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 === '''Records and Resources'''  ===
-==== Union  ====
+==== Union  Records ====
+===== Service Records =====
 The Family History Library and the National Archives have the:
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 :*''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers'' . . . (Family History Library film {{FHL|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.
+*'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.footnote.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Footnote.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Virginia are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]].
+===== Pension Records =====
 :*''Pension Index File . . . 1861-1934'' (Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|184124|title-id|disp=540757}}). The actual pension records are only at the National Archives. Pension records sometimes list other members of the soldier's family and birth, marriage, and death information.
-*'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.footnote.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Footnote.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 web site. 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 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 Pension Records|Union 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]].
+==== Confederate Records ====
-==== Confederate  ====
+===== Service Records =====
 *''Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers'' . . . (Family History Library films {{FHL|281165|title-id|disp=881395-456}}).
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 *''Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers'' . . . (on 1075 Family History Library<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1218574903931_61" /> films {{FHL|499010|title-id|disp=1488678-1489752}}). Lists the soldier's name, rank, unit, and enlistment date and place.
-'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.footnote.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Footnote.com) of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Virginia are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see [[Confederate Service and Pension Records]].
+'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.footnote.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Footnote.com) of Confederate 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 web site. 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 [[Confederate Service Records|Confederate Service Records]].
 From the [http://www.lva.lib.va.us/ Library of Virginia]: An outline explaining the variety of Virginia Civil War records available at the Library of Virginia in [http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil/rn14_usingcivwar.pdf Research Notes series, No. 14.]
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 *''Confederate Service Records of Virginia, 1861- 65'' (Family History Library film {{FHL|409624|title-id|disp=029767-76}}).
+===== Pension Records =====
 *''[http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas10&local_base=CLAS10 Confederate Pension Applications], Virginia, Acts of 1888, 1900, 1902: Index 1888-1934''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 219 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|474918|title-id|disp=1439763}}.) Indexed by veteran's, widow's, or servant's name. Files are arranged by pension act, then by county, then by surname. Usually gives age, birthplace, and residence. In addition, the<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1213644453671_151" /> Library of Virginia has the [http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/collections/CW.html Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows Electronic Card Index].&nbsp;Because not all information is included in either of these pension rolls, both databases should be consulted.