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Civil War Records: Basic Enquiry Sources

Table of Contents

Role 1: Introduction to Basic Research Sources

• Union Records
• Confederate Records
• Publications
• Discussion of Bones Records
  • Compiled War machine Service Records
  • Pension Records
  • Record of Events

Part ii: Compiling a Soldier's History

Role 3: Where to Find These Records

• Washington, DC
• Regional Facilities
• Requesting Records By Post or Online

Function 4: Civil State of war Photographs and Maps

Part 5: Other Records

Part half-dozen: K Army of the Democracy

Function vii: For More than Information

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Part 1: Introduction to Bones Research Sources

Over 2.8 million men (and a few hundred women) served in the Matrimony and Confederate armies during the Civil State of war. This page briefly describes resources for researching the war machine service of private Civil War soldiers in "Volunteer" Ground forces units.

Related Subjects:

Army: For information about researching the war machine service of persons in the Regular Army, come across Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicka, Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, 3rd edition (Washington, DC: National Athenaeum and Records Assistants, 2000), Chapter 4, Records of the Regular Regular army.

Matrimony Navy or Confederate Navy: For data about researching the service of persons in the Matrimony Navy or Confederate Navy, run across Lee D. Bacon, "Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861-1924," Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration, Vol. 27, No. ii (Summertime 1995). An index to service by African-American sailors is available online at the Ceremonious War Soldiers and Sailors System website.

Union Records

For Union regular army soldiers, there are three major records in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that provide information on military service: (ane) compiled armed services service record (CMSR); (two) pension application file; and (3) records reproduced in microfilm publication M594, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Marriage Organizations (225 rolls).

Confederate Records

For Confederate army soldiers, in that location are two major records in NARA that provide information on military machine service: (i) compiled military service record (CMSR) and (ii) records reproduced in microfilm publication M861, Compiled Records Showing Service of Armed services Units in Amalgamated Organizations (74 rolls). Records relating to Confederate soldiers are typically less complete than those relating to Union soldiers because many Confederate records did non survive the war.

NARA does not have pension files for Confederate soldiers. Pensions were granted to Amalgamated veterans and their widows and minor children by united states of america of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, S Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia; these records are in the state archives or equivalent bureau.

Publications

Researchers should visit public libraries to find books and periodicals about Civil War battles, strategies, uniforms, and the political and social context of the times. Useful publications include:

• U.Due south. State of war Department. State of war of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies . 128 vols. Washington, DC: Authorities Printing Office, 1880-1900. Reprint, Gettysburg, PA: National Historical Society, 1971-72. Includes battle reports and correspondence of Union and Confederate regiments.
  
• U.S. Naval State of war Records Office. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Amalgamated Navies . 30 vols. Washington, DC: Regime Printing Office, 1874-1922. Reprint, Gettysburg, PA: National Historical Lodge, 1971.
  
• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the State of war of the Rebellion . Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908. Reprint, Dayton, OH: National Historical Lodge, 1979. Lists battles and campaigns for Wedlock regiments and also gives the composition of corps and armies, i.due east., such every bit the Army of the Potomac. Take notation, however, that regimental battle lists cannot be considered proof that any particular soldier fought in various battles since different companies in the regiment may have had different assignments, or an individual soldier may take been absent-minded due to sickness, desertion, temporary assignment to other duties, or other causes.
  
• Dornbusch, Charles E. Military Bibliography of the Civil War . 4 vols. New York: New York Public Library, 1971-87. A guide to published Union and Amalgamated unit histories.
  
• Hewett, Janet B., et al. Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , 51 vols. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1994-97.
  
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies . 11 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1992-97.
  
• Long, Everette B. Civil State of war Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865 . Garden Metropolis, NY: Doubleday, 1971.
  
• Randall, James, and David Donald. Civil War and Reconstruction . Boston: Heath, 1961.
  
• Catton, Bruce. The Centennial History of the Civil War . 3 vols. Garden Metropolis, NY: Doubleday, 1961-65.
  
