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[[United States Military Records|United States Military Records]]>[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]]>[[Union Army Records|Union Army Records]] Union Army soldiers may have served in the U.S. Army, local militia units mustered into federal service, or volunteer regiments raised by the individual states. The length of service varied from 90 days to three years. Many soldiers also reenlisted, serving in more than one regiment. The Union Army and Navy enlisted over 2.3 million men, of which nearly 359,000 died in combat or from wounds and disease.
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There is currently no master index to the names of soldiers who served in Union volunteer regiments. 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:


==Online Records==
Hewett, Janet B., editor. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=779026&disp=The+Roster+of+Union+soldiers%2C+1861%2D1%20%20&columns=*,0,0 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.
*'''1861 - 1866''' {{RecordSearch|3518724|United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops, 1861-1866}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1864 - 1866''' {{RecordSearch|1932430|United States Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index


== Volunteers  ==
Most service records have not been microfilmed and are available only at the National Archives. The following service records and indexes are available on microfilm at the National Archives. Most of the filmed records and indexes are also available at the Family History Library. See the Family History Library Catalog for complete bibliographic information:


=== Compiled Service Records ===
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36042&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Alabama. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M276. (FHL films 1276611–20). Also, I[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=312759&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index] National Archives Microfilm Publication M263 (FHL film 0880848).


The Compiled Service Records of volunteer Union soldiers were made by the United States Record and Pension Division of the War Department, beginning in 1890. The Record and Pension Division made card abstracts from documents in the custody of the War Department and from muster, pay, and other rolls borrowed from the Second Auditor of the Treasury. In addition to the cards, original documents that related only to the individual soldier were included. See also [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/577134 Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations, 1861 - 1867.]  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313711&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Arizona. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M532. (FHL film 0881608.)


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.  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499048&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Arkansas. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M399. (FHL films 1380796–855). Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=314403&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M383. (FHL films 0881488–91.)


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 any library that provides free access to Fold3.com.
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313585&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ California. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M533. (FHL films 0881609–15.)
'''Related Articles'''
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens.''Thank you, General Fred C. Ainsworth! NGS Magazine 37 #4 (October-December 2011): 54-57.
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Service Records. Part I: The records inside the CMSR Jacket.'' NGS Magazine 38 #1 (January-March 2012): 32-36.   
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Service Records. Part II: The records outside the CMSR Jacket.'' NGS Magazine 38 #2 (April-June 2012): 32-38.
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Military Service Records. Part III: The record of events.'' NGS Magazine 38 #3 (July-September 2012): 28-31.
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. ''Compiled Military Service Records. Part IV: Carded medical records.'' NGS Magazine 40 #4 (October-December 2014): 37-40.   


'''Note''': The following Union volunteer records are not available online as of November 2011. However, indexes for these records are available. See [[Union Service Records#Compiled_Service_Records_of_Individual_States|Compiled Service Records of Individual States]] below for indexes by state.  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=317046&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Colorado. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M534. (FHL films 0821998–2000.)


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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=319031&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Connecticut. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M535. (FHL films 0821909–25.)
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*Arizona Territory
*California
*Colorado Territory
*Connecticut  
*District of Columbia
*Illinois


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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313567&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Dakota. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M536. (FHL film 0881616.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Dakota: 1st Battalion Cavalry. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1960.
*Indiana
*Iowa
*Kansas
*Maine
*Massachusetts
*Michigan


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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313512&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Delaware. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M537. (FHL films 0881617–20.)
*Minnesota
*New Hampshire
*New Jersey
*New York
*NY (vol engineers is avail.)  
*Ohio


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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=314826&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ District of Columbia. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M538. (FHL films 0881964–66.)
*Pennsylvania
*Rhode Island
*Vermont
*Washington Territory
*Wisconsin


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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36050&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Florida. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M400. (FHL films 1299987‑97.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=318939&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index.] National Archives Microfilm Publication M264. (FHL film 0821767.)


{| width="99%" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36055&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Georgia. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M403. (FHL film 1276608.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=312114&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index][http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=312114&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M385. (FHL film 0881394.)
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*Veteran Reserve Corps
*Organizations Not Raised by States and Territories


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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=92181&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Illinois. Index] National Archives Microfilm Publication M539. (FHL films 0881621–721.)


Check to see a list of [http://www.fold3.com/category_21 states currently available] online at Fold3.  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=87183&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Indiana. Index] National Archives Microfilm Publication M540. (FHL films 0881722–807.)


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.  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=315985&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Iowa. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M541. (FHL films 0881808–36.)


