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Indiana's state seal during the war. Indiana was the first of the country's western states to mobilize for the Civil War. [1] When news reached Indiana of the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, many Indiana residents were surprised, but their response was immediate.
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines: Dyer Publishing Co. 1908. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 2, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1865; Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 6, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866
The 14th Indiana was organized at Camp Vigo, near Terre Haute, Indiana, on May 5, 1861, as one of six Indiana regiments formed for one year of service.However, in response to Lincoln's call on May 3 for more than 42,000 troops to serve for three-year terms, the regiment reorganized for three years of service and mustered into the Union army on June 7, 1861.
Indiana in the War of the Rebellion: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana. Indianapolis: State of Indiana, Office of the Adjutant General. Thornbrough, Emma Lou (1995). Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850–1880. History of Indiana. Vol. III. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 0-87195-050-2
A Fierce, Wild Joy: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Edward J. Wood, 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press), 2007. ISBN 1-57233-599-8; Attribution. This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA ...
The 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from the State of Indiana that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. This regiment was the senior Indiana regiment of the Civil War, [2] as it was numbered first in sequence after the five Indiana volunteer regiments which had served in the Mexican–American War. The ...
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. LCCN 59-12963. Holloway, William R. (2004). Civil War Regiments From Indiana. eBookOnDisk.com Pensacola, Florida. ISBN 1-9321-5731-X. Terrell, W.H.H. (1867). The Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana.
The 71st Indiana Infantry was organized at Terre Haute, Indiana, beginning July 21, 1862, and mustered in for three years service August 18, 1862, at Indianapolis under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Melville D. Topping. The regiment left Indiana for Lexington, Kentucky and was assigned to the 1st Brigade, Army of Kentucky.