• Foote, Shelby. The Civil War . 3 vols. New York, NY: Random House, 1958-74.
  
• Wiley, Bong I. The Life of Billy Yank: The Mutual Soldier of the Matrimony . Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971.
  
• Wiley, Bell I. The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy . Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Printing, 1978.
  
• Basler, Roy P., ed. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln . New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Academy Press, 1990.

Periodicals such as Ceremonious State of war History , Civil War Times Illustrated , and Blue and Grayness are also informative. These magazines are often institute in public libraries.

Discussion of the Basic Records

Compiled Military Service Records (CMSR)

Each volunteer soldier has one Compiled Armed services Service Record (CMSR) for each regiment in which he served. An alphabetize is bachelor online at the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System website or on microfilm at selected NARA facilities and large genealogical research libraries. The CMSR contains basic data well-nigh the soldier's armed forces career, and it is the starting time source the researcher should consult. The CMSR is an envelope (a jacket) containing i or more cards. These cards typically indicate that the soldier was present or absent-minded during a certain period of time. Other cards may indicate the date of enlistment and discharge, amount of bounty paid him, and other information such as wounds received during battle or hospitalization for injury or illness. The soldier's place of nascence may be indicated; if foreign born, just the land of birth is stated. The CMSR may contain an internal jacket for so-called "personal papers" of diverse kinds. These may include a copy of the soldier's enlistment newspaper, papers relating to his capture and release as a prisoner of war, or a statement that he had no personal property with him when he died. Note, nevertheless, that the CMSR rarely indicates battles in which a soldier fought; that information must be derived from other sources.

A CMSR is as complete every bit the surviving records of an individual soldier or his unit. The War Department compiled the CMSRs from the original muster rolls and other records some years after the state of war to permit more rapid and efficient checking of war machine and medical records in connection with claims for pensions and other veterans' benefits. The abstracts were so carefully prepared that it is rarely necessary to consult the original muster rolls and other records from which they were made. When the War Department created CMSRs at the plough of the century, information from company muster rolls, regimental returns, descriptive books, hospital rolls, and other records was copied verbatim onto cards. A separate menu was prepared each fourth dimension an private name appeared on a document. These cards were all numbered on the back, and these numbers were entered onto the outside jacket containing the cards. The numbers on the jacket correspond with the numbers on the cards inside the jacket. These numbers were used by the State of war Department only for control purposes while the CMSRs were being created; the numbers do not refer to other records regarding a veteran nor are they useful for reference purposes today.

Pension Records

Most Wedlock army soldiers or their widows or modest children later practical for a pension. In some cases, a dependent father or mother applied for a alimony. The pension files are indexed past NARA microfilm publication T288, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (544 rolls) which is also available online at Beginnings.com (for a fee).

The pension file will frequently contain more information most what the soldier did during the war than the CMSR, and it may incorporate much medical information if he lived for a number of years later on. For example, in his pension file, Seth Combs of Company C, 2d Ohio Cavalry, reported: "...my left eye was injured while tearing down a building...and in pulling off a board a splinter or piece struck my eye and injured information technology badly...information technology was hurt while in the Shenandoah Valley nearly Winchester, Va. about Christmas 1864--a comrade who stood by me proper noun Jim Beach is expressionless." In some other affidavit, Seth said he "too got the Rheumatism while on duty as a dispatch bearer on discrete duty."

To obtain a widow'south pension, the widow had to provide proof of marriage, such as a copy of the record kept by county officials, or by affidavit from the minister or some other person. Applications on behalf of the soldier's minor children had to supply both proof of the soldier's marriage and proof of the children's nativity.

