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The above source indexes the following two collections:  
The above source indexes the following two collections:  


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Below is an alphabetical collection of records that were never indexed nor interfiled with the compiled service records:  
Below is an alphabetical collection of records that were never indexed nor interfiled with the compiled service records:  


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Confederate soldiers may have served from a military unit raised by the Confederate Government or by an individual Confederate state.

Confederate Government Records[edit | edit source]

The following is an important index to Confederate Government records:

The above source indexes the following two collections:

Below is an alphabetical collection of records that were never indexed nor interfiled with the compiled service records:

Records of the Confederate States[edit | edit source]

Most Confederate soldiers served with a Unit raised in the community where they lived. These records were maintained by each individual Confederate state.

Compiled Service Records

The Compiled Service Records for Confederate soldiers were made by the United States Record and Pension Office in the War department. Beginning in 1903, the Record and Pension Office made card abstracts from records in the War Department Collection of Confederate Records and from other borrowed documents. In addition to the cards, original documents that related only to the individual soldier were included.

The card abstracts were made from original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. The Compiled Service Records were made in an effort to obtain as nearly complete record of military service as possible at the time.

See card examples and descriptions on Footnote.com.

The Compiled Service Records ($) (Footnote.com) of Confederate soldiers are available online. In the future, these records will be made available at no charge through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available to access at no charge at National Archives research rooms and any library that provides free access to Footnote.com.

Compiled Service Records on microfilm

The records and indexes available at the National Archives and Family History Library are:

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