urn:taro:ttu.sw.00121 49th Indiana Volunteers: An Inventory of Its Records, 1861-1863, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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August 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, October 2000. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:22:41 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00121 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the 49th Indiana Volunteers Records, 1861-1863 Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, August 2000 Descriptive Summary United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865) 49th Indiana Volunteers Records, 1861-1863 The collection deals with the U.S. Army Company Roster of the 49th Indiana Volunteer Regiment. S 1400.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 wallet (0.1 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The 49th Indiana Volunteer Regiment served the Union during the Civil War. Though some Indianas supported the South and the Confederate cause, the State stayed with the Union. The closest action that the State of Indiana saw was in 1863 when Confederate General John Hunt Morgan made his way through southern Indiana. Indiana contributed 208,367 men to the Union and 24,416 lost their lives.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains one leather bound U. S. Army Company Roster book of the 49th Indiana Volunteer Regiment with enlistment and officers names. The roster lists the names of commissioned and non-commissioned officers, discharged men, deaths, deserters, and roll call. The officer in charge of Company F was Captain William H. Peerinpaugh.

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The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Organizations) United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865)--Directories United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865)--History Places United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Archival resources Acquisition

Gift, 1999

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Open for research

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Abel Ramirez, August 2000