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'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Service and Pension Records]]. | '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Service and Pension Records]]. | ||
=== Other Records === | ==== Other Records ==== | ||
[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). | ||
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A special 1890 census of Union veterans is at the National Archives and on Family History Library {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=films 338186-93}}. A published index to this census is available. | A special 1890 census of Union veterans is at the National Archives and on Family History Library {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=films 338186-93}}. A published index to this census is available. | ||
=== African-American Service Records === | ==== African-American Service Records ==== | ||
St. Louis County Library has placed on the internet [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/usctmo/usctmosoldiers.htm An Index to Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863–1865] (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894 – 6 rolls)This index has 5,500+ entries and can be browsed either by recruits’ names or by slave owners’ names. The index provides the following information:<br>• Recruit’s last name<br>• Recruit’s first name<br>• Age<br>• Birth State<br>• County of Birth<br>• Slave Owner<br>• County of Residence<br>• State of Residence<br>• Roll<br>• Frame | St. Louis County Library has placed on the internet [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/usctmo/usctmosoldiers.htm An Index to Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863–1865] (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894 – 6 rolls)This index has 5,500+ entries and can be browsed either by recruits’ names or by slave owners’ names. The index provides the following information:<br>• Recruit’s last name<br>• Recruit’s first name<br>• Age<br>• Birth State<br>• County of Birth<br>• Slave Owner<br>• County of Residence<br>• State of Residence<br>• Roll<br>• Frame | ||