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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. | 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 digitized copy of the | A digitized copy of the [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=compiled%20service%20records%20of%20confederate%20soldiers Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Texas] is available online at archive.org. Index and records digitized from multiple microfilm rolls. <br> | ||
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}} 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 alphabetically.<br> | 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}} 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 alphabetically.<br> | ||