011)

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 * Company C - many men from Howard County- see Roster

75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry was organized within the Eleventh Congressional District.

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (accessed 13 Dec 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) articile on the 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana


 * 75th Indiana Regiment Infantry - Company C (accessed 13 Dec 2010) history and roster (Howard country)


 * Miller, William Bluffton, "'We Have Surely Done a Big Work': The Diary of a Civil War Soldier on Sherman's, 'March to the Sea'", (ed. Jeffrey L. Patrick and Robert Willey, Indiana Magazine of History 94, no. 3 (September 1998): 125-135.) 1864, Wells County, 75th Indiana Volunteer Infantry   Abstract and Bibliographic Information    article PDF


 * BOOK


 * Floyd, David Bittle. 'History of the Seventy-Fifth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers, Its Organization, Campaigns, and Battles (1862-65). ('Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1893 ) FHL US/CAN Fiche 6084415 (5 fiche)      INTERNET ARCHIVE  Google books   other libraries