This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 45th Indiana Regiment / 3rd Indiana Cavalry, 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 –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company A
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company B
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company C
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company D
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company E
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company F
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company G
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company H
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company I
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company K
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company L
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Company M
- Captain –
- First Lieutenant –
- Second Lieutenant –
- First Sergeant –
- Sergeants –
- Corporals –
- Bugler –
- Saddler –
- Farrier –
- Privates –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Non-Commissioned Staff
- Sergeant Major –
- Quartermaster Sergeant –
- Commissary Sergeant –
- Hospital Steward –
- Principal Musician –
Some details are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Unassigned Recruits
Records for unassigned recruits, if any, are incomplete in surviving primary sources.
Consolidations or Transfers
In August 1864, non-veterans were mustered out, and the remaining veterans and recruits were organized into two companies (A and B) and sent to the Shenandoah Valley. In December 1862, Companies L and M were added. In 1865, remaining veterans and recruits were consolidated with the 8th Indiana Cavalry.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, various volumes and parts (see reports on Indiana cavalry regiments).
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (multiple years, volumes, and pages as relevant to the 45th Indiana / 3rd Indiana Cavalry).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Volume 3.