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<center>'''Illinois Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Militia Units|Militia]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Colored Troops|Colored Troops]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Unassigned Units|Unassign- ed Units]]</div>  
<center>'''Illinois Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Militia Units|Militia]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Colored Troops|Colored Troops]]</div><div style="padding: 5px; float: left; margin: 4px; width: 60px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255); text-align: center;">[[Illinois Civil War Union Unassigned Units|Unassign- ed Units]]</div>  
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=== Service Records  ===
 
At the Family History Library you may use indexes to federal service and pension records of Union Army soldiers. The pension indexes are cited in [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]]. The index to the service records is:
 
*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Illinois''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0539. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library films {{FHL|881621|film|disp=881621}}–721) The original federal service records and pensions are available only at the National Archives.
 
*See also volumes 1–8 of the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, which is described in [[Illinois Military Records#Records_Covering_More_than_One_War|Records Covering More than One War]].<br>


=== Identifying Military Units  ===
=== Identifying Military Units  ===
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*The military census of 1862 taken by the federal government is also at the Illinois State Archives and lists men subject to military service. It gives each person’s name, age, birthplace, and occupation, and remarks about military assignments or exemptions. This collection often includes lists of volunteers and enlistment certificates.
*The military census of 1862 taken by the federal government is also at the Illinois State Archives and lists men subject to military service. It gives each person’s name, age, birthplace, and occupation, and remarks about military assignments or exemptions. This collection often includes lists of volunteers and enlistment certificates.
=== Service Records  ===
At the Family History Library you may use indexes to federal service and pension records of Union Army soldiers. The index to the service records is:
*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Illinois''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0539. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964. (Family History Library films {{FHL|881621|film|disp=881621}}–721) The original federal service records and pensions are available only at the National Archives.
*See also volumes 1–8 of the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, which is described in [[Illinois Military Records#Records_Covering_More_than_One_War|Records Covering More than One War]].<br>


=== Pension Records  ===
=== Pension Records  ===
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*''Part II, Manuscripts''. Volume 87, no.4 (Winter 1994): 277–324. Manuscripts cited include such items as letters, diaries, personal papers of regimental officers and official correspondence.
*''Part II, Manuscripts''. Volume 87, no.4 (Winter 1994): 277–324. Manuscripts cited include such items as letters, diaries, personal papers of regimental officers and official correspondence.
=== Biographies  ===
Biographical data on Union officers from Illinois are in:
:*Wilson, James Grant. B''iographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861.'' Chicago, Illinois: J. Barnet, 1862. (Family History Library book {{FHL|262225|title-id|disp=977.3 D3w}}; fiche {{FHL|6049393|film|disp=6049393}} [set of 5]).
Biographical information can also be found in personal letters, diaries, interviews, and memoirs, some of which might have been published. (Click on the link to view "[http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/ The memoirs, diary, and life of Private Jefferson Moses, Company G, 93rd Illinois Volunteers]," as an example.)<br>


=== Confederate Prisoners  ===
=== Confederate Prisoners  ===
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:*Hutchison, Florence. ''800 Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. (Family History Library film {{FHL|21066|title-id|disp=1036109}}, item 6). This is a microfilm of an original typescript (10 leaves) written in 1974. This tells where each post was located.
:*Hutchison, Florence. ''800 Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. (Family History Library film {{FHL|21066|title-id|disp=1036109}}, item 6). This is a microfilm of an original typescript (10 leaves) written in 1974. This tells where each post was located.
=== Biographies  ===
Biographical data on Union officers from Illinois are in:
:*Wilson, James Grant. B''iographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861.'' Chicago, Illinois: J. Barnet, 1862. (Family History Library book {{FHL|262225|title-id|disp=977.3 D3w}}; fiche {{FHL|6049393|film|disp=6049393}} [set of 5]).
Biographical information can also be found in personal letters, diaries, interviews, and memoirs, some of which might have been published. (Click on the link to view "[http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/ The memoirs, diary, and life of Private Jefferson Moses, Company G, 93rd Illinois Volunteers]," as an example.)<br>


=== Other Sources  ===
=== Other Sources  ===
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