The 138th Indiana Infantry Regiment served in the Union Army between May 27 and September 22, 1864, during the American Civil War.
Service The regiment was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in on May 27, 1864. It was ordered to Tennessee and Alabama for railroad guard duty, until late September 1864. The regiment was mustered out on September 22, 1864. During its service the regiment lost eight men to disease and one to desertion.Dyer (1959), Volume 3. p. 1,157.
The regiment was part of Indiana's quota of Hundred Days Men, which also included seven other regiments.
Companies and their 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.
Company A - mostly from Miami County, Indiana Company B - mostly from La Porte County, Indiana Company C - mostly from Porter County, Indiana Company D - mostly from La Porte County, Indiana and St. Joseph County, Indiana Company E - mostly from Marshall County, Indiana Company F - mostly from Wabash County, Indiana Company G - mostly from Wabash County, Indiana Company H - mostly from St. Joseph County, Indiana Company I - mostly from Wells County, Indiana, Huntington County, Indiana,& and Blackford County, Indiana Company K - mostly from Cass County, Indiana
See also List of Indiana Civil War regiments
References
Bibliography Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York and London. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher. .
External links For a list of officers and non-commissioned officers, see