This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 61st Indiana Infantry (Civil War), 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
Records for Field & Staff officers of the 61st Indiana Infantry are incomplete in the surviving state adjutant general reports. Most officers and enlisted men were transferred to the 35th Indiana Infantry on May 22, 1862.
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.
Consolidations or Transfers
On May 22, 1862, the enlisted men and a few officers of the 61st Indiana Infantry were transferred to the 35th Indiana Infantry, where they continued service for the remainder of their enlistment.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (year and volume as available).
- Dyer’s Compendium.
- Fox, “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War.”
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Vol. 3.