Civil War Units of Miles and related Families

7th Regiment, Company A, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, 1865. Lists: James Burgess, Captain; Will C. Banta, Sergeant; Warner L. Vestal, Sergeant, William W. Irons, private; and, John N. Vestal, private.

The Indiana 54th was involved in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, December 29, 1862.

Kevin Frye's Andersonville Prison research

Macon County's Andersonville Prison lookup

Excerpts from "The Vicksburg Campaign" by Edwin Cole Bearss, Copyright by Edwin Cole Bearss, 1985, Morningside House, Inc.

"70th Regiment", Indiana Volunteers

See also:

Civil War - Indiana

Official records of the Union and Confederate armies

Organization of the Union Army at Vicksburg

Notes on soldiers of the Indiana 54th Regiment, Civil War

National Park Service, Civil War Soldier & Sailors System

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist --
John Sedgwick's last words to troops during a Civil War battle

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