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=== Civil War (1861-1865) === | === Civil War (1861-1865) === | ||
Missouri soldiers served in both the Union and the Confederate armies. Indexes to the service records are available at the Family History Library. The federal service records are available at the National Archives | Missouri soldiers served in both the Union and the Confederate armies. Indexes to the service records are available at the Family History Library. The federal service and pension records are available at the National Archives in their [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html research rooms] or by mail. They are also available online from Footnote.com. 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 web site. | ||
The [http://www.footnote.com/title_51/missouri Compiled Service Records for Missouri soldiers] ($) (Footnote.com) are now available online. | *The [http://www.footnote.com/title_51/missouri Compiled Service Records for Missouri soldiers] ($) (Footnote.com) are now available online. 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, residence, and death date. | ||
*The Family History Library has an {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index of Civil War Pensions}}, also known as the "Organizational Index" ([http://linealarboretum.blogspot.com/2010/03/determining-if-your-ancestor-had-civil.html see explanation]) available online. Images of the actual index cards, however, are available through the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) or through [http://www.footnote.com/title_57/civil_war_and_later_veterans_pension_index Footnote.com] ($). Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. | |||
St. Louis Public Library owns a copy of the NARA indexes and compiled military service records for Missouri Union and Confederate soldiers. SLPL also owns NARA's ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops,'' and provides lists of [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/MOILL1.HTM Missouri men who served in Illinois regiments] and [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/momenks.htm Missouri men who served in Kansas regiments] on its website. | |||
[http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/cvwara.htm Divided State: Missouri Military Organizations in the Civil War] is an index on the St. Louis Public Library website of books and periodical articles about Missouri military organizations, Union and Confederate. There is also an article on the website about [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/mocivilwar.htm Missouri Union Militia Organizations].Further information about Missouri Civil War soldiers, regiments, and battles can be discovered in The Civil War In Missouri: a Selected, Annotated Bibliography (available on the website of St. Louis Public Library). | [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/cvwara.htm Divided State: Missouri Military Organizations in the Civil War] is an index on the St. Louis Public Library website of books and periodical articles about Missouri military organizations, Union and Confederate. There is also an article on the website about [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/mocivilwar.htm Missouri Union Militia Organizations].Further information about Missouri Civil War soldiers, regiments, and battles can be discovered in The Civil War In Missouri: a Selected, Annotated Bibliography (available on the website of St. Louis Public Library). | ||
The book "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, lists on pages 1301-1343 many of the Union units, both federal and local milita, which served in the Civil War. With some units, lists of soldiers and brief unit histories are given. This book is available on FHL US/CAN Fiche {{FHL|771246|title-id|disp=6082513.}} Portions are also available [p://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOVOLFED.HTM#HG. online]. | The book "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, V.III" by Frederick H. Dyer, lists on pages 1301-1343 many of the Union units, both federal and local milita, which served in the Civil War. With some units, lists of soldiers and brief unit histories are given. This book is available on FHL US/CAN Fiche {{FHL|771246|title-id|disp=6082513.}} Portions are also available [p://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOVOLFED.HTM#HG. online]. | ||
The Adjutant General's office has state records of volunteers and state militia (Family History Library {{FHL|425623|title-id|disp=films 1021080}}-98), including descriptive muster rolls and enlistment and discharge rolls. | The Adjutant General's office has state records of volunteers and state militia (Family History Library {{FHL|425623|title-id|disp=films 1021080}}-98), including descriptive muster rolls and enlistment and discharge rolls. | ||
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{{RecordSearch|1865475|Missouri Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications}}, both approved and disapproved, are available online and at the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film 1021101). They are also available at the Missouri Adjutant General's office. | {{RecordSearch|1865475|Missouri Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications}}, both approved and disapproved, are available online and at the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film 1021101). They are also available at the Missouri Adjutant General's office. | ||
'''African-American Service Records''' | '''African-American Service Records''' | ||