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=== Civil War (1861-1865) === | === Civil War (1861-1865) === | ||
Soldiers from Texas served in both the Union and Confederate armies. The National Archives and the Family History Library | Soldiers from Texas served in both the Union and Confederate armies. The National Archives and the Family History Library collection include: | ||
*Indexes to the service records for soldiers from Texas: Union {{FHL|881592|film}} Confederate {{FHL|880014|film}}. | *Indexes to the service records for soldiers from Texas: Union {{FHL|881592|film}} Confederate {{FHL|880014|film}}. | ||
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*Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas {{FHL|880014|film}} | *Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas {{FHL|880014|film}} | ||
<br> | If you cannot find your soldier in these indexes, use variant surname spellings and first initials for given names. Make a note of which unit and company he served with. Then find the unit (such as 29th Infantry, Company K) in Service Records for Confederate Soldiers from Texas. {{FHL|1501077 |film}} The service records usually include each soldier's name, enlistment date and place, discharge date and place, age, and sometimes residence, and physical description. | ||
A Confederate pension index is maintained by the [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.php Texas State Library and Archives ] . Addditionally 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}} Both approved and rejected pension applications are included in the FHL Texas pension collection {{FHL|960279|film}} Approved pensions are arranged by application number. Rejected applications are arranged alphbetically.<br> | |||
A published roster of some Texas regiments is Martin Hardwick Hall, ''The Confederate Army of New Mexico.'' Austin, Texas: Presidial Press, 1978. {{FHL|978.9 M2ha|book}} {{FHL|6087304|film}} This lists soldiers of Texas stationed in New Mexico during the war. | |||
Additonally, the Texas Legislature approved funds to support widows and indigent families and dependents of soldiers serving in State or Confederate forces. 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 Family History Library {{FHL|976.4 M2mL|book}} | |||
==== '''Union Civil War Pension Index Cards''' ==== | ==== '''Union Civil War Pension Index Cards''' ==== | ||
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Union pension files are not on microfilm and are available only at the National Archives. | Union pension files are not on microfilm and are available only at the National Archives. | ||
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'''Southern Claims Commission.''' If a Union sympathizer in Texas claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Texas counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. | '''Southern Claims Commission.''' If a Union sympathizer in Texas claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Texas counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. | ||