CIVIL WAR - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Fountain County had men (as far as I know) in the following Civil War Regiments/Companies -- quite a variety for a county!

8^th Regiment, Infantry – Co G
9^th Regiment, Infantry – Co B
10^th Regiment, Infantry – Co G
11^th Regiment, Calvary – Co G,I (reorganized into G, H & I)
15^th Regiment, Infantry – Company A
20^th Regiment, Infantry – Co D (Reorganized K)
28^th US Colored Troops – additional recruits for the large Indiana Colored Troops
31st listed in the Fountain County History (Higginson Book Company 2013 but I personally - KBZ have never found any from there --  they also listed the 43rd, 51st, 53rd, 71st along with some Ill regiments and the 2nd NY Calvary and 4th US - again, I have not found any from these)
40^th Regiment, Infantry – Co E & I
63^rd Regiment, Infantry – Co B, C, E & H - see note below
72^nd Regiment, Infantry – Co H
86^th Regiment, Infantry – Co C
97^th Regiment, Infantry – Co K
116^th Regiment, Infantry (only 6-month term 1863-64) - Co C & D
135^th Regiment, Infantry (100 Day enlistment 1864) - Co E
142^nd Regiment, Infantry - Co I
147^th Regiment, Infantry – Co K
150^th Regiment, Infantry – Co I & K (note the above history says D & K)
154^th Regiment, Infantry – Co A, C, G & H

NOTE: The 63rd lost the most of all of the above regiments (and companies).  Their first detail was to guard prisoners at Lafayette.  Then, they were transferred to Indianapolis then guarded prisoners at Camp Nelson.  They were engaged in a few skirmishes and lost a few not only to the battlefield but death from the wounds and diseases (dysentery, flu, TB).  On March 15, 1864, they were at Nashville, Tenn.  “They marched hundreds of miles, burning bridges and destroying railroad tracks between Tennessee and Virginia” in order to deter travel and transport of supplies.  Then on the 14th of May at Resaca, Georgia the group took charge (literally) across a half mile battlefield in the open under massive fire from the Rebel forces.  18 were killed outright, 94 wounded and many of those dying from the wounds.  Rest In Peace All

ADKINS, Bellfield -  KIA 14 May 1864 – Battle of Resaca Co H 63rd – enrolled 11 Aug 1862 at Covington – was a