==== Compiled Service Records of African Americans  ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313594&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Kansas. Index] National Archives Microfilm Publication M542. (FHL films 0881837–46.)
*'''1861 - 1866''' {{RecordSearch|3518724|United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops, 1861-1866}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
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! Regiment !! NARA !! Pamphlet !! FHL Microfilm !! Libraries<ref name="Worldcat links">Some of the Worldcat links may show both book and microform formats held. The book refers to the pamphlet that describes the microfilmed records and the microform format refers to the actual service records. Check with the library to be sure they have the actual records.</ref> !! Fold3 !! FamilySearch<ref name="FamilySearch links">Transcriptions only - no images.</ref>
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| 55th MA Infantry
| M1801
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1801.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2155607|disp=2155607-22}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50591392 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_698/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 1st-6th Cavalry
| M1817
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1817.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2428750|disp=2428750-902}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50591533 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_681/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| Artillery
| M1818
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1818.pdf PDF]
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| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50591634 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_678/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 1st Infantry
| M1819
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1819.pdf PDF]
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| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40582617 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_680/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 2nd-7th Infantry
| M1820
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1820.pdf PDF]
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| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/73151945 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_46/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 8th-13th Infantry
| M1821
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1821.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2310942|disp=2310942-1050}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48759856 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_47/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 14th-19th Infantry
| M1822
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1822.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2428930|disp=2428930-9034}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/644239189 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_683/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 20th-25th Infantry
| M1823
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1823.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2429035|disp=2429035-132}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63522119 Worldcat]  
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_682/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 26th-30th Infantry
| M1824
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1824.pdf PDF]
|
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56588152 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_694/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 54th MA Infantry
| M1898
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1898.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2155547|disp=2155547-66}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40419056 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_679/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 31st-35th Infantry
| M1992
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1992.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2446713|disp=2446713-97}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71803344 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_692/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 36th-40th Infantry
| M1993
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1993.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2447302|disp=2447302-417}}
|
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_685/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 41st-46th Infantry
| M1994
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1994.pdf PDF]
|
|
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_684/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 47th-55th Infantry
| M2000
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M2000.pdf PDF]
|
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/696419992 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_746/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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| 56th-65th Infantry
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| 66th-138th Infantry
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| [http://www.fold3.com/title_762/civil_war_soldiers_union_colored_troops Fold3] ($)  
| {{RecordSearch|1932431|FamilySearch}}
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==== Compiled Service Records of Galvanized Yankees  ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499018&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Kentucky. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M397. (FHL films 1487066–275; films 1489753–90057.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=316094&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M386. (FHL films 0881492–521.)


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=499025&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Louisiana. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M396. (FHL films 1380930–79.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=319046&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M387. (FHL films 0821926–29.)


*Compiled service records of former Confederate soldiers who served in the 1st through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866. NARA M1017. ({{FSC|1315687|disp=FS Library films 1315687–751}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20324897 Worldcat]) ([http://www.fold3.com/title_45/civil_war_soldiers_union_csa Fold3])&nbsp;($) ({{RecordSearch|1932430|FamilySearch}}).
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=293443&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Maine. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M543. (FHL films 0881847–69.)


See the official NARA pamphlet explaining the service records of the "Galvanized Yankees" at [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1017.pdf M1017.pdf].
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=462894&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Maryland. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M384. (FHL films 1477976–8213.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313628&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M388. (FHL films 0881522–34.)


*Dee Brown, ''The galvanized Yankees'' reprint. Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 1986, c1963 {{FSC|424675|item|disp=FS Library 978 M2br}}
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=320457&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Massachusetts. Index] National Archives Microfilm Publication M544. (FHL films 0881870–913.)


==== Compiled Service Records of Veteran Reserve Corps  ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=98157&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Michigan. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M545. (FHL films 0881914–61.)


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 served in the Veteran Reserve Corps. The compiled service records of the Veteran Reserve Corps have never been microfilmed.  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=319073&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Minnesota. Index] National Archives Microfilm Publication M546. (FHL films 0821930–38 and 0882902.)


An index to these records is available:
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36061&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Mississippi. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M404. (FHL films 1292659–62.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313456&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M389. (FHL film 0881535.)


*''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in the Veteran Reserve Corps'' NARA M636. ({{FSC|1205358|disp=FS Library 1205358–83}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/425784362 Worldcat]) ([http://www.fold3.com/title_803/veteran_reserve_corps_index_cards Fold3]) ($)
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499042&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Missouri. Compiled Service Records]


==== Compiled Service Records of Other Units  ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499042&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499042&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M405. (FHL films 1500223–01075.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=317116&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M390. (FHL films 0881536–89.)


The Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Not Raised by States and Territories Excepting the Veterans Reserve Corps and the U.S. Colored Troops have never been microfilmed. Included in these records are special units not raised by the states. The collection includes:
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=316835&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Nebraska. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M547. (FHL films 0821905–06.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Nebraska. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1787.


