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The FamilySearch Library and the National Archives have the:  
The FamilySearch Library and the National Archives have the:  


:*''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers'' . . . (FS Library film {{FSC|314316|title-id|disp=881594}}).
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:*''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers'' . . . (FS Library film {{FSC|36086|title-id|disp=1292638-644}}). May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family.
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*'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Virginia are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives website. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]].
*'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Virginia are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives website. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]].
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*Further Library of Virginia online databases include:
*Further Library of Virginia online databases include:


:- [https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/confederate-disability Confederate Disability Applications]  
{{Block indent|- [https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/confederate-disability Confederate Disability Applications] }}
:- [https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/lee-home Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home Applications]  
{{Block indent|- [https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/lee-home Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home Applications] }}
:- [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Civil-War/ Virginia in the American Civil War] - Library of Virginia collections pertaining to the American Civil War.
{{Block indent|- [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/Civil-War/ Virginia in the American Civil War] - Library of Virginia collections pertaining to the American Civil War.}}
:- [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/connavy/ Confederate Navy Index]  
{{Block indent|- [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/connavy/ Confederate Navy Index] }}
:- [https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/confederate-veteran Confederate Veteran Magazine Index]
{{Block indent|- [https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/confederate-veteran Confederate Veteran Magazine Index]}}


==== Presidential Pardons of Former Confederates, 1863–1868  ====
==== Presidential Pardons of Former Confederates, 1863–1868  ====
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*A nineteen volume set of cemetery records is:
*A nineteen volume set of cemetery records is:


:- Spratt, Thomas M. ''Men in Gray Interments''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., c1996-1998 ; Athens, Georgia : New Papyrus Pub., c1998-2009. (FS Library book {{FSC|770667|title-id|disp=975.5 V3s}}) This gives name and location of cemetery, soldier's name, regiment, and any other information taken from tombstones, monuments and publications. Many of the soldiers served in regiments other than those from Virginia.
{{Block indent|1=- Spratt, Thomas M. ''Men in Gray Interments''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., c1996-1998 ; Athens, Georgia : New Papyrus Pub., c1998-2009. (FS Library book {{FSC|770667|title-id|disp=975.5 V3s}}) This gives name and location of cemetery, soldier's name, regiment, and any other information taken from tombstones, monuments and publications. Many of the soldiers served in regiments other than those from Virginia.|2=1}}


*''Register of the Confederate Dead Interred in Hollywood Cemetery: Richmond, Virginia''. Richmond, Virginia: Gary, Clemmitt and Jones, 1869. (FS Library book {{FSC|144892|title-id|disp=975.5451 V3r}}; FamilySearch Library US/CAN Film {{FSC|144892|title-id|disp=33625}}.) This register lists thousands of Confederate soldiers buried in Richmond. Includes name, company, regiment, state, date of death, cemetery section and number.
*''Register of the Confederate Dead Interred in Hollywood Cemetery: Richmond, Virginia''. Richmond, Virginia: Gary, Clemmitt and Jones, 1869. (FS Library book {{FSC|144892|title-id|disp=975.5451 V3r}}; FamilySearch Library US/CAN Film {{FSC|144892|title-id|disp=33625}}.) This register lists thousands of Confederate soldiers buried in Richmond. Includes name, company, regiment, state, date of death, cemetery section and number.
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