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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
The 1st Battalion, Nevada Cavalry was organized at Fort Churchill, California, June 22, 1863. It mustered out July 21, 1866.<ref>National Park Service, [ | The 1st Battalion, Nevada Cavalry was organized at Fort Churchill, California, June 22, 1863. It mustered out July 21, 1866.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref> | ||
=== National Archives Catalog === | |||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6731868 Regimental and Company Books of the 1st Battalion of Nevada Cavalry] | |||
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin === | ||
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 1,141 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=UNV0001BC Roster]. | |||
=== Other Sources === | |||
*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in Nevada in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below). | |||
*[ | *National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. | ||
* | *[[Nevada in the Civil War|Nevada in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Nevada, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | ||
*[[ | *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. | ||
* | *Parkin, Nona. ''Military records.'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996), {{FSC|780904|item|disp=FS Library film 1598448 Itm 2}} | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
Latest revision as of 14:58, 21 April 2025
Brief History
The 1st Battalion, Nevada Cavalry was organized at Fort Churchill, California, June 22, 1863. It mustered out July 21, 1866.[1]
National Archives Catalog
Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,141 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.
Other Sources
- Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in Nevada in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
- National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
- Nevada in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Nevada, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
- Parkin, Nona. Military records. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996), FS Library film 1598448 Itm 2
References
- ↑ National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).