:U.S. Sharp Shooters; Signal Corps; U.S. Volunteers; Pioneer Brigade (Army of the Cumberland); U.S. Veteran Volunteers, Engineers; U.S. Veteran Volunteers, Infantry; U.S. Volunteer Infantry; Confederate Prisoners of War who enlisted in the U.S. Army (Galvanized Yankees); brigade bands; Indian Home Guards; Mississippi Marine Brigade/Marine Regiment, U.S. Volunteers; enlisted men transferred to the Mississippi Flotilla, February 21, 22, and 23, 1862; Departmental Corps (Department of the Monongahela)&nbsp;; Varner's Battalion of Infantry; and Captain Turners Company, Volunteer Pioneers.
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=316897&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Nevada. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M548. (FHL film 0821939.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory and State of Nevada. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1789.


<br> '''Note''': The compiled service records of the 1st through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments (Galvanized Yankees) from this collection have been reproduced as microfilm publication M1017 (mentioned above). Three companies of engineers, Indian scouts, and infantry from the U.S. Volunteer Infantry that were not part of the six regiments were not included in M1017.<ref> United States. National Archives Trust Fund Board. ''Pamphlet Describing M1290: Alphabetical Card Name Indexes to the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served in Union Organizations not Raised by States or Territories, Excepting the Veterans Reserve Corps and the U.S. Colored Troops''. Washington, National Archives And Records Administration, 1988.</ref>
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=2462&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ New Hampshire. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M549. (FHL films 0882018–30.)


An index to these records is available:
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=319488&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ New Jersey. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M550. (FHL films 0882031–56.)


:*''Alphabetical Card Name Indexes to the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served in Union Organizations not Raised by States or Territories, Excepting the Veterans Reserve Corps and the U.S. Colored Troops'' NARA M1290. ({{FSC|1604884|disp=FS Library&nbsp;1604884–920}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Indexes+to+compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Union+soldiers+who+served+in+organizations+not+raised+by+states+or+territories#x0%253Abook%2Bx4%253Amicformat Worldcat]) ([http://www.fold3.com/title_804/miscellaneous_org_index_cards Fold3]) ($)
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=441155&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ New Mexico. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M427. (FHL films 0471538–83.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=613543&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M242. (FHL films 0821883–86.)


==== Compiled Service Records of Individual States  ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=294587&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ New York. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M551. (FHL films 0882057–213.)
The records below all refer to Union soldiers only, even though they may have been serving from Southern states.  