Record of Events

Sometimes, additional information nigh a soldier'south state of war activities can exist deduced from the compilations of the activities of each visitor known colloquially as the "tape of events." These records, which were compiled from information on the original muster rolls and returns, are uneven in content; some give day-past-solar day narratives of a company'south activities, while others just note that the company was stationed at a certain place during the reporting flow (ordinarily 2-months). Although they rarely name individual soldiers, the descriptions of the activities and movements of the company can be used, in conjunction with the soldier's CMSR and alimony file, to decide where the soldier was and what he was doing. As noted above, records of Marriage regiments are reproduced in microfilm publication M594, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations (225 rolls). , and records of Confederate regiments are reproduced in microfilm publication M861, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations (74 rolls). These records are arranged past state, thereunder by regiment, and thereunder past company. These records are being published as Janet B. Hewett, et al., Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Amalgamated Armies , 51 vols. (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1994-97).

Part 2: Compiling a Soldier'southward History

This section shows how the data from the (1) CMSR, (two) pension file, and (3) "record of events" can be combined to more fully describe an boilerplate soldier's state of war experiences. The reconstructed histories of ii brothers who served the Union in the 106th New York Infantry--William P. Western and Frederick Weston [sic]--are presented every bit examples.

Frederick Weston, Company 1000, 106th N.Y. Infantry

According to his CMSR, Frederick Weston [sic] enlisted August four, 1862, at Stockholm, New York. He was a 21-year-sometime farmer born at Stockholm, and was five feet x inches alpine and had gray optics and black hair. His company mustered in on Baronial 27, 1862, at Ogdensburg, New York. Frederick was listed as "present" on company muster rolls from his enrollment through June 1863. He died of typhoid fever at North Mount, Virginia, June three, 1863.

At that place is no pension file relating to Frederick considering he was not married and did not have any minor children or aged parents dependant upon him for support.

The "record of events" cards in microfilm publication M594, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Spousal relationship Organizations, roll 130, provide much item about his service. The visitor was raised past Captain Cogswell of Madrid, New York, by authority of Adjutant Full general Hillhouse under the President's call for 600,000 volunteers. They were mustered in Baronial 27, 1862, past Lt. Caustin, 19th U.Southward. Infantry, who paid them the U.S. Bounty of $25; they were also paid the $50 Land compensation. This company left Camp Wheeler, Ogdensburg, New York, August 28, 1862; arrived at Camp Jessie, New Creek, Virginia, September 2, 1862; left Army camp Jessie, December 27, 1862; and arrived at Martinsburg, Virginia, December 28, 1862.

The company spent over 2 months at Martinsburg before marching with the remainder of the regiment to North Mountain, Virginia, on March 6, 1863. They remained there until April 25, 1863, when they were ordered to take "the cars for Grafton i hundred and eighty miles west on the Baltimore & Ohio R. Road," which they reached on April 26. From Grafton, Virginia, they went by railroad to Webster, Virginia, and from in that location marched to Philippi, Virginia. "Meeting no enemy" the regiment countermarched back to Webster, arriving in that location on April 27. Learning that Grafton was in danger of a rebel attack, they marched dorsum to Grafton the same day past way of Pruntytown. They remained at Grafton until May 18, when the visitor returned to North Mountain, at which information technology stayed until June thirteen, 1863. By then, of course, Frederick Weston had died.

William P. Western, Company D, 106th N.Y. Infantry

According to his CMSR, William enlisted July 29, 1862, at DeKalb, New York. He was a 26-year-erstwhile farmer born in Stockholm, New York, and was 5 anxiety eight inches tall and had greyness optics and brown pilus. His company mustered in August 27, 1862, at Ogdensburg, New York. Although William was listed as "present" on visitor muster rolls from his enrollment through June 1864, he was taken prisoner and paroled at Fairmont, Virginia, April 29, 1863. He went from there to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and did non return to regular duty until October 31, 1863. He became sick from "chronic diarrhoea" and "remittant fever," and on July iii, 1864, he was sent to the U.S. Army Hospital, 6th Army Corps, at City Point, Virginia. Subsequently, he was sent to Finley General Hospital, Washington, D.C. William's CMSR indicates some confusion as to whether he deserted while on furlough from the infirmary, or whether he died at Richville, New York, November 23, 1864, or at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1864. During his military service, he received $95 in clothing, $27 in advanced bounty, and all his pay through August 31, 1864. He was to have been charged $1.27 for a "painted coating" and $23.96 for transportation.

