The
42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Important Notice
This web page will be closing on October 26, 2009
The "new" 42nd Indiana web page will be located at the following
address:
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the above address
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Welcome to the Web Pages
of the 42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry
This site is
dedicated to all the brave men who fought in the War
of the Rebellion, and
specifically to the
men of the 42nd Indiana. May we always honor those who gave their
last full measure of devotion
to a cause for which they believed in.
A Few of the Brave Men of the 42nd Indiana
Click
here for the names of the men who appear above
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us
to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds;
to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all
nations.
President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865.
The purpose of this site is to disseminate historical and
biographical information about the 42nd Indiana Volunteer
Infantry and the men who fought in the regiment.
A Brief Introduction to the 42nd
Indiana
Most of the "original" 42nd volunteers (those
mustered in 1861) came from the southern and southwestern Indiana counties of
Vanderburg(h), Spencer, Gibson, Daviess, Pike, and Warrick (click here for a list of the Indiana counties that each 42nd company was
from and county maps). The "recruits"
and the "drafted" (those mustered after 1861)
also came predominately from Southern Indiana, although a decent
number did come from Northern Indiana. Some of the Northern
Indiana communities that these men called home included
Rensselaer, Plymouth, Kendallville, Michigan City, Columbia City,
and Wabash, just to name a few.
What's 
What's
New on the 42nd Indiana Web Site!
INFORMATION
WANTED
I am interested in obtaining any information
pertaining to the 42nd Indiana Vol. Infantry. If you have any
information, please contact me at the e-mail address below.
If you are a descendant of one of the men who
fought in the 42nd, I would like to hear from you!! I am also a
descendant. I especially need biographical information (including
any pension or military information you might have), and copies
of any pictures of the men. I would be more than happy to include
any of this information on this site.
If you have any questions about the 42nd Indiana
Vol. Infantry, please e-mail me.
If you have any comments about this site (what
you like/don't like or what you would like to see on this site),
please let me know.
There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness.'
-- Dave Berry
Copyright © 2000-2009. All information contained on this web site including pictures, letters, diaries, biographical information, etc. remain the property of the submitter or the 42nd Indiana web publisher, unless otherwise
cited. All information from this site is made freely available to historical societies, libraries, and for personal research. Any other use of the materials on this site is prohibited unless permission is granted by the submitter or the
42nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry web publisher, Tim Beckman.
Please visit my other web pages
CAMP
MORTON - CIVIL WAR CAMP AND UNION PRISON - INDIANAPOLIS, IN
TIM'S
SQUARE FOOT GARDENING PAGE
(It has nothing to do with the 42nd or the Civil War, but you
might learn something anyways!)
This Site was Designed and is Maintained by Tim Beckman
This Page was Last Edited on October 12, 2009