{| class="wikitable"
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499021&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ North Carolina. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M401 (FHL films 1473248–72) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=314388&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M391. (FHL films 0881590–91.)
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| Alabama
| {{FSC|312759|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M276
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M276.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1276611|disp=1276611–20}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8916784 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_43/civil_war_soldiers_union_al Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932389|FamilySearch}}
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| Arizona Territory
| {{FSC|313711|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Arkansas
| {{FSC|314403|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M399
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M399.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1380796|disp=1380796–855}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50296468 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_44/civil_war_soldiers_union_ar Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932392|FamilySearch}}
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| California
| {{FSC|313585|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| [https://www.fold3.com/title/913/civil-war-service-records-union-california#overview Fold3] ($)
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| Colorado Territory
| {{FSC|317046|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| [https://www.fold3.com/title/927/civil-war-service-records-union-colorado#overview Fold3] ($)
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| Connecticut
| {{FSC|319031|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Dakota Territory
| {{FSC|313567|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M1960
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1960.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2229930|disp=2229930-32}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61164404 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_48/civil_war_soldiers_union_dakota Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932393|FamilySearch}}
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| Delaware
| {{FSC|313512|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M1961
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1961.pdf PDF]
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| [http://www.fold3.com/title_693/civil_war_soldiers_union_de Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932394|FamilySearch}}
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| District of Columbia
| {{FSC|314826|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| [https://www.fold3.com/title/963/civil-war-service-records-union-district-of-columbia#overview Fold3] ($)
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| Florida
| {{FSC|318939|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M400
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M400.pdf PDF]  
| {{FSC|1299987|disp=1299987‑97}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19097672 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_687/civil_war_soldiers_union_fl Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932395|FamilySearch}}
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| Georgia
| {{FSC|312114|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M403
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M403.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1276608|disp=1276608}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35013337 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_49/civil_war_soldiers_union_ga Fold3] ($)  
| {{RecordSearch|1932397|FamilySearch}}
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| Illinois
| {{FSC|92181|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Indiana
| {{FSC|87183|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Iowa
| {{FSC|315985|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Kansas
| {{FSC|313594|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Kentucky
| {{FSC|311984|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M397
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M397.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|0881492|disp=881492-1521}},<br>{{FSC|1487066|disp=1487066–90057 }}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19097627 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_50/civil_war_soldiers_union_ky Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932398|FamilySearch}}
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| Louisiana
| {{FSC|319046|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M396
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M396.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1380930|disp=1380930–79}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16700355 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_691/civil_war_soldiers_union_la Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932399|FamilySearch}}
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| Maine
| {{FSC|293443|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Maryland
| {{FSC|313628|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M384
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M384.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1477976|disp=1477976–8213}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19098781 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_695/civil_war_soldiers_union_md Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932407|FamilySearch}}
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| Massachusetts
| {{FSC|320457|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Michigan
| {{FSC|98157|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Minnesota
| {{FSC|319073|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Mississippi
| {{FSC|313456|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M404
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M404.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1292659|disp=1292659–62}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12287867 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_52/civil_war_soldiers_union_ms Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932409|FamilySearch}}
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| Missouri
| {{FSC|317116|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M405
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M405.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1500223|disp=1500223–01075}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9189422 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_51/civil_war_soldiers_union_mo Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932408|FamilySearch}}
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| Nebraska Territory
| {{FSC|316835|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M1787
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1787.pdf PDF]
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| [http://www.fold3.com/title_53/civil_war_soldiers_union_ne Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932417|FamilySearch}}
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| Nevada State/Territory
| {{FSC|316897|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M1789
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1789.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|2155471|disp=2155471-486}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56747126 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_54/civil_war_soldiers_union_nv Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932420|FamilySearch}}
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| New Hampshire
| {{FSC|2462|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| New Jersey
| {{FSC|319488|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| New Mexico Territory
| {{FSC|613543|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M427
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M427.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|0471538|disp=0471538–83}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23068457 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_690/civil_war_soldiers_union_nm Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932418|FamilySearch}}
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| New York
| {{FSC|294587|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| NY - 1st Vol. Engineers
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| M2004
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M2004.pdf PDF]
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| [http://www.fold3.com/title_676/civil_war_soldiers_union_1st_ny Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932388|FamilySearch}}
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| North Carolina
| {{FSC|314388|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M401
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M401.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1473248|disp=1473248–72}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13517050 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_689/civil_war_soldiers_union_nc Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932416|FamilySearch}}
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| Ohio
| {{FSC|341395|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Oregon
| {{FSC|316984|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M1816
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M1816.pdf PDF]
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| [http://www.fold3.com/title_55/civil_war_soldiers_union_or Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932421|FamilySearch}}
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| Pennsylvania
| {{FSC|90734|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Rhode Island
| {{FSC|336062|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| Tennessee
| {{FSC|316565|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M395
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M395.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1482042|disp=1482042–261}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19097567 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_696/civil_war_soldiers_union_tn Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932422|FamilySearch}}
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| Texas
| {{FSC|314346|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M402
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M402.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1292646|disp=1292646–58}}
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| [http://www.fold3.com/title_688/civil_war_soldiers_union_tx Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932425|FamilySearch}}
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| Utah Territory
| {{FSC|36037|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M692
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M692.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|0821588|disp=0821588}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20471681 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_56/civil_war_soldiers_union_ut Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932426|FamilySearch}}
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| Vermont
| {{FSC|313424|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| [https://www.fold3.com/title/880/civil-war-service-records-union-vermont#overview Fold3] ($)
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| Virginia
| {{FSC|314316|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M398
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M398.pdf PDF]  
| {{FSC|1292638|disp=1292638–44}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12401188 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_686/civil_war_soldiers_union_va Fold3] ($)
| {{RecordSearch|1932427|FamilySearch}}
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| Washington Territory
| {{FSC|317031|title-id|disp=Index}}
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| West Virginia
| {{FSC|313613|title-id|disp=Index}}
| M508
| [http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M508.pdf PDF]
| {{FSC|1478231|disp=1478231–475}},<br>{{FSC|1482026|disp=1482026–041}}
| [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28841230 Worldcat]
| [http://www.fold3.com/title_697/civil_war_soldiers_union_wv Fold3] ($)  
| {{RecordSearch|1932429|FamilySearch}}
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| Wisconsin
| {{FSC|317099|title-id|disp=Index}}
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==== Indexes  ====
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=341395&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Ohio. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M552. (FHL films 0882214–335.)


'''Indexes for Compiled Service Records'''
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=316984&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Oregon. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M553. (FHL film 0821947.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Oregon. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1816.


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.  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=90734&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Pennsylvania. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M554. (FHL films 0882336–472.)


A transcription of the National Archives indexes to compiled Military Service records of Volunteer Union soldiers is:
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=336062&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Rhode Island. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M555. (FHL films 0821940–46.)


*''The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861–1865'' ({{FSC|973 M29h}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/title/roster-of-union-soldiers-1861-1865/oclc/37425521&referer=brief_results Worldcat]) 33 Volumes. Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Publishing, 1997–. This series is currently in publication.
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499031&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Tennessee. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M395. (FHL films 1482042–261.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=316565&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M392. (FHL films 0821889–904.)


An index for Union soldiers that served in the U.S. Colored Troops is:  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36070&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Texas. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M402. (FHL films 1292646–58.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=314346&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M393. (FHL films 0881592–93.)


