| *[[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. | | *[[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. |
| Texas Confederate soldiers '''service records''' are also available at the National Archives, the Texas State Library, and the Family History Library. Several different indexes exist to help you locate your Confederate ancestor and the unit where he served. Find the unit and company of your soldier served in one of the following indexes: | | Texas Confederate soldiers '''service records''' are also available at the National Archives, the Texas State Library, and the FamilySearch Library. Several different indexes exist to help you locate your Confederate ancestor and the unit where he served. Find the unit and company of your soldier served in one of the following indexes: |