This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 48th 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 Norman Eddy – Original commanding officer; promoted and succeeded by Edward J. Wood.
- Colonel Edward J. Wood – Promoted from Lieutenant Colonel; later succeeded by Newton Bingham.
- Colonel Newton Bingham – Promoted from Major and Lieutenant Colonel.
- Lieutenant Colonel Melvin B. Hascall – Early service; later promoted.
- Lieutenant Colonel De Witt C. Rugg – Promoted from Major.
- Lieutenant Colonel Barnet Byrkit – Promoted from Major.
- Lieutenant Colonel John W. Leitch – Promoted from Major.
- Major Benjamin D. Townsend – Served as Major.
- Major Welcome Rice – Served as Major.
- Major William H. Miller – Served as Major.
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
While at Washington, D.C., the 48th Indiana Infantry received approximately 250 recruits from the 12th, 83rd, 97th, and 99th Indiana regiments whose terms had not expired at the time of those regiments’ muster out. These men were discharged with the 48th Indiana Infantry.
Consolidations or Transfers
Recruits from other Indiana regiments (12th, 83rd, 97th, and 99th) were consolidated into the 48th Indiana Infantry in 1865 prior to final muster out.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering the Army of the Mississippi, 17th Army Corps, and 15th Corps operations.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (years 1862–1865; 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.