The 65th Regiment Indiana Infantry, was organized in Princeton and recruited throughout the southern Indiana counties to fight in the American Civil War.

Organization

Regimental commanders

Regimental units

* Company A - Men primarily recruited from Gibson and Posey counties * Company B - Men primarily recruited from Gibson County * Company C - Men primarily recruited from Knox County * Company D - Men primarily recruited from Spencer County * Company E - Men primarily recruited from

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* Company F - Men primarily recruited from Martin County * Company G - Men primarily recruited from Gibson, Pike and Posey counties * Company H - Men primarily recruited from Vanderburgh and Warrick counties * Company I - Men primarily recruited from Daviess County * Company K - Men primarily recruited from Dubois County

Command structure

Service

Strength

Original recruitment strength was 942 with 228 additional troops; total, 1,170. Regiment lost during service 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 216 Enlisted men by disease. Total 254, Additionally, 59 desertions and 8 unaccounted.

References

* Dyer, Frederick Henry. ''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 Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3

External links

National Park Service – Regiment Details – Union Indiana Volunteers – 65th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

* ttp://www.civilwarindex.com/armyin/65th_in_infantry.html Civil War Index: 65th Indiana Infantry in the American Civil War
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