This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 79th 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 Frederick Knefler – Commanding officer; mustered in September 2, 1862.
- Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. Oyler – Promoted from Major; service noted in regimental histories.
- Lieutenant Colonel George W. Parker – Also served as Major; dates of promotion and service noted in state records.
- Major Perry M. Blankenship – Mustered in at organization; further service details in adjutant general reports.
- Major Elliot G. Wallace – Service noted in regimental records.
- Major John G. Dunbar – Service noted in state reports.
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
The 79th Indiana Infantry was temporarily consolidated with the 86th Indiana Infantry during the Chattanooga campaign, as noted in regimental histories and official reports.
Sources & Notes
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series I, relevant volumes and parts covering the Army of the Cumberland and Western Theater operations.
- State Adjutant General Report for Indiana (various years; 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.