The pension application submitted past William's widow eliminates the confusion well-nigh his decease. Co-ordinate to affidavits, Finley General Hospital gave William a furlough on September 14, 1864, permitting him to return to St. Lawrence Canton, New York, for i month. On his style habitation, William visited Dr. Carroll C. Bates at Potsdam, New York. Dr. Bates visited William at his male parent's firm on September 29 and on October 3 and 5. The doctor planned to visit William again on Oct 7, simply did not because William had died. Albert Dewey and Joseph N. Griswold laid out William's remains for burial. The alimony file also includes the dates of William's spousal relationship to Ulisa Daniels, her subsequent union to Patrick Curn, and the birth of William's girl, Rosena.

The "tape of events" cards in M594, roll 130, provide boosted detail virtually William's service. Company D'due south movements from enlistment to Apr 27, 1863, were identical to those for Visitor G, except that they were reported to have had a skirmish with the enemy at Philippi on April 26. They returned to Grafton on April 27. On April 28, Companies D and F were ordered to march to Fairmont, Virginia, to guard a railroad bridge over the Monongahela River. The next day they were attacked by Confederates whom they fought from i:thirty a.m. until noon, when "very suddenly the command was surrendered and immediately paroled." Their casualties were i killed and one wounded.

The men who were captured were "out of action" for 6 months until they were formally exchanged; the remainder of the visitor continued fighting the war. Eventually, William and the other men returned to duty:

The remainder of this company consisting of Capt. Alvah West. Briggs, Lieut. Gilbert, Due west. Hathaway & 54 enlisted men were taken prisoner in an engagement at Fairmont, Va., April 29, 1863 and are now [May through October 1863] in Parole Campsite at Annapolis, Md. ... having been duly exchanged returned to duty October. 31, 1863. Rejoined the Regt most Warrenton Junction, Va., on the 6th of Nov. 1863, moved with the Regt to Kellys Ford, crossed the Rappahannock same day. 3d Corps captured 400 prisoners. On the 7th Nov. drove the enemy across Brandy Station where we went into Camp. On the 26th Nov. 1863, left Army camp and with the Army of the Potomac moved toward the Rapidan which was crossed at Jacobs Ford same solar day. On the 27th 3rd Corps attacked the enemy well-nigh Locust Grove. Battle lasted until night. On the 28th moved forwards toward Mine Run where the enemy was found in force. On the 31st commenced to autumn back toward the Rapidan which was recrossed at Culpeper Ford December. second 1863. Returned to the Sometime Army camp [Dec. 3] since which time have built wintertime quarters.

Visitor D saw little activity during its winter quarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. On February 6, 1864, it received orders to reconnaissance to the Rapidan River, but and then returned to camp the next day and did "nothing but heavy picket duty since." On March 28, 1864, the Regiment was transferred from the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 3d Army Corps to the 1st Brigade, 3d Sectionalisation, 6th Army Corps. Company D remained in Camp near Brandy Station until May 4, 1864, "and have since participated in all the movements and Battles of said Division and Corps." The company and the regiment "participated in the engagements on the left of Petersburg" and on July 6 left for Maryland and took part in the engagement at Monocacy, July 9, 1864. By then, of course, William had already been sent to the hospital on July 3, never to render to duty again.

Determination

As illustrated by these examples, one soldier's experience may be unlike from others in the same regiment. William Western was absent-minded from April 29 to October 31, 1863, while his brother Frederick Weston [sic] remained in the thick of war machine activity from April 29 until he died July 3, 1863. The researcher can build a detailed description of a soldier's contribution to the Union or Confederate cause using the soldier's military service and alimony records, and the "record of events" for the soldier'southward company, regiment, and field and staff officers.

