Processed
by
Charles Latham
2 June 1995
Updated 2 November 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 3 bound volumes
COLLECTION DATES: 1861-1865
PROVENANCE: William Lewis, Indianapolis, Ind., 15 November 1983
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: M 0481, James Potts
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1983.1123
NOTES: Cataloged as: United States. Army. Indiana Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1st (1863-1866) Records, 1861-1865.
The 21st Indiana Infantry Regiment was organized at Indianapolis on 24 July 1861 under James M. McMillan as colonel. It moved to Baltimore, staying there until early in 1862. It then came under the command of General Benjamin F. Butler as he attacked and captured New Orleans in May 1862.
General N. P. Banks changed the regiment to the First Heavy Artillery in February 1863. From then until it was mustered out in 1865 the regiment served around the Gulf in several locations: in the capture of Port Hudson; up the Teche and Red Rivers; and in the capture of Mobile.
Source: W. H. H. Terrell, Report of Adjutant General, Vol. II
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This collection contains three bound volumes of records of the 21st Indiana Infantry Regiment (1st Heavy Artillery) from 1861 to 1865.
BV 3052 contains copies of company orders.
BV 3053 contains records of clothing issued to each man.
BV 3054 contains lists of quartermaster stores and of property seized and foraged; records of gun firings; and reports of operations.
The books have been used by later owners as copy books, and there is one page devoted to salad recipes.
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