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| === Civil War (1861–1865) === | | === Civil War (1861–1865) === |
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| Minnesota was a relatively new state with a small population at the time of the Civil War, but it contributed a substantial number of troops to the Union forces during the war. About 22,000 Minnesotans served; 2,500 died in the war. An article with suggestions and sources for researching a Civil War ancestor in Minnesota is: | | See [[Minnesota in the Civil War|Minnesota in the Civil War]] for information about Ohio Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Minnesota regiments involved in the Civil War. The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching the families of the soldiers. |
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| *Baker, Mary Hawker. ''Tracing Civil War Ancestors in Minnesota''. Minnesota Genealogist 28 (fall 1997): 98–100. St. Paul, Minnesota: The Society. (Family History Library {{FHL|914697|title-id|disp=book 977.6 B2mg}}.)
| | The [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiments for the soldiers. Then you can check the Wiki regiment pages to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor. |
| *Names of most of those who served are included in:
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| *''Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861–1865''. Two Volumes. St. Paul, Minnesota: Pioneer Press, 1890–93. (Family History Library book {{FHL|265177|title-id|disp=}}].)
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| *''Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861–1865''. 2d ed. Two Volumes. St. Paul, Minnesota: Pioneer Press, 1891. (Family History Library {{FHL|265177|title-id|disp=}}.)] Volume 1 includes the history of each regiment and regimental rosters listing soldiers’ names, ages, dates of service, and remarks about their service, including whether transferred, wounded, captured, or killed. Volume 2 consists of correspondence and battle reports, arranged chronologically. Indexes at the end of each volume list only some officers and major events. A more complete index to both volumes is at the Minnesota Historical Society.
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| *''Minnesota Adjutant General’s Report of 1866''. Roseville, Minnesota: Park Genealogical Books, 1997. (Family History Library {{FHL|688637|title-id|disp=book 977.6}}.) The report lists 26,088 names of men who served during the Civil War period, including citizen soldiers who served in local militias. It gives name, age, state or country of birth, dates of service, and remarks, and is arranged alphabetically. Family history researchers should look at both.
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| The index to the federal service records of Union volunteers from Minnesota is:
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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 Minnesota''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M0546. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, [1965?]. (On 10 Family History Library {{FHL|319073|title-id|disp=films beginning with 821930}}.)
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| *An index to volunteers in the [http://www.1stminnesota.net/ 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment]. Includes some personal histories and photos.
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| For a statewide Civil War database search see the [http://www.dalbydata.com/user.php?action=civwarsearch Dalby Database.]
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| ==== Pensions ====
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| *'''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.
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| The index to Union pension records for all states is described in [[United States Military Records|United States Military Records]].
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| <br>Names and residences of some persons receiving federal pensions can be found in:
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| *''List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883: ...as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882''. Volume 4. 1883. Reprint. Arvada, Colorado: Ancestor Publishers, 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|618913|title-id|disp=fiche 6334560}}.) No circulation to Family History Centers. The list includes more than 4,000 names of Civil War or War of 1812 veterans or the name their widow. Arranged by county names in alphabetical order, then by post office addresses in alphabetical order; persons’ names are not in any particular order. Information includes the pensioner’s name, post office address, reason for pension, amount of money received each month, and date the pension was originally awarded. Unindexed.
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| '''Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)'''. In 1890, about 40 percent of the Civil War veterans were members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The descriptive books of each GAR post usually indicate each member’s name, age, rank, birthplace, residence, occupation, and enlistment and discharge information. The descriptive books and other records of many GAR posts are at the Minnesota Historical Society.
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| === '''Unit Histories''' === | | === '''Unit Histories''' === |