A Give-and-take of Circumspection!

Exercise not presume that a particular individual participated in a battle if (i) his unit was at the boxing and (2) the person appears probable to have been with that unit. In the War Section's view, and from a strict adherence to objective information in existing bear witness, such an supposition cannot ordinarily be fabricated. Thus, the descriptions of William P. Western'due south and Frederick Weston'south armed forces careers are crafted both upon evidence and upon assumptions, with no guarantee that the assumptions are right.

No roll call was recorded just before a unit entered boxing. As noted in a higher place, at that place are a diversity of reasons why a item individual may non take been nowadays at that time: different companies in the regiment may have had unlike assignments, or an individual soldier may have been absent due to sickness, desertion, temporary assignment to other duties, or other causes. Muster rolls--which were usually compiled to cover a ii-month catamenia--are generally accurate for the solar day on which the roll was filled out, but oftentimes non for all of the period covered. If a person left the ranks some time during those 2 months and so returned, that absenteeism may not evidence on the whorl. This is especially truthful for Confederate rolls.

Some records provide very strong evidence that someone was at a battle, but a muster curlicue with the discussion "nowadays" is not among them. The strong evidence includes:

• Postcards or testimony, found in pension files, wherein the veteran names the battles in which he participated, in response to a specific question from the Pension Office.
  
• Some Spousal relationship CMSRs, notably for Colorado, that specifically record presence at a battle. Such information was recorded during the state of war--although how this was washed is unknown.
  
• Some Confederate CMSRs, notably for Louisiana, Mississippi, and some Alabama units, that include a listing of battles at which the soldier was nowadays. These lists were fatigued upwardly during the state of war, but the procedure by which this was done is unknown.
  
• Mention of a person'southward presence at a boxing in the Official Records .
  
• Records showing death, wounds, or capture at battle.
  
• Mention of participation in battle in a regimental history.
  
• Mention of an individual in the "record of events."
  
• Other records, such as a receipt for a equus caballus killed in activity.

Information technology is very tempting to listing persons present at a battle, but the bachelor evidence volition ordinarily not make that possible. However, attempts accept been fabricated. A practiced instance is the Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg, PA. There, the State wished to record all Pennsylvanians present at the Boxing of Gettysburg, July i-3, 1863. The State decided to use the May-June 1863 muster rolls as evidence, since they listing men present on June xxx. This is a fortuitous date. Since the battle began the next day and the men were under society on pain of death to remain with their assigned units, one tin can reasonably assume that most men recorded as present June thirty were at the boxing. Nonetheless, the U.S. State of war Department did non recognize that assumption. In fact, controversies over the inclusion of specific names on the Pennsylvania memorial go on to this solar day.

Role 3: Where to Notice These Records

Washington, DC

Yous may do research in Civil State of war war machine service and pension files in person at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. Begin your enquiry in the Microfilm Reading Room. Staff is available there to reply your questions.

All microfilmed records may be examined during regular research room hours; no prior system is necessary.

Requests for records that accept not been microfilmed, such as the alimony files and well-nigh Matrimony CMSRs, must be submitted on appropriate forms betwixt 8:45 a.m. and 3:thirty p.one thousand. Monday-Friday. The request forms and the microfilmed indexes are all available in the Microfilm Reading Room. Pension files and other original records are not "pulled" from the stacks after 3:30 p.chiliad. or on Sat, but can be viewed during all regular research hours if the pull asking was submitted during the weekday hours noted in the previous sentence.

Please exist aware that these are very popular records. NARA strives to make the records readily available to all researchers on an equal basis. In order to provide timely, equal access, NARA limits the number of original records which you may request for any scheduled records pull. The limit is four original files for each researcher for each pull during a concern 24-hour interval upwards to 24 files in a given twenty-four hours. Because of the number of requests for original records, we are unable to provide advance service on these records. Please do not ask us to verify if we take a file in accelerate of your arrival or enquire us for expedited service.

