1st Regiment, Indiana Heavy Artillery

Brief History
The 1st Regiment was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 24, 1861. It mustered out August 22, 1865 at Montgomery, Alabama.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery "Jackass Regiment" at The Civil War Archive.
 * 1st Regiment Indiana Heavy Artillery at Wikipedia.

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. If you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Roster at Ranger95. List of Field & Staff with Company Officers, and Enlisted Men, including Recruits. List of enlisted men does not provide residence. Combine this information with that found by looking up the regiment or individual soldier on The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System for additional details.

Companies and general counties of enlistment:
 * Company A - many men from La Grange County, Elkhart County, Clay County, Perry County, Steuben County, and Miami County
 * Company B - many men from Owen County, Hendricks County, La Porte County, Marion County, and Morgan County
 * Company C - many men from Greene County, Floyd County, Vigo County, and Owen County
 * Company D - many men from Sullivan County and Boone County
 * Company E - many men from Putnam County, Parke County, and Clay County
 * Company F - many men from Martin County
 * Company G - many men from Knox County
 * Company H - many men from Parke County, Montgomery County, Jay County, and Vermillion County
 * Company I - many men from Clay County
 * Company K - many men from Clay County, Parke County, Howard County, and Sullivan County
 * Company L - many men from Marion County, Howard County, Sullivan County, Shelby County, Johnson County, Parke County, Tipton County, Jefferson County, andMorgan County
 * Company M - many men from Marion County, Shelby County, Johnson County, Rush County, Henry County, Huntington County, Ohio County, and Knox County
 * Companies D, G - many men from Knox County, in "Military History", Chapter 9, Page 218: Regiment, Companies. History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present... . Evansville, Ind: Unigraphic, Inc., 1975. ; . Online at: Internet Archive.

Other Sources

 * Indiana State Digital Archives for Civil War can be searched by soldier's name.


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Indiana in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Indiana in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Indiana, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Company B, Twenty-First Indiana/ First Heavy Artillery - Brief history and roster of First Heavy Artillery