United States Civil War, 1861-1865

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United States Civil War, 1861-1865

United States Civil War, 1861-1865
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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
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Record Types

Aircraft Accidents Awards Biographies Bounty Land Warrants Casualty Records Cemetery Records Census Records Draft Records Enlistment and Discharge Records Japanese Internment Camps Pension Records Prisoners of War Service Records Society Records Soldiers Homes Unit Histories

Branch of Service

Air Force Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard

Online Resources

See United States Military Online Genealogy Records for more resources. Union and Confederate 1861-1865 US Civil War Roll of Honor at Ancestry - index & images ($) 1861-1865 US Civil War Soldiers at MyHeritage - index & images ($); Also at Findmypast ($) Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database at National Park Service; index only Union 1861-1865 United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index 1861-1865 United States, Records Of Confederate Prisoners Of War, 1861-1865 at Findmypast - Index 1861-1910 United States Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910 at FamilySearch — index 1861-1917 United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 at FamilySearch — index 1861-1934 United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934 at FamilySearch — index 1861-1934 United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 at FamilySearch — index & images 1864-1866 United States Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866 at FamilySearch — index 1861-1865: US Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1861-1866 United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 at FamilySearch — images 1861-1866 United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866 at FamilySearch — images 1861-1865 United States, Official Army Register 1861-1865 at Findmypast ($) - index 1863-1865 United States Civil War Draft Registration, 1863-1865 at MyHeritage — index & images ($) 1887-1942 United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 at FamilySearch — index & images 1889-1904 United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 at FamilySearch — index & images 1890 United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 at FamilySearch — index & images Service Records of Confederate Soldiers at MyHeritage - index

Colored Troops

• 1861-1866 United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops, 1861-1866 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1861-1865 United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865 at FamilySearch — index

Confederate

• Confederate pensions are administered by the State. See Confederate Pension Records for more information.
• 1860-1865 U.S., Confederate Army Payrolls for Enslaved Labor, 1840-1883 at Ancestry - index ($)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1861-1865 US Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses at FamilySearch - index & images
• 1861-1865 US Civil War Records of Confederate Nonregiment Soldiers at FamilySearch - index & images
• 1862-1865 Georgia, Andersonville Prison Records, 1862-1865 at FamilySearch — images
• 1861-1865 United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — images
• 1861-1865 United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — images
• 1861-1865 United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — images
• 1861-1865 US Civil War Unfiled Papers of Confederate Soldiers at FamilySearch - index & images
• 1861-1865 US Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North at FamilySearch - index & images
• 1861-1865 US Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers at FamilySearch - index & images; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)
• 1865-1867 United States Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867 at FamilySearch — index

Getting Started with Civil War Research

American Civil War Research Tips and Strategies See also Marilyn Markham, The Civil War and the FamilySearch Research Wiki Utah Genealogical Association Crossroads 6 #2 (June 2011): 30-35. FS Library 973 D25gj

History

The American Civil War began on 12 April 1861 when troops in South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Also called the "War between the States" and the "War of Secession", the Civil War lasted until 1865. Approximately 3.5 million soldiers fought in the war resulting in almost 600,000 deaths.

American Civil War Battles, 1861-1865 E.B. Long, The Civil War day by day : an almanac, 1861-1865Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1971. reprint. New York, New York : Da Capo Press, c1971 FS Library 973 M2Leb

States in 1861

Northern States (blue) California Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont West Virginia (became a state in 1863) Wisconsin Southern States (red) Seceded before 15 Apr 1861 Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Texas

Southern States (orange) Seceded after 15 Apr 1861 Arkansas North Carolina Tennessee Virginia Slave States that did not secede (yellow) Delaware District of Columbia Kentucky Maryland Missouri States not yet formed or which were territories in 1861 (gray) Alaska (not part of the U. S. until 1867) Arizona Colorado Hawaii (not part of the U. S. until 1898) Idaho Oklahoma Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Utah Washington Wyoming

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