Researchers coming from a distance may wish to telephone call in advance of their visit (1) to verify research room hours and (2) to have any additional questions answered. The Consultant's Part can be reached at 202-501-5400.

Regional Facilities

Some National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regional facilities take selected microfilmed Civil War compiled military service records and other microfilmed military records; call to verify their availability.

Requesting Records by Postal service or Online

Military Service Records: Newspaper copies of Ceremonious War military service records tin can be requested by mail using an NATF Course 86 for each soldier (Volunteer Army or Regular Ground forces). You can obtain the NATF Form 86 past providing your name and mailing accost to www.archives.gov/contact/ask-form.html. Be sure to specify the correct form number and the number of forms you need.

Pension Records: Paper copies of Civil War pension records tin can exist requested online or requested past mail using an NATF Class 85 for each soldier (Volunteer Army or Regular Ground forces, Union Navy or Marine Corps). You can obtain the NATF Grade 85 by providing your proper noun and mailing accost to www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-course.html. Exist sure to specify the correct form number and the number of forms you demand.

You can also obtain the NATF Forms 85 and Form 86 past writing to:
National Archives and Records Assistants,
Attn: NWCTB
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20408-0001.

Important! At that place are no compiled service records for Navy or Marine Corps personnel. Do not used NATF Form 86. Instead, contact Sometime Military and Ceremonious Records (NWCTB), National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001.

Part 4: Civil War Photographs and Maps

NARA'due south holdings include Civil War photographs taken by Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and George N. Barnard, besides as Civil State of war maps, plans, engineering drawings, diagrams, blueprints, and sketches of forts. These can exist accessed online through the National Archives Itemize. Some of the photos have been compiled into a Pictures of the Civil War leaflet, also bachelor online.

Civil State of war photographs tin can likewise exist constitute in these and other institutions:

Library of Congress (Prints & Photographs Reading Room)

U.S. Armed forces History Constitute

State Athenaeum

Part 5: Other Records

M1845. Carte Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Matrimony Civil State of war Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903

Part half dozen: Grand Army of the Republic

The Grand Regular army of the Republic (Chiliad.A.R.) was a patriotic gild, founded in 1866, equanimous of Civil War veterans who had honorably served in the Union Regular army. This gild was dissolved in 1956, with the decease of its concluding surviving member. Since the G.A.R. was a private veterans organization, non a part of the Federal Regime, its athenaeum are not among the records in NARA custody.

Selected facilities with Yard.A.R. materials include:

Grand Army of the Republic Civil State of war Museum and Library
4278 Griscom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124

New England Civil War Museum/Thomas J. O'Connell Library
14 Park Place
Vernon, CT 06066

And, for online research links, meet the G Army of the Republic and Related Research Links page maintained by the Sons of Marriage Veterans of the Civil War.

Part vii: For More than Data

For data most military service and other Civil War-era military records available every bit National Archives microfilm publications, consult:

Listings for the Record Groups (RGs) listed below in Microfilm Resources for Enquiry: A Comprehensive Catalog of National Athenaeum Microfilm Publications . Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1996. Available online or for purchase.

• RG 15, Records of the Veterans Assistants
• RG 92, Records of the Part of the Quartermaster Full general
• RG 94, Records of the Aide General'southward Function, 1780s-1917
• RG 109, War Department Drove of Confederate Records
• RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Ceremonious State of war)
• RG 249, Records of the Commissary Full general of Prisoners

War machine Service Records: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications . Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Assistants, 1985. Bachelor online or for purchase.

For detailed information about other records relating to the Civil State of war, consult:

• Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives . Washington, DC: National Athenaeum and Records Administration. Revised 1985. Available for buy.
  
• Munden, Kenneth W., and Henry Putney Beers. The Spousal relationship: A Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Ceremonious War . National Archives and Records Administration. 1962. Reprint, 1986. Available for purchase.
  
