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=== Service Records === | === Service Records === | ||
The Family History Library and the National Archives have an index to service records of Union army volunteers: | The Family History Library and the National Archives have an index to service records of Union army volunteers: | ||
*''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Wisconsin'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|317099|title-id|disp=882486–518}}). <br> | *''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Wisconsin'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|317099|title-id|disp=882486–518}}). <br> | ||
The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. | |||
The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. | |||
=== Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls === | === Regimental Muster and Descriptive Rolls === | ||
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The following regimental muster and descriptive rolls made by the Adjutant General's Office are at the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Family History Library: | The following regimental muster and descriptive rolls made by the Adjutant General's Office are at the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Family History Library: | ||
*Wisconsin Adjutant General's Office. ''Military Records, 1861–1865.'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|120679|title-id|disp=1311667-98}}.) These include such information as the soldier's name, rank, birthplace, age, and occupation. They are arranged by regiment, then company. | *Wisconsin Adjutant General's Office. ''Military Records, 1861–1865.'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|120679|title-id|disp=1311667-98}}.) These include such information as the soldier's name, rank, birthplace, age, and occupation. They are arranged by regiment, then company. | ||
The Wisconsin Veteran's Museum has a computerized index to Wisconsin Civil War soldiers' enlistments. This is for soldiers who served in Wisconsin regiments only. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your request for a search. | The Wisconsin Veteran's Museum has a computerized index to Wisconsin Civil War soldiers' enlistments. This is for soldiers who served in Wisconsin regiments only. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your request for a search. | ||
'''Wisconsin Veteran's Museum'''<br>30 West Mifflin Street<br>Madison, WI 53703<br>Telephone 608-267-1799<br>Internet: http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/ | '''Wisconsin Veteran's Museum'''<br>30 West Mifflin Street<br>Madison, WI 53703<br>Telephone 608-267-1799<br>Internet: http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/ | ||
=== Pension Indexes === | === Pension Indexes === | ||
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United States Veterans Administration. ''Pension Index File, Alphabetical; of the Veterans Administration'' . . . Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration, Publications Service, 1953. (On 544 Family History Library films beginning with film {{FHL|184124|title-id|disp=0540757}}.) To obtain copies of the actual pension files, you will want to write to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. | United States Veterans Administration. ''Pension Index File, Alphabetical; of the Veterans Administration'' . . . Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration, Publications Service, 1953. (On 544 Family History Library films beginning with film {{FHL|184124|title-id|disp=0540757}}.) To obtain copies of the actual pension files, you will want to write to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. | ||
The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. | |||
=== Censuses === | === Censuses === | ||
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=== Biographical Sketches of Soldiers === | === Biographical Sketches of Soldiers === | ||
''Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of Biographical Record'', 2 vols. Chicago: Grand Army Pub., 1888, 1890. Digital book on [http://www.archive.org/stream/soldierscitizens00brow#page/n9/mode/2up Internet Archive]. (Family History Library films: vol. 1 is on {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=928504}} item 2; vol. 2 is on {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=928508}}; vol. 2 also on fiche {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=6051213}}.) | ''Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of Biographical Record'', 2 vols. Chicago: Grand Army Pub., 1888, 1890. Digital book on [http://www.archive.org/stream/soldierscitizens00brow#page/n9/mode/2up Internet Archive]. (Family History Library films: vol. 1 is on {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=928504}} item 2; vol. 2 is on {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=928508}}; vol. 2 also on fiche {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=6051213}}.) | ||
=== Soldiers Home === | |||
*Miljat, Leslie Elizabeth. ''Admission Applications, 1867–1872, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,'' ''Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.'' Wauwatosa, Wisconsin L. E. Miljat, 1991. (Family History Library book {{FHL|569462|title-id|disp=977.595 M28m}}.) This lists Civil War soldiers from many parts of the country. | |||
::The applications contain family history information about each veteran, such as name of spouse, father, siblings, or children; Civil War unit; discharge or death date; and burial place. The Family History Library has the original applications and records of this home for the years, 1867–1934 (Family History Library films beginning with film {{FHL|828816|title-id|disp=1561060}}.)<br> | |||
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For records of national old soldier homes including the home in Waupaca, Wisconsin, see: | |||
*United States. Veterans Administration. ''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1937''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library films beginning on {{FHL|828816|title-id|disp=1561060}}.) | |||
::Includes general indexes for each of the twelve homes, but some volumes are indexed separately. These Historical Registers may list the soldier's name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, place of birth, age, physical description, religion, occupation, previous residence, marital status, nearest relative, pension, soldier home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, or cause of death. | |||
=== Guide for Tracing Civil War Ancestors<br> === | === Guide for Tracing Civil War Ancestors<br> === | ||
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Moore, Dennis R. ''Researching Your Civil War Ancestors in Wisconsin''. Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Bivouac Publications, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|767483|title-id|disp=977.5 M28e}}.) This gives detailed listings of Civil War records available at the State Archives and explains what is included in each type of record. | Moore, Dennis R. ''Researching Your Civil War Ancestors in Wisconsin''. Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Bivouac Publications, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|767483|title-id|disp=977.5 M28e}}.) This gives detailed listings of Civil War records available at the State Archives and explains what is included in each type of record. | ||
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=== References === | === References === | ||