*''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with United States Colored Troops'' National Archives Microfilm Publication M589. ({{FSC|1266617|disp=FS Library 1266617–43}} and {{FSC|1266546|disp=FS Library 1266546–616}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15038369 Worldcat]) 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=316382&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Utah. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M692. (FHL film 0821588.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36037&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M556. (FHL film 1292645.)


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=313424&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Vermont. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M557. (FHL films 0882472–85.)


=== Finding Aids ===
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36086&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ Virginia. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M398. (FHL films 1292638–44.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=314316&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M394. (FHL film 0881594.)
See also NARA finding aid to Compiled Military Service Records Sources for the following states:


'''Union'''
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=317031&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Washington. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M558. (FHL film 0821948.)
*'''California''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: California]]
*'''Connecticut''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Connecticut]]
*'''Delaware'''[[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Delaware]]
*'''District of Columbia''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: District of Columbia]]
*'''Illinois''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Illinois]]
*'''Indiana''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Indiana]]
*'''Iowa''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Iowa]]
*'''Kansas''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Kansas]]
*'''Maine''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Maine]]
*'''Massachusetts''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Massachusetts]]
*'''Michigan''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Michigan]]
*'''Minnesota''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Minnesota]]
*'''Nebraska''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Nebraska]]
*'''New Hampshire''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: New Hampshire]]
*'''New Jersey''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: New Jersey]]
*'''New York''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: New York]]
*'''Ohio:''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Ohio]]
*'''Pennsylvania''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Pennsylvania]]
*'''Rhode Island''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Rhode island]]
*'''Vermont''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Vermont]]
*'''Wisconsin''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Wisconsin]]
*'''United States Colored Troops''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: United States Colored Troops]]
*'''Veteran Reserve Corps''' [[United States, National Archives, Compiled Military Service Records Sources Civil War: Veteran Reserve Corps]]


=== Medical Records ===
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=484391&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+volunteer+Un++ West Virginia. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M508. (FHL films 1478231–475 and 1482026–041.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313613&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M507. (FHL films 0881595–607.)


For medical information about volunteer soldiers who fought in the Civil War, consult the National Archives series,[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655646 "Carded Medical Records of Volunteer Soldiers in the Mexican and Civil Wars, compiled 1846 - 1865"] found in [http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ Record Group (RG) 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 17862-1984, entry 534]. These cards relate to volunteers admitted to hospitals for treatment and may include information such as name; rank; organization; complaint; date of admission; hospital to which admitted; and date returned to duty, deserted, discharged, sent to general hospital, furloughed, or died. This series is arranged by state, thereunder by the number of the regiment (cavalry, infantry, and artillery are filed together under the common regiment number) and then by initial letter of surname.
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=317099&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol++ Wisconsin. Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M559. (FHL films 0882486–518.)
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655651 Carded Medical Records of Musicians, 1861–1865, RG 94 Records of the Adjutant General's office]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655650 Carded Medical Records of Voltiguers and Pontooniers, 1847–1865, RG 94 Records of the Adjutant General's office]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655661 Duty Station Records of Hospital Attendants, Matrons and Nurses, 1861–1861, RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655658 Carded Service Records of Hospital Attendants, Matrons and Nurses, 1861–1865, RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655722 Carded Medical Records of Gunboat and Naval Service, 1861–1865, RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office]
*N.A. Strait. ''Roster of all regimental surgeons and assistant surgeons in the late war : with their service, and last-known post-office address : compiled from official records for use of United States pension office'' (Washington, D.C., 1882) {{FSDL|102940}}


=== Chaplains ===
The indexes include the soldier’s name, rank, and unit.  
*John W. Brinsfield, ed ''Faith in the fight : Civil War chaplains.'' Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania : Stackpole Books, c2003. {{FSC|1121836|item|disp=FS Library 973 M2bfc}}
*United States War Department. ''Chaplains in the army : letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 11th instant, transmitting the names of all the chaplains on the rolls on file in the office of the Adjutant General, March 25, 1862.'' (Washington, D.C.: 1862) {{FSDL|456104}}


=== Officers ===
Additional service indexes for Union soldiers are:  
*United States Adjutant General's Office. ''Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, 62, 63, 64, 65'' 8 volumes. reprint Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, 1987.v. 1. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut -- v. 2. New York, New Jersey -- v. 3. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia -- v. 4. West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky -- v. 5. Ohio, Michigan -- v. 6. Indiana, Illinois -- v. 7. Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, California, Kansas, Oregon, Nevada -- v. 8. Territories of Washington, Utah, New Mexico, Nebraska, Colorado, Indiana, Dakota, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Veteran Reserve Corps, 1st Army Corps (Veteran), Miscellaneous, Colored Troops. V.1 {{FSDL|56459}}; v.2 {{FSDL|48449}}; v. 3 {{FSDL|53550}}; v.4 {{FSDL|56661}}; v. 5 {{FSDL|48827}}; v.6 {{FSDL|125332}}; v. 7 {{FSDL|51734}}: v. 8 {{FSDL|49373}}
*Ron R. Van Sickle. ed. and comp. ''General Index to Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States, 1861–65.'' volume 9 Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, 1987  {{FSC|632195|item|disp=FS Library 973 M23ua 1987 v. 9}}
*William Henry Powell. ''Officers of the Army and Navy (Volunteer) Who Served in the Civil War.'' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L.R. Hamersly, 1893. {{FSDL|467371}}


== Regular Army  ==
*[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.


