This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 1st Indiana Cavalry (28th Indiana Infantry), organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through K. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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For an overview of this regiment’s organization, service, engagements, and casualties, see the regiment summary page.
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Field & Staff
- Colonel Conrad Baker – Commanding officer; mustered in 1861.
- Lieutenant Colonel Scott Carter – Service details noted in regimental histories.
- Lieutenant Colonel John S. Gavitt – Also served as Major; promoted during service.
- Lieutenant Colonel William F. Wood – Also served as Major; promoted during service.
- Lieutenant Colonel Thomas N. Pace – Also served as Major; promoted during service.
- Lieutenant Colonel Julian D. Owen – Also served as Major; promoted during service.
- Major John S. Gavitt – Later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
- Major William F. Wood – Later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
- Major Josiah Forth – Service details noted in regimental histories.
- Major Robert E. Clendenin – Service details noted in regimental histories.
- Major Thomas N. Pace – Later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
- Major Julian D. Owen – Later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
- Major William D. Weathers – Service details noted in regimental histories.
- Major Mark McCauley – Service details noted in regimental histories.
Company A
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company B
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company C
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company D
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company E
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company F
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company G
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company H
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company I
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Company K
Records for this company are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports.
Non-Commissioned Staff
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Unassigned Recruits
Recruits remaining in Arkansas after the main regiment’s muster out were organized into two companies (A and B) under Capt. James A. Pine and served at Pine Bluff and White River. Individual names are not fully preserved in available sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
Company I and Company K served as independent companies, often detached for escort and headquarters duty with various Union generals. After the main regiment’s muster out, remaining recruits were consolidated and mustered out in 1865.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering the Western and Trans-Mississippi Theaters.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (various years; volumes and pages as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 3.