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Fold3 - Civil War Service Records
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Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index
Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, T289.
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Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - AL
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, M311.
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Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - GA
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, M266.
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Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - NC
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina, M270.
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Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - TX
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas, M323.
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Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - VA
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, M324.
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Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons (Amnesty Papers), 1865-67.
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Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-65, M346.
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In 1871, the US government established the Southern Claims Commission to address southerners' petitions for compensation of supplies, livestock, and other items taken by the Union troops during the Civil War. More than 20,000 claims were filed. These testimonial files include first-person accounts of how civilians survived the war, detailed circumstances regarding loss of property, and accounts of each family's history and loyalty to the Union cause.
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Genealogical Tips from NEHGS: Civil War Pension Research: Union Soldiers
A tutorial with slides, narrated by David Allen Lambert
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Genealogy Notes: The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Online article from Prologue - the quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Genealogy Quest - Deaths Reported in The New South Newspaper
23 August 1862 through 6 November 1863.
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Genealogy Quest - District of Columbia Claims
A list of people from Washington, DC who made successful claims that they furnished quartermaster stores or supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War, along with the amount allowed to them.
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Genealogy Quest - Kentucky Claims
A list of people from Kentucky who made successful claims that they furnished quartermaster stores or supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Genealogy Quest - Prisoners of War Deceased in Richmond
Prisoners of War Deceased in Richmond Since 1 August 1861, as reported in the National Intelligencer Newspaper on 7 January 1862.
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Genealogy Today - Search Records from Salt Ration Lists | Civil War History
Locate heads of households, the number of children and how much salt was given to each.
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GenealogyBank.com - Search Historical Documents 1789-1980
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Find military records, casualty lists, Revolutionary and Civil War pension requests, widow's claims, orphan petitions, land grants and much more including all of the American State Papers (1789-1838) and all genealogical content carefully selected from the U.S. Serial Set (1817-1980). More than 133,000 reports, lists and documents. New content added monthly.
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Georgia Civil War Pension Records
A community service project to digitize the microfilm associated with the pension applications of Georgia's Confederate soldiers and their widows.
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Guide to Researching Southern Claims Commission Records
From the St. Louis County Library. Information for researching a Southern Claims Commission claim and provides an overview of Southern Claims Commission resources.
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How to Order Civil War Pension Records - Union & Confederate
Basic research guide for finding Civil War pension records with links to online indexes.
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Howard County Civil War/WWI Military Discharge Index
From the Howard County Memory Project, Indiana.
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Howard County Memory Project - Pensioners on the Roll - January 1, 1883
Extracted Indiana Counties: Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Grant, Howard, Miami and Tipton.
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Indiana Soldier's and Sailor's Children's Home
Indiana. Online searchable database from the Indiana State Archives.
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Lake County CA Archives Military Records.....1883 Pensioners On The Roll
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.
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