'''Enlisted Men'''
*[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.


The War Department did not compile military service records for those who served in the Regular Army during this period.  
*[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.


A register of enlistments is available online, see [[US Army Enlistments, 1798-1914]]. See volumes 54-61 for enlistments from 1859-1865.
The following related records are available on microfilm at the National Archives:


The National Archives also maintains a textual record, entitled "Regular Army Enlistment Papers, 1798–1894", [http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ Record Group 94, entry 91]. This series is arranged alphabetically by name of soldier and generally shows the soldier's name, place of enlistment, date, by whom enlisted, age, place of birth, occupation, personal description, regimental assignment, and certifications of the examining surgeon and recruiting officer. Soldiers usually have multiple enlistment papers if they served two or more enlistments.  
''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.  


'''Officers'''  
''Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 55th Massachusetts Infantry''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1801.


The "[[Historical Register and Dictionary of the US Army]]" by Francis B. Heitman, lists Regular Army and volunteer officers from 1789 to 1903 in two volumes giving a brief history of the officers service and awards received. Casualties (including prisoners of war) from 1789 to 1902 are also listed as well as a chronological list of battles, actions, etc., in which troops of the Regular Army have participated.  
''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.  


The War Department did not maintain or compile personnel files for Regular Army officers until 1863. For service prior to that date, the best place to start is the series of letters received by the adjutant general entitled, {{FSC|1172009|item|disp="Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General (Main Series), 1861–1870,"}}, National Archives Microfilm Publication M619.  
''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1818.  


For an officer's military service after 1863, consult the Commission Branch (CB) and Appointment, Commission and Personal Branch (ACP) records: {{FSC|629169|item|disp="Letters Received by the Commission Branch of the Adjutant General's Office, 1863–1870,"}} National Archives Microfilm Publication M1064.
Listed below are the service records of former Confederates or “galvanized Yankees” who enlisted from prison camps:  


The following may be of help when researching officers:
*[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.)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517042038/http://www.alia.org.au/~kwebb/Brevets/ Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War] at Australian Library and Information Association - archived page
*{{FSC|518674|item|disp=Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue}}
*{{FSC|284524|item|disp=Officers of the Army and Navy (Regular) Who Served in the Civil War}}
*{{FSC|284837|item|disp=Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders}}


== Sailors  ==
Copies of compiled service records can be requested from the National Archives by using NATF Form 80. These service records were made from muster rolls, pay lists, hospital records, and record books that have not been filmed. Some of these sources, such as the hospital registers, often give detailed information, such as birthplace. If a compiled service record notes a Bookmark File number, this refers to a separate set of records that must be asked for specifically when requesting copies The records are found in Record Group 94, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780s–1917.


=== Enlistment Rendezvous ===
==== Service Records of Sailors ====


The "Weekly Returns of Enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ("Enlistment Rendezvous") Jan. 6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891" (NARA M1953) list the sailor’s name, enlistment date, birthplace, age, occupation, personal description, date of or return of enlistment, and record of previous naval service.  
For records of sailors who served in the Union Navy, contact the National Archives. The weekly returns of enlistments, 1855 to 1891, are the records of most value for sailors, particularly those who served between 1855 and 1865. Entries list the sailor’s name, enlistment date, birthplace, age, occupation, personal description, date of or return of enlistment, and record of previous naval service. The records have not been filmed and are available only at the National Archives in Record Group 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel.  


'''Online'''
See the following for more information:


*{{RecordSearch|1825347|United States, Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891}} (FamilySearch)
Baugh, Virgil E., comp. ''Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. PI 123''. Washington, D.C. 1960.
*[http://www.fold3.com/title_777/naval_enlistment_weekly_returns_18551891 Naval Enlistment Weekly Returns, 1855-1891] (Fold3) ($)
 
'''Index'''  


An index to sailors who enlisted between 1861 and 1865 is listed below:  
An index to sailors who enlisted between 1861 and 1865 is listed below:  


*Index to Rendezvous Reports during the Civil War 1861–1865 (NARA T1099) ({{FSC|1570558|disp=FS Library 1570558-88}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33666321 Worldcat])
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=573183&disp=Index+to+rendezvous+reports%2C+Civil+War++ Index to Rendezvous Reports, Civil War, 1861–65]. '''National Archives Microfilm Publication T1099. (FHL films 1570558–88.) Entries contain the sailor’s name, ship or place of rendezvous, and date of enlistment'''.
 
