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=== Civil War (1861-1865) === | === Civil War (1861-1865) === | ||
==== Service Records ==== | For more information about Maine in the Civil War click here: Maine in the Civil War | ||
==== Service Records ==== | |||
Indexes to service and pension records of Union army volunteers are available at the Family History Library. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. For the index to these records see: | Indexes to service and pension records of Union army volunteers are available at the Family History Library. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. For the index to these records see: | ||
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United States. Adjutant General's Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Maine''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=293443&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ films 881847-69].) This index is arranged alphabetically. | United States. Adjutant General's Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Maine''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=293443&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ films 881847-69].) This index is arranged alphabetically. | ||
==== Rosters ==== | ==== Rosters ==== | ||
Published Civil War rosters of soldiers and officers are found in: | Published Civil War rosters of soldiers and officers are found in: | ||
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Johnson, Daniel F. ''The American Civil War: the Service Records of Atlantic Canadians with the State of Maine Volunteers''. Two Volumes. Saint John, N.B.: D.F. Johnson, 1995. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=752041&disp=The+American+Civil+War%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 971.5 M2jd].) A transcript of the service records compiled from the adjutant general office records for enlisted men of the Maine State Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Navy who recorded New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or Newfoundland as their birth place. The information is alphabetical. | Johnson, Daniel F. ''The American Civil War: the Service Records of Atlantic Canadians with the State of Maine Volunteers''. Two Volumes. Saint John, N.B.: D.F. Johnson, 1995. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=752041&disp=The+American+Civil+War%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 971.5 M2jd].) A transcript of the service records compiled from the adjutant general office records for enlisted men of the Maine State Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Navy who recorded New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or Newfoundland as their birth place. The information is alphabetical. | ||
==== Regiments ==== | ==== Regiments ==== | ||
For regimental sketches and lists of officers, see: | For regimental sketches and lists of officers, see: | ||
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Jordan, William B., comp. ''Maine in the Civil War: A Bibliographical Guide.'' Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Society, 1976. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=25066&disp=Maine+in+the+Civil+War++ book 974.1 M23j; fiche 6046967].) | Jordan, William B., comp. ''Maine in the Civil War: A Bibliographical Guide.'' Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Society, 1976. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=25066&disp=Maine+in+the+Civil+War++ book 974.1 M23j; fiche 6046967].) | ||
==== Pensions ==== | ==== Pensions ==== | ||
'''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. | '''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. | ||