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Civil War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments

Article by Michael T. Meier.

Civil War Microfilm -- A New Look at Old Documents $

Civil War Microfilm allows anyone with a web browser and an Internet connection to access hundreds of thousands of important historical documents which have previously only been available on microfilm in the National Archives and at select libraries and universities. Whether you're researching a specific soldier in your family tree or want detailed information on the American Civil War that you can't get from any other source, you've come to the right place.

Civil War Pennsylvania Volunteers - Pension Roll of 1883

List of veterans, widows and dependents receiving pensions for military service in Schuylkill, Berks, Lebanon, and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania in 1883.

Civil War Pennsylvania Volunteers - York County, PA 1883 Pension Roll

List of York County veterans, widows and dependents receiving pensions for military service in 1883. Includes pensioner's name, town, cause for which pensioned, and monthly pension rate.

Civil War Pension Record Book

The Owsley County History and Genealogy Society announces the release of the new book, 'Civil War Pension Records of Owsley County, KY Veterans', Volume I. These are transcribed records, compiled, alphabetically into volumes. This first volume includes surnames A-B.

Civil War Records - An Introduction and Invitation

Article by Michael P. Musick from the National Archives web site.

Civil War Slave Compensation Claims in Compiled Military Service Records of U.S. Colored Troops - St. Louis County Library

Index by St. Louis County Library Special Collections Department of 300 slave compensation claims from the records of soldiers in the U.S. Colored Troops.

Colorado State Archives - Archives Search

This online database contains military records for the following: Colorado Volunteers Transcript of Record Index (1861-1865), Colorado Civil War Casualties, Colorado Volunteers in the Spanish American War, Colorado Veterans Grave Registration Index, Vietnam War Casualties - June-December 1966 & January-December 1968, Denver War Risk Insurance Applicants (1916-1919), WWI Civilian Service Questionnaires - (1917-1922).

Colusa County

This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.

Confederate Ancestor Research Guide

Confederate Database

Includes a Confederate Pension Applications Database from the Louisiana State Archives.

Confederate Military Records at the Archives

South Carolina.

Confederate Pension Records

An article from the National Archives.

Confederate Pension Records

From the Texas State Electronic Library. Searchable database of Confederate pensions filed in the state of Texas. Provides access to indexed names, county of residence, and pension number of some 54,634 approved, rejected, and home pensions issued by the Texas government between 1899 and 1975.

Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows

From the Library of Virginia Digital Collections.

Congressional Medal of Honor Society - View All Medal of Honor Recipients

DonsList Military Books

Digitized copies of rolls, casualties, regimental histories: Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI, WWII.

FamilySearch - Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 ^FREE

Confederate service records of soldiers who served in organizations from Alabama. The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, inspection reports; and the originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier. For each military unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname. The Military Unit field may also display the surname range (A-G) as found on the microfilm. This collection is a part of RG 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M311. Index courtesy of Fold3.com.

FamilySearch - Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 ^FREE

Union service records of soldiers who served in the First Regiment of Alabama Cavalry.The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers,prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, inspection reports; and the originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier. For each military unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname. The Military Unit field may also display the surname range (A-G) as found on the microfilm. This collection is a part of RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917 and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M276. Index courtesy of Fold3.

FamilySearch - Arizona, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 ^FREE

Confederate service records of soldiers who served in organizations from Arizona. The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, inspection reports; and the originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier. Index provided by Fold3.com.