=== Officers ===
*Lewis Randolph Hamersly.''The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps with a History of Naval Operations during the Rebellion of 1861–65, and a List of the Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles.'' Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870; reprint. Mattituck, New York: J.M. Carroll & Co., 1988 {{FSDL|140582}}
 
=== Other Records  ===


For records of sailors who served in the Union Navy, contact the National Archives. The records have not been microfilmed and are available only at the National Archives in Record Group 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
==== Records of Officers  ====


'''Related Books'''
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=300719&disp=Official+army+register+of+the+volunteer+++ Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, 62, 63, 64, 65]. ''8 vols. 1865–67. Reprint, Gaithersburg, Md.: Olde Soldier Books, 1987. (FHL book 973 M23ua 1987; films 1320524–27) This set lists the names of officers and contains brief organizational information for each regiment. It includes the dates and names of officers promoted, resigned, discharged, dead, missing, and dismissed.''
*''Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. PI 123'' compiled by Virgil E. Baugh ({{FSC|973 A3bv|disp=FS Library 973 A3bv}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11967585 Worldcat])


'''Additional Carded Record Collections'''
Van Sickle, Ron R. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=632195&disp=General+index+to+official+Army+register+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 General Index to Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States, 1861–65] Gaithersburg, Md.: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books, 1987. (FHL book 973 M23ua V.9.) Alphabetically arranged by name of officer with volume and page references.'''
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4688442 Service Records of Commissaries of Volunteers, 1861–1865, RG Records of the Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, 1818–1913]


== References  ==
Hamersly, Lewis R. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=343460&disp=The+records+of+living+officers+of+the+U%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps with a History of Naval Operations during the Rebellion of 1861–65, and a List of the Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles]''. 1870.Reprint, Mattituck, New York, New York: J. M. Carroll &amp; Company, 1985. (FHL book 973 M3h.) Contains brief service sketches of living officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as they appeared in the Navy Register for 1870. Birth or family information is sometimes included. Also contains a history of naval operations of the different squadrons and lists names of officers and vessels involved in naval battles.
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. "Sutlers of the Civil War" NGS Magazine 40 #2 (April-June 2014): 39-43. FS Library 973 D25ngs
*Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. "Union Army Laundresses" NGS Magazine 42 #3 (July-September 2016): 33-37 FS Library 973 D25ngs


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Hunt, Roger D., and Jack R. Brown. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=518674&disp=Brevet+Brigadier+generals+in+blue%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue]''. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, 1990. (FHL book 973 M2hu.) Contains the name, units commanded, dates of Brevet, date and place of birth and death, education, occupation, and burial information. Includes photos.


Powell, William H., editor. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=284500&disp=Officers+of+the+army+and+navy+%28volunte++ Officers of the Army and Navy (Volunteer) Who Served in the Civil War ].'' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L. R. Hamersly &amp; Company, 1893. (FHL book 973 M2p; film 0599644 item 1.) Contains similar information as Powell’s volume on regular officers described below.


{{U.S. Civil War}}
Powell, William H., editor. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=284524&disp=Officers+of+the+army+and+navy+%28regular++ Officers of the Army and Navy (Regular) Who Served in the Civil War ].'' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L. R. Hamersly &amp; Company, 1892. (FHL book 973 M2po; film 0599644 item 2.) Contains pictures and sketches of officers. Each sketch usually cites birthplace and may give complete birth date. Appointment, tours of duty, battles, and skirmishes are briefly detailed.


[[Category:United_States_Civil_War,_1861_to_1865]]
Warner, Ezra J. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=284837&disp=Generals+in+blue%2C+lives+of+the+Union+c%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders].'' Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. (FHL book 973 M2war.) Contains many pictures, brief sketches of generals’ military service, and birth and death information.

Revision as of 16:10, 11 August 2008

United States Military Records>United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865>Union Army Records Union Army soldiers may have served in the U.S. Army, local militia units mustered into federal service, or volunteer regiments raised by the individual states. The length of service varied from 90 days to three years. Many soldiers also reenlisted, serving in more than one regiment. The Union Army and Navy enlisted over 2.3 million men, of which nearly 359,000 died in combat or from wounds and disease.

There is currently no master index to the names of soldiers who served in Union volunteer regiments. 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. 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.

