Collection #
SC 2531

40TH INDIANA INFANTRY REGIMENT,
COMPANY E
BATTLE ROLL, CA. 1865

Collection Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Cataloging Information

Processed by
Charles Latham
19 December 1996
Updated 3 November 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 item

COLLECTION DATE: ca 1865

PROVENANCE: Mrs. Fred Davenport, Constantine, MI, 3 September 1992

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: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1992.0887

NOTES: Cataloged as: United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1865). Company E. Battle Roll, ca. 1865

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The 40th Indiana Volunteer Regiment was organized at Lafayette on 30 December 1861 under Colonel W. C. Wilson. Most of the men of Company E came from Frankfort and Hillsboro.

The regiment served first in Kentucky and Tennessee, returning to Kentucky to follow Bragg. It then moved to Murfreesboro and fought at Stone's River. Then it served near Chattanooga and in the advance on Atlanta. It was than sent back to Chattanooga to pursue Hood, then to New Orleans, and finally to Texas.

Sources: Materials in collection
W. H. H. Terrell, Adjutant General's Report, Vols. 2, 6

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains one item, an ornamental battle roll of Company E of the 40th Indiana Regiment, listing battles 1862-1865. It is on a sheet of lined paper, with an eagle drawn at the top, and lists the regiment's actions by date.

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