This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 8th Indiana Cavalry (originally organized as the 39th Indiana Infantry), organized by Field & Staff and Companies A through M. 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 –
- Lieutenant Colonel –
- Major –
- Adjutant –
- Quartermaster –
- Surgeon –
- Assistant Surgeon –
- Chaplain –
Non-Commissioned Staff
- Sergeant Major –
- Quartermaster Sergeant –
- Commissary Sergeant –
- Hospital Steward –
- Saddler Sergeant –
- Chief Bugler –
Company A
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company B
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company C
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company D
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company E
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company F
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company G
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company H
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company I
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company K
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company L
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Company M
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Unassigned Recruits
Some members of the regiment, including veterans and recruits from the 3rd Indiana Cavalry, were consolidated with the 8th Indiana Cavalry in February 1865. Specific assignment details may be incomplete in surviving records.
Consolidations or Transfers
On February 20, 1865, veterans and recruits of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry were transferred to and consolidated with the 8th Indiana Cavalry at Savannah, Georgia.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, various volumes and parts as relevant to the 8th Indiana Cavalry.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (years and volumes as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 3.