65th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 65th Regiment Indiana Infantry, was organized in Princeton and recruited throughout the southern Indiana counties to fight in the American Civil War.
Organization
Regimental commanders
Name | Date of Commission | Notes |
John W. Foster | August 18, 1862 | Resigned March 10, 1864, due to disability. Re-entered service as colonel of the 136th Regiment |
Thomas Johnson | March 11, 1864 | Honorably discharged as lieutenant colonel on August 29, 1864, due to disability. |
John W. Hammond | September 7, 1864 | Mustered out with regiment as lieutenant colonel. |
Regimental units
- Company A - Men primarily recruited from Gibson and Posey counties
- Company B - Men primarily recruited from Gibson County
- Company C - Men primarily recruited from Knox County
- Company D - Men primarily recruited from Spencer County
- Company E - Men primarily recruited from Warrick County
- Company F - Men primarily recruited from Martin County
- Company G - Men primarily recruited from Gibson, Pike and Posey counties
- Company H - Men primarily recruited from Vanderburgh and Warrick counties
- Company I - Men primarily recruited from Daviess County
- Company K - Men primarily recruited from Dubois County
Command structure