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In addition to the above states, the records of Union volunteers that served with the U.S. Colored Troops are only partially online. Check to see a list of [http://www.footnote.com/category_21 regiments currently available] online at Footnote.
In addition to the above states, the records of Union volunteers that served with the U.S. Colored Troops are only partially online. Check to see a list of [http://www.footnote.com/category_21 regiments currently available] online at Footnote.


==== Indexes for Compiled Service Records ====
==== Compiled Service Records relating to African Americans ====


'''Indexes for Compiled Service Records'''
<br>The following related records are available on microfilm at the National Archives, The Family History Library as well as online.


There are microfilmed name indexes for each state. Consult state archives for records of state or local militias or National Guard units that were not federalized. Individual indexes to state volunteer regiments are available on microfilm for every Northern state and every Southern state except South Carolina.  
*''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Troops Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st United States Colored Infantry, 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Colored) Company A, 1st United States Colored Infantry (1 Year).'' National Archives Microfilm Publication M1819.  (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_680/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($)
*''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 55th Massachusetts Infantry''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1801. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_698/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($)
*''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored).''National Archives Microfilm Publication M1898. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_679/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($)
*''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1818. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/documents/257662147/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($).


A transcription of the National Archives indexes to compiled Military Service records of Volunteer Union soldiers is:
==== Compiled Service Records of "Galvanized Yankees" ====


*Hewett, Janet B., editor. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/roster-of-union-soldiers-1861-1865/oclc/37425521&referer=brief_results The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861–1865]. 33 Volumes. Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Publishing, 1997–. (FHL book 973 M29h.) This series is currently in publication.
Listed below are the service records of former Confederates or “galvanized Yankees” who enlisted in the Union from prison camps:
 
Additional service indexes for Union soldiers are:  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=78749&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+former+Confe++ Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers Who Served in the First through Sixth U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864–66]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1017. (FHL films 1315687–751; computer number 122843.) (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_45/civil_war_soldiers_union_csa Footnote]) ($).
 
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108734&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in the Veteran Reserve Corps]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M636. (FHL films 1205358–83.) Indexes the names of soldiers who were no longer able to serve combat duty but who could still perform limited duty, such as being prison guards and hospital stewards.
 
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=133462&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with United States Colored Troops]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M589. (FHL films 1266617–43 and [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=133462&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ 1266546]–616.) Covers many former slaves from the South as well as free African‑Americans who served in the Union Army between 1863 and 1865.
 
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=588770&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Not Raised by States and Territories]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1290. (FHL films 1604884–920.) Indexes records of special units not raised by the states, such as the U.S. Sharpshooters, Indian Home Guard, and former Confederates.
 
To order compiled military service records from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] see [[Requesting copies of Civil War service and pension records]]. To order a service record you must have the soldier's name, rank and unit number.


==== Compiled Service Records of Individual States ====
==== Compiled Service Records of Individual States ====
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==== Compiled Service Records relating to African Americans ====
==== Indexes for Compiled Service Records ====
 
'''Indexes for Compiled Service Records'''
 
There are microfilmed name indexes for each state. Consult state archives for records of state or local militias or National Guard units that were not federalized. Individual indexes to state volunteer regiments are available on microfilm for every Northern state and every Southern state except South Carolina.
 
A transcription of the National Archives indexes to compiled Military Service records of Volunteer Union soldiers is:
 
*Hewett, Janet B., editor. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/roster-of-union-soldiers-1861-1865/oclc/37425521&referer=brief_results The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861–1865]. 33 Volumes. Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Publishing, 1997–. (FHL book 973 M29h.) This series is currently in publication.
 
Additional service indexes for Union soldiers are:


<br>The following related records are available on microfilm at the National Archives, The Family History Library as well as online.
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108734&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in the Veteran Reserve Corps]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M636. (FHL films 1205358–83.) Indexes the names of soldiers who were no longer able to serve combat duty but who could still perform limited duty, such as being prison guards and hospital stewards.


*''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Troops Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st United States Colored Infantry, 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Colored) Company A, 1st United States Colored Infantry (1 Year).'' National Archives Microfilm Publication M1819.  (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_680/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($)
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=133462&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with United States Colored Troops]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M589. (FHL films 1266617–43 and [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=133462&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ 1266546]–616.) Covers many former slaves from the South as well as free African‑Americans who served in the Union Army between 1863 and 1865.
*''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 55th Massachusetts Infantry''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1801. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_698/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($)
*''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored).''National Archives Microfilm Publication M1898. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_679/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($)
*''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1818. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/documents/257662147/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Footnote]) ($).


==== Compiled Service Records of "Galvanized Yankees" ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=588770&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Not Raised by States and Territories]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1290. (FHL films 1604884–920.) Indexes records of special units not raised by the states, such as the U.S. Sharpshooters, Indian Home Guard, and former Confederates.


Listed below are the service records of former Confederates or “galvanized Yankees” who enlisted in the Union from prison camps:
To order compiled military service records from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] see [[Requesting copies of Civil War service and pension records]]. To order a service record you must have the soldier's name, rank and unit number.
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=78749&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+former+Confe++ Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers Who Served in the First through Sixth U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864–66]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1017. (FHL films 1315687–751; computer number 122843.) (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_45/civil_war_soldiers_union_csa Footnote]) ($).


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=== Medical Records ===
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