• Beers, Henry Putney. The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Confederate States of America . National Archives and Records Administration. 1968. Reprint, 1986. Available for purchase.
  
• A Guide to Ceremonious War Maps in the National Archives . National Archives and Records Administration. 1964. Reprint, 1986. Bachelor for purchase.
  
• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States . 3 vols. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Assistants. 1995. Available online or for purchase.

Many manufactures virtually the Civil State of war era and its records accept been published in Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives , which is available for $xvi for an almanac subscription (4 issues per twelvemonth). Back issues of Prologue are frequently bachelor on microfilm at public and academy libraries. The post-obit is a chronological list of articles most the Civil War published from 1988 through 2003:

Plante, Trevor K. "Enhancing Your Family Tree with Civil War Maps." 35 (Summer 2003).

Plante, Trevor Yard. "Researching Confederate Marines in the Civil State of war." 33 (Winter 2001).

Reidy, Joseph P. "Blackness Men in Navy Blue During the Civil War." 33 (Fall 2001).

Browning, Robert Thousand. Jr. "Defunct Strategy and Divergent Goals: The Role of the United States Navy along the Eastern Seaboard During the Civil War." 33 (Fall 2001).

Foster, Kevin J. "The Diplomats who Sank a Armada: The Confederacy's Undelivered European Fleet and the Spousal relationship Consular Service." 33 (Autumn 2001).

Mollan, Mark C. "The Army Medal of Honor: The First Fifty-five Years." 33 (Summer 2001).

Livingston, Rebecca. "Ceremonious War Cat-and-Mouse Game: Researching Blockade Runners at the National Archives." 31 (Autumn 1999).

Special Prologue Issue on the Civil War (Winter 1998)

Plante, Trevor Grand. "The Shady Side of the Family Tree: Ceremonious War Union Court-Martial Instance Files." 30 (Wintertime 1998).

Weidman, Budge. "Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops." (Summer 1997).

Pilgrim, Michael Due east. "A Different View on the War: The Ceremonious War Diary of Richard Yard. Venable." 28 (Winter 1996): 263-269.

Allen, Desmond Walls. "Which Henry Cook? A Methodology for Searching Confederate Ancestors." 27 (Fall 1995): 286-289.

Bacon, Lee D. "Civil War and After Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861-1924." 27 (Summer 1995): 178-182.

Musick, Michael P. "Civil War Records: An Introduction and Invitation." 27 (Spring 1995): 145-150.

Honey, Michael M. "The War Inside the Confederacy: White Unionists of North Carolina." 26 (Special Issue, 1994): 55-71.

Meier, Michael T. "Civil War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments." 26 (Winter 1994): 282-286.

Blanton, DeAnne. "Confederate Medical Personnel." 26 (Spring 1994): fourscore-84.

Davis, Robert Scott Jr., "The Curious Civil State of war Career of James George Brown, Spy." 26 (Spring 1994): 17-31.

Blanton, DeAnne. "Women Soldiers of the Civil War." 25 (Spring 1993): 27-33.

Lash, Jeffrey N. "Civil State of war Irony: Confederate Commanders and the Destruction of Southern Railways." 25 (Spring 1993): 35-47.

Yockelson, Mitchell. "The Great Reunion: The Seventy-Fifth Ceremony of Gettysburg." 24 (Summer 1992): 188-192.

Plowman, Robert J. "An Untapped Source: Civil War Prize Case Files, 1861-65." 21 (Fall 1989): 197-205.

Burton, Shirley, and Kellee Green, "Defining Disloyalty: Treason, Espionage, and Sedition Prosecutions, 1861-1946." 21 (Fall 1989): 215-221.

Berlin, Ira, et al., "'To Canvass the Nation': The War for Matrimony Becomes a War for Freedom." 20 (Winter 1988): 227-247.

This essay is adjusted from Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, "What Battles Did My Civil War Ancestor Fight In? [2 parts]." The Record, Vol. 2, No. 2 (November. 1995): xx, 25, and Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1996): 20, 28.

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