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Envelopes were made for each of the soldiers and card abstracts pertaining to that individual were placed inside along with original documents that related only to that individual. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers there are some envelopes containing record-of-events cards giving the stations, movements, or activities of the regiment. | Envelopes were made for each of the soldiers and card abstracts pertaining to that individual were placed inside along with original documents that related only to that individual. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers there are some envelopes containing record-of-events cards giving the stations, movements, or activities of the regiment. | ||
The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available to access at no charge at any library that provides free access to Fold3.com. | The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers 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 to access at no charge at any library that provides free access to Fold3.com. | ||
* Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Service Records. Part II: The | '''Related Articles''' | ||
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens.''Thank you, General Fred C. Ainsworth! NGS Magazine 37 #4 (October-December 2011): 54-57. | |||
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Service Records. Part I: The records inside the CMSR Jacket.'' NGS Magazine 38 #1 (January-March 2121): 32-36. | |||
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Service Records. Part II: The records outside the CMSR Jacket.'' NGS Magazine 38 #2 (April-June 2012): 32-38. | |||
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Military Service Records. Part III: The record of events.'' NGS Magazine 38 #3 (July-September 2012): 28-31. | |||
'''Note''': The following Union volunteer records are not available online as of November 2011. However, indexes for these records are available. See [[Union Service Records#Compiled_Service_Records_of_Individual_States|Compiled Service Records of Individual States]] below for indexes by state. | '''Note''': The following Union volunteer records are not available online as of November 2011. However, indexes for these records are available. See [[Union Service Records#Compiled_Service_Records_of_Individual_States|Compiled Service Records of Individual States]] below for indexes by state. | ||