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*Tennessee. Board of Pension Examiners. ''Confederate Pension Applications: Soldiers and Widows, 1891–ca. 1965.'' Nashville, Tennessee: State Library and Archives. (On 181 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=203660&disp=Confederate+pension+applications%3A+sold++ 978497].) | *Tennessee. Board of Pension Examiners. ''Confederate Pension Applications: Soldiers and