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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|U.S. Civil War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Confederate Service Records|Confederate Service Records]]'' __TOC__ | ||
== Soldiers == | == Soldiers == | ||
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The card abstracts were made from original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. The Compiled Service Records were made in an effort to obtain as nearly complete record of military service as possible at the time. | The card abstracts were made from original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. The Compiled Service Records were made in an effort to obtain as nearly complete record of military service as possible at the time. | ||
See card [http://www. | See card [http://www.fold3.com/page/367_confederate_compiled_military_service examples and descriptions] on Fold3.com. | ||
The [http://go. | The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of Confederate soldiers are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available to access at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms] and any library that provides free access to Fold3.com. | ||
==== Compiled Service Records of Individual States ==== | ==== Compiled Service Records of Individual States ==== | ||
The following three collections are not needed if searching the collection Compiled Service Records available on | The following three collections are not needed if searching the collection Compiled Service Records available on Fold3.com. They are include in that database. If you are using the records of the individual states, however, the following three collections should also be searched as they were not included in the compiled service records of the individual states. | ||
*''{{FHL|0880207|disp=Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government}}''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M258. (FHL films 0880207–329.) (also available on [http://www. | *''{{FHL|0880207|disp=Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government}}''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M258. (FHL films 0880207–329.) (also available on [http://www.fold3.com/title_29/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_csa Fold3]) ($).<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108709&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. NARA M818. | ||
*''{{FHL|0881105|disp=Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers and Nonregimental Enlisted Men}}''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M331. (FHL films 0881105–379.) Include those men performing staff duties. (also available on [http://www. | *''{{FHL|0881105|disp=Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers and Nonregimental Enlisted Men}}''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M331. (FHL films 0881105–379.) Include those men performing staff duties. (also available on [http://www.fold3.com/title_38/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_officers Fold3]) ($).<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108709&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. NARA M818. | ||
*''{{FHL|1402001|disp=Unfiled Papers and Slips Belonging to Confederate Compiled Service Records}}''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M347. (FHL films 1402001–442.) (also available on [http://www. | *''{{FHL|1402001|disp=Unfiled Papers and Slips Belonging to Confederate Compiled Service Records}}''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M347. (FHL films 1402001–442.) (also available on [http://www.fold3.com/title_656/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_misc Fold3]) ($). | ||
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