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6th Indiana Infantry Regiment
​in the American Civil War

Online Books:
6th Indiana Infantry Officer Roster (starts on Page 2) - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 2, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1865   

6th Indiana Infantry Soldier Roster (starts on Page 12) - Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume 4, by W.H.H. Terrell, Adjutant General, Indiana, 1866  

Regimental History
Sixth Indiana Infantry. — Col., Thomas T. Crittenden; Lieut. -Col., Hiram Prather; Maj., John Gerber. The 6th was organized at Indianapolis in April, 1861, as a three months regiment, and was mustered in on April 25. It left the state May 30, for West Virginia, and reached Philippi June 2. It participated in the first battle of the war at that place June 3, and was attached to Gen. T. A. Morris' brigade. It was also in the engagement at Carrick's ford, and was mustered out at Indianapolis, Aug. 2, 1861.

​Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 3
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