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Search For Soldiers - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System contains just an index of the men who served in the Civil War with only rudimentary information from the service ...

Civil War Records: Basic Research Sources - National Archives

An index is available online at the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System website or on microfilm at selected NARA facilities and large ...

Soldiers and Sailors Database - The Civil War (U.S. National Park ...

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the ...

Locating a Confederate Civil War Soldier (1861–1865) - FamilySearch

To find an ancestor's card, open Fold3 to the Civil War Service Records > Confederate Records page, select the ancestors state, and then select ...

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 - Ancestry

National Park Service. U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Civil War - National Archives

Begin your Civil War Research Learn about resources at the National Archives for researching individuals who served in the Civil War.

Locating a Union Civil War Soldier (1861-1865) - FamilySearch

Use this guide to see if he served in the Civil War. Most who served were in their late teens or early twenties but could have been older or younger.

U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865 | findmypast.com

Discover your family's connection to the U.S. Civil War through this incredible collection of soldiers from both sides of the conflict. Find out essential ...

Military Records for Genealogy Research: Civil War - NYPL Libguides

Over 2.8 million men (and a few hundred women) served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, primarily in "Volunteer" Army units.

Researching Civil War Ancestors in Your Family Tree - AARP

The best place to research Confederate soldiers is at the various state archives and historical societies. These organizations keep state volunteer militia, ...

Searching for Photos of Civil War Soldiers

Searching for Photos of Civil War Soldiers ... Trying to locate a Civil War photograph of your Union or Confederate ancestor is the proverbial needle-in-a- ...

U.S. Civil War Records - Ancestry

Discover your Civil War ancestors in our online collection of American Civil War military records, spanning 1860–1865. Featuring more than 18 million names, ...

Portraits of Named Civil War Enlisted Men - Library of Congress

A list of all known photographs in the organized collections of the Prints & Photographs Division that depict named Civil War soldiers with the rank of ...

Civil War Service Records Research Guide - Union & Confederate

The National Archives also has some compiled military service records of Confederate officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted men. These are similar to ...

How do I access Civil War records? How do i verify an ancester who ...

Once you've found your ancestor check out the National Archive's page on researching military service records. It's very helpful and will get ...

What all records are there for Civil War soldiers? : r/Genealogy

The national parks service has their soldier finder. There was the 1890 veterans census. Some states adjutants general office has civil war ...

Civil War Regimental Histories: A Guide to Finding Unit Information

The finding aid is focused on Civil War regimental histories located in the Library's general collections. It is arranged by Union and ...

The remains of 28 Civil War soldiers were found in a ... - CBS News

The remains of 28 Civil War soldiers were found in a funeral home's storage. They've now been laid to rest. ... For several decades, the cremated ...

How to Trace a Civil War Veteran Using Military Service Records at ...

Civil War pension files are by far the most personal of the military service records which are available at the National Archives for the ...

Unknown No More: Identifying A Civil War Soldier - NPR

Photo Mystery Solved, Then Doubted, Then Resolved, Thanks To Readers. In one striking photo, the man depicted has crazy sideburns, a steady ...


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