Most service records have not been microfilmed and are available only at the National Archives. The following service records and indexes are available on microfilm at the National Archives. Most of the filmed records and indexes are also available at the Family History Library. See the Family History Library Catalog for complete bibliographic information:

  • Arizona. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M532. (FHL film 0881608.)
  • California. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M533. (FHL films 0881609–15.)
  • Colorado. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M534. (FHL films 0821998–2000.)
  • Connecticut. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M535. (FHL films 0821909–25.)
  • Dakota. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M536. (FHL film 0881616.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Dakota: 1st Battalion Cavalry. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1960.
  • Delaware. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M537. (FHL films 0881617–20.)
  • Illinois. Index National Archives Microfilm Publication M539. (FHL films 0881621–721.)
  • Indiana. Index National Archives Microfilm Publication M540. (FHL films 0881722–807.)
  • Iowa. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M541. (FHL films 0881808–36.)
  • Kansas. Index National Archives Microfilm Publication M542. (FHL films 0881837–46.)
  • Kentucky. Compiled Service Records. National Archives Microfilm Publication M397. (FHL films 1487066–275; films 1489753–90057.) Also, Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M386. (FHL films 0881492–521.)
  • Maine. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M543. (FHL films 0881847–69.)
  • Michigan. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M545. (FHL films 0881914–61.)
  • Minnesota. Index National Archives Microfilm Publication M546. (FHL films 0821930–38 and 0882902.)
  • [2]
  • [3]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M405. (FHL films 1500223–01075.) Also, Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M390. (FHL films 0881536–89.)
  • Nebraska. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M547. (FHL films 0821905–06.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory of Nebraska. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1787.
  • Nevada. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M548. (FHL film 0821939.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Territory and State of Nevada. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1789.
  • New Jersey. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M550. (FHL films 0882031–56.)
  • New York. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M551. (FHL films 0882057–213.)
  • Ohio. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M552. (FHL films 0882214–335.)
  • Oregon. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M553. (FHL film 0821947.) Also available at the National Archives, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Oregon. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1816.
  • Texas. Compiled Service Records. National Archives Microfilm Publication M402. (FHL films 1292646–58.) Also, Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M393. (FHL films 0881592–93.)
  • Utah. Compiled Service Records. National Archives Microfilm Publication M692. (FHL film 0821588.) Also, Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M556. (FHL film 1292645.)
  • Vermont. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M557. (FHL films 0882472–85.)
  • Wisconsin. Index. National Archives Microfilm Publication M559. (FHL films 0882486–518.)

The indexes include the soldier’s name, rank, and unit.

Additional service indexes for Union soldiers are:

The following related records are available on microfilm at the National Archives:

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.

Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 55th Massachusetts Infantry. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1801.

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.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations. National Archives Microfilm Publication M1818.

Listed below are the service records of former Confederates or “galvanized Yankees” who enlisted from prison camps:

Copies of compiled service records can be requested from the National Archives by using NATF Form 80. These service records were made from muster rolls, pay lists, hospital records, and record books that have not been filmed. Some of these sources, such as the hospital registers, often give detailed information, such as birthplace. If a compiled service record notes a Bookmark File number, this refers to a separate set of records that must be asked for specifically when requesting copies The records are found in Record Group 94, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780s–1917.

Service Records of Sailors[edit | edit source]

For records of sailors who served in the Union Navy, contact the National Archives. The weekly returns of enlistments, 1855 to 1891, are the records of most value for sailors, particularly those who served between 1855 and 1865. Entries list the sailor’s name, enlistment date, birthplace, age, occupation, personal description, date of or return of enlistment, and record of previous naval service. The records have not been filmed and are available only at the National Archives in Record Group 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

See the following for more information:

Baugh, Virgil E., comp. Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. PI 123. Washington, D.C. 1960.

An index to sailors who enlisted between 1861 and 1865 is listed below:

Records of Officers[edit | edit source]

Van Sickle, Ron R. General Index to Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States, 1861–65 Gaithersburg, Md.: Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books, 1987. (FHL book 973 M23ua V.9.) Alphabetically arranged by name of officer with volume and page references.'

Hamersly, Lewis R. The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps with a History of Naval Operations during the Rebellion of 1861–65, and a List of the Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles. 1870.Reprint, Mattituck, New York, New York: J. M. Carroll & Company, 1985. (FHL book 973 M3h.) Contains brief service sketches of living officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as they appeared in the Navy Register for 1870. Birth or family information is sometimes included. Also contains a history of naval operations of the different squadrons and lists names of officers and vessels involved in naval battles.

Hunt, Roger D., and Jack R. Brown. Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Olde Soldier Books, 1990. (FHL book 973 M2hu.) Contains the name, units commanded, dates of Brevet, date and place of birth and death, education, occupation, and burial information. Includes photos.

Powell, William H., editor. Officers of the Army and Navy (Volunteer) Who Served in the Civil War . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L. R. Hamersly & Company, 1893. (FHL book 973 M2p; film 0599644 item 1.) Contains similar information as Powell’s volume on regular officers described below.

Powell, William H., editor. Officers of the Army and Navy (Regular) Who Served in the Civil War . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: L. R. Hamersly & Company, 1892. (FHL book 973 M2po; film 0599644 item 2.) Contains pictures and sketches of officers. Each sketch usually cites birthplace and may give complete birth date. Appointment, tours of duty, battles, and skirmishes are briefly detailed. 

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. (FHL book 973 M2war.) Contains many pictures, brief sketches of generals’ military service, and birth and death information.

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