Texas in the Civil War: Difference between revisions

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=== Confederate Records  ===

*[[Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] links to information about the records with a link to the search box for the online records. The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, inspection reports; and the originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier.

*The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see [[Confederate Service Records|Confederate Service Records]].  

A Confederate '''pension''' index is maintained by the [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.php Texas State Library and Archives]. Additionally there is a published index to Confederate pension papers by John M. Kinney, Index to Applications for Texas Confederate Pensions, Rev. ed. Austin, Texas: Archives Division, Texas State Library, 1977. {{FHL|976.4 M22k|book}} {{FHL|928040|film}} {{FHL|6019976|film}}&nbsp; Both approved and rejected pension applications are included in the FHL Texas pension collection {{FHL|960279|film}} Approved pensions are arranged by application number.&nbsp; Rejected applications are arranged alphabetically.<br>  

Additionally, the Texas Legislature approved funds to support widows and indigent families and dependents of soldiers serving in State or Confederate forces.&nbsp; Lists were submitted between 1863-1865 by Chief Justices of the counties. This index can be accessed online at the [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/cif/index.html Texas State Library and Archives.] Not all counties are represented in the index. These records are transcribed in Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865 by Linda Mearse. {{FHL|976.4 M2mL|book}}

During the War Between the States, Texas supported its own fighting force, Texas State Troops (TST) also known as the Texas Rangers, to protect white settlers from the Comanche and Kiowa Indians. Some of the TST were incorporated into the Confederate States of America (CSA) in March, 1864, but they stayed on the frontier to keep it secure from the Indians until about 1874 when the attacks ceased. In 1873 they were incorporated into the Texas Rangers.<ref>Patricia Adkins-Rochette, ''Bourland in North Texas and Indian Territory During the Civil War: Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle, and the Wichita Mountains''. Broken Arrow, OK: s.n., 2005.</ref>  

=== Union Records ===