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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
This page lists all or parts of three National Archives microfilm publications helpful in identifying an ancestor or relative serving as a volunteer soldier in a military unit of the Veteran Reserve Corps. They are part of [https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/094.html Record Group 94] Records of the Adjutant General's Office.  
This page lists all or parts of two National Archives microfilm publications helpful in identifying an ancestor or relative serving as a volunteer soldier in a military unit of the Veteran Reserve Corps. They are part of [https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/094.html Record Group 94] Records of the Adjutant General's Office.  


The first is a name index to the compiled military service records. For a description of the index see the National Archives catalog [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/654530 NAID 654530.] It is arranged in alphabetical order by surname. The soldiers name will be the one he most often went by or found in the original records. The index card will also identify company and military unit and rank of each soldier entering the service and at discharge. The [https://www.archives.gov/research/military/army/compiled-military-service-records compiled service records] are abstracts from original muster rolls and pay rolls and other records from the Civil War. Copies of compiled military service records can be ordered from the National Archives. Additional information about compiled military service records will be located in the National Archives Catalog [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300398 NAID 300398.]
The first is a name index to the compiled military service records. For a description of the index see the National Archives catalog [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/654530 NAID 654530.] It is arranged in alphabetical order by surname. The soldiers name will be the one he most often went by or found in the original records. The index card will also identify company and military unit and rank of each soldier entering the service and at discharge. The [https://www.archives.gov/research/military/army/compiled-military-service-records compiled service records] are abstracts from original muster rolls and pay rolls and other records from the Civil War. Copies of compiled military service records can be ordered from the National Archives. Additional information about compiled military service records will be located in the National Archives Catalog [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300398 NAID 300398.]
The second collection known as the Ainsworth List contains lists arranged by military unit identifying original records available and that were abstracted to create compiled military service records for individual soldiers. For additional information see Lists of Records of Military Organizations Used to Create Volunteer Compiled Military Service Records, ca. 1890–ca. 1904 "Ainsworth List" in the National Archives catalog [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/589591 NAID 589591].


Third collection will contain card abstracts of the Record of Events from original records of each military unit raised in the Veteran Reserve Corps outlining its activities and troop movements. The information will vary depending on the military unit.  
Second collection will contain card abstracts of the Record of Events from original records of each military unit raised in the Veteran Reserve Corps outlining its activities and troop movements. The information will vary depending on the military unit.  


{{HR Tip|Copies of compiled military service records are available from the National Archives. To request copies see: [http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.html Requesting  Pre-WWI Service Records]}}
{{HR Tip|Copies of compiled military service records are available from the National Archives. To request copies see: [http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.html Requesting  Pre-WWI Service Records]}}
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These records are part of NARA microfilm collection M636, ''Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in the Veteran Reserve Corps'', 44 rolls. See also the FamilySearch Catalog record, {{FSC|108734|title-id|disp=Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in the Veterans Reserve Corps}}.
These records are part of NARA microfilm collection M636, ''Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in the Veteran Reserve Corps'', 44 rolls. See also the FamilySearch Catalog record, {{FSC|108734|title-id|disp=Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in the Veterans Reserve Corps}}.
 
   
A transcription of M539 will be located in Janet B. Hewett, ed. ''The Roster of Union soldiers, 1861-1865'' 33 vols. The Roster of Union soldiers, 1861-1865. Wilmington, North Carolina : Broadfoot Pub. Co., c1997-2000. {{FSC|779026|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M29h}}  
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== "The Ainsworth List"  ==
This list identifies the original records available to the War Department which were abstracted to create compiled military service records for individual soldiers. The list is arranged by military unit. The collection takes its name from General Fred Crayton Ainsworth, who was appointed head of the Record and Pension Division (R&P) of the Surgeon General's office in 1886. Ainsworth had clerks copy the
name, rank, military organization, and medical history of each soldier from the nineteen thousand Civil War hospital registers onto paper cards. After completing that task information from additional records were added. Additional records may also be found at a state archive or historical that were not available for carding.
This index was published as NARA Microcopy T-817, ''Lists of the Adjutant General's Office for Carded Records of Military Organizations: Revolutionary War Through Philippine Insurrection, "The Ainsworth List''. See FamilySearch Catalog record {{FSC|539623|title-id|disp=List of the Adjutant General's Office for carded records of military organizations: Revolutionary War through Philippine Insurrection : the Ainsworth list}}. See also, Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, "Thank you, General Fred C. Ainsworth!", ''NGS Magazine'', Vol. 37, #4, (October-December 2011), pages 54-57.


== Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units ==   
== Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units ==   
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*Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, 1890–1912 (Union) [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300398 NAID 300398]
*Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, 1890–1912 (Union) [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300398 NAID 300398]
*Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations, 1861–1867 [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/577134 NAID 577134]
*Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations, 1861–1867 [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/577134 NAID 577134]
*Michael P. Musick. "The Little Regiment. Civil War Units and Commands". [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/summer/little-regiment-1.html ''Prologue Magazine'' 27 #2 (Summer 1995)].
 
'''Veteran Reserve Corps'''
*Descriptive List of Enlisted Men of the Veteran Reserve Corps, June 1863–January 1865 Provost Marshal General's Bureau. Office of the Acting Assistant Provost Marshal and Superintendent of the Volunteer Recruiting Service for the Western Division of New York. [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2771404 NAID 2771404]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1184705 Register of Enlisted Men in the Invalid Corps, 1863–1865 NAID 1184705]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/611228 Register of Officers of the Invalid Corps, 1863–1864 NAID 611228]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/611129 Register of Appointments in the Veteran Reserve Corps, 1863–1865 NAID 611129]
 
''' Related Articles -Archivist's Perspective: Civil War Records'''
*Michael P. Musick. ''Civil War Records: An Introduction and Invitation.'' [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/summer/civil-war-records-1.html Prologue Quarterly of the National Archives 27 #2 (Summer 1995): 145-150]
*Michael P. Musick. "The Little Regiment. Civil War Units and Commands". [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/summer/little-regiment-1.html Prologue Quarterly of the National Archives 27 #2 (Summer 1995):151-171]
*Michael P. Musick.''Honorable Reports. Battles, Campaigns, and Skirmishes - Civil War Records and Research'' [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/fall/honorable-reports-1.html Prologue Quarterly of the National Archives 27 #3 (Fall 1995): 259-277]
*Michael P. Musick. '' War in an Age of Wonders Civil War Arms and Equipment''[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/winter/civil-war-arms-and-equipment-1.html  Prologue Quarterly of the National Archives 27 #4 (Winter 1995): 348-368]


== Related FamilySearch Collections ==
== Related FamilySearch Collections ==
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*''Field record of officers of the Veteran Reserve Corps : from commencement to the close of the Rebellion.'' Washington, D.C. : Scriver & Swing, 1865. {{FSC|820715|item|disp=FS Library microfiche 6118635}}
*''Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65.'' 8 vols. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1865-1867. {{FSC|288902|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M23ua}} '''pt. 8''' Territories of Washington, New Mexico, Nebraska, Colorado, Dakota, '''Veteran reserve corps,'''' U.S. veteran volunteers (First army corps), U.S. volunteers, U.S. colored troops.
=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
*{{RecordSearch|1919699|United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934}}
*{{RecordSearch|1919699|United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934}}
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=== FamilySearch Historical Images ===
=== FamilySearch Historical Images ===
Organization index to pension files of veterans who served between 1861 and 1900- [1917], NARA Publication T289.
'''Organization index to pension files''' of veterans who served between 1861 and 1900- [1917], NARA Publication T289.
Index to pension applications arranged first by military unit then by name. Cards may identify additional service and list date and place of death.
Index to pension applications arranged first by military unit then by name. Cards may identify additional service and list date and place of death.
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|1726077 || {{FSHI|DGS=8503124}} || 587|| Field and Staff, 1 Vermont Infantry (Spanish-Amer. War) - Company C, 4 '''Veterans Reserve Corps'''
|1726077 || {{FSHI|DGS=8503124}} || 587|| Field and Staff, 1 Vermont Infantry (Spanish-Amer. War) - Company C, 4 '''Veterans Reserve Corps'''
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|1726078|| {{FSHI|DGS=8503125}} || 588|| VETERANS RESERVE CORPS Company D, 4 Veterans Reserve Corps - Company E 8 Veterans Reserve Corps
|1726078|| {{FSHI|DGS=8503125}} || 588|| '''VETERANS RESERVE CORPS''' Company D, 4 Veterans Reserve Corps - Company E 8 Veterans Reserve Corps
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|1726079|| {{FSHI|DGS=8503126}} || 589|| Company F, 8 Veterans Reserve Corps - Company A 12 Veterans Reserve Corps  
|1726079|| {{FSHI|DGS=8503126}} || 589|| Company F, 8 Veterans Reserve Corps - Company A 12 Veterans Reserve Corps  
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*[[Locating a Union Civil War Soldier (1861-1865)]]
*[[Locating a Union Civil War Soldier (1861-1865)]]
*[[Veteran Reserve Corps in the Civil War]] See Veteran Reserve Corps Military Units
*[[Veteran Reserve Corps in the Civil War]] See Veteran Reserve Corps Military Units
*[[Union Unit Histories]]
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