This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 36th Indiana Infantry (Three Years’ Service), 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 William Grose – Promoted to brigadier-general, August 1864.
- Lieutenant Colonel Oliver H. P. Carey – Promoted to colonel.
- Lieutenant Colonel John Sim – Service noted in regimental records.
- Major Thomas W. Bennett – Service noted in regimental records.
- Major Isaac Kinley – Service noted in regimental records.
- Major Gilbert Trusler – Service noted in regimental records.
- Major John Sim – Service noted in regimental records.
- Major Lewis C. Freeman – Service noted in regimental records.
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
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
In June 1865, the remaining veterans and recruits of the 36th Indiana Infantry (Three Years’ Service) were transferred to the battalion of the 30th Indiana Infantry, forming Company H of that battalion.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, various volumes and parts as relevant to the 36th Indiana Infantry.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (years 1861–1865; consult volumes for detailed rosters and service notes).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 3.