American Civil War Research Tips and Strategies

United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Getting Started
Beginning Civil War Research Research Strategies Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
General Topics
African Americans Battles Bibliography Christian Commission Cultural Groups Indigenous Peoples Maps and Photographs Manuscript Collections Misc. Records Sanitary Commission State Records Southern Claims Commission Provost Marshals File
Union
Awards Biographies Casualty Records Cemetery Records Census Records Draft Records Navy Pension Records Prisoners of War Service Records Soldiers Homes Unit Histories Societies
Confederate
Amnesty Records Awards Biographies Casualty Records Cemetery Records Census Records Citizens File Navy Pension Records Prisoners of War Service Records Soldiers Homes Unit Histories Societies
Personnel Types
Conf. Regular Troops Union Regular Army Union Volunteers Union Veteran Reserve Corps

Getting Started with Civil War Research

• Beginning United States Civil War Research
• Getting started with Union records
• Getting started with Confederate records
• Civil War Basic Research Sources - National Archives
• Civil War Genealogical Research 46 min. video
• Military Records: Civil War 35 min. video
• Identifying Civil War Ancestors in Your Tree by David Lambert, 9 min. video