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Envelopes were made for each of the soldiers and card abstracts pertaining to that individual were placed inside along with original documents that related only to that individual. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers there are some envelopes containing record-of-events cards giving the stations, movements, or activities of the regiment. | Envelopes were made for each of the soldiers and card abstracts pertaining to that individual were placed inside along with original documents that related only to that individual. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers there are some envelopes containing record-of-events cards giving the stations, movements, or activities of the regiment. | ||
The [http://go. | The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers 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 to access at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms] and any library that provides free access to Fold3.com. | ||
'''Note''': The following Union volunteer records are not available online as of July 2011. To access these records please see [[Union_Service_Records#Compiled Service Records of Individual States|Compiled Service Records of Individual States]] below. Check to see a list of [http://www. | '''Note''': The following Union volunteer records are not available online as of July 2011. To access these records please see [[Union_Service_Records#Compiled Service Records of Individual States|Compiled Service Records of Individual States]] below. Check to see a list of [http://www.fold3.com/category_21 states currently available] online at Fold3. | ||
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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. | 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.fold3.com/category_21 regiments currently available] online at Fold3. | ||
==== Compiled Service Records relating to African Americans ==== | ==== Compiled Service Records relating to African Americans ==== | ||
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<br>The following related records are available on microfilm at the National Archives, The Family History Library as well as online. | <br>The following related records are available on microfilm at the National Archives, The Family History Library as well as online. | ||
*''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. | *''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.fold3.com/title_680/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3]) ($) | ||
*''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. | *''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.fold3.com/title_698/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3]) ($) | ||
*''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored).''National Archives Microfilm Publication M1898. (also available on [http://www. | *''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored).''National Archives Microfilm Publication M1898. (also available on [http://www.fold3.com/title_679/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3]) ($) | ||
*''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. | *''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.fold3.com/documents/257662147/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3]) ($). | ||
==== Compiled Service Records of "Galvanized Yankees" ==== | ==== Compiled Service Records of "Galvanized Yankees" ==== | ||
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Listed below are the service records of former Confederates or “galvanized Yankees” who enlisted in the Union from prison camps: | Listed below are the service records of former Confederates or “galvanized Yankees” who enlisted in the Union from prison camps: | ||
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=78749&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+former+Confe++ Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers Who Served in the First through Sixth U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864–66]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1017. (FHL films 1315687–751; computer number 122843.) (also available on [http://www. | *[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=78749&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+former+Confe++ Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers Who Served in the First through Sixth U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864–66]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1017. (FHL films 1315687–751; computer number 122843.) (also available on [http://www.fold3.com/title_45/civil_war_soldiers_union_csa Fold3]) ($). | ||
==== Compiled Service Records of Individual States ==== | ==== Compiled Service Records of Individual States ==== | ||