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For an excellent discussion of West Virginia's part in the Civil War see Boyd B. Stutler, ''West Virginia in the Civil War.'' Charleston, West Virginia: Educational Foundation, 1963. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=359152&disp=West+Virginia+in+the+Civil+War%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.4 M2s].) | For an excellent discussion of West Virginia's part in the Civil War see Boyd B. Stutler, ''West Virginia in the Civil War.'' Charleston, West Virginia: Educational Foundation, 1963. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=359152&disp=West+Virginia+in+the+Civil+War%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.4 M2s].) | ||
'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included. | |||
'''Union.''' Indexes to service and pension records of Union volunteers are available at the Family History Library and the National Archives. The library also has 261 microfilms of the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia. The records are arranged alphabetically by the soldiers' names within each unit. Use the index (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=484391&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 881595-607]) to learn which unit your ancestor served in. The pension records are available only at the National Archives, however the Family History Library has the index on microfilms. | '''Union.''' Indexes to service and pension records of Union volunteers are available at the Family History Library and the National Archives. The library also has 261 microfilms of the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia. The records are arranged alphabetically by the soldiers' names within each unit. Use the index (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=484391&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 881595-607]) to learn which unit your ancestor served in. The pension records are available only at the National Archives, however the Family History Library has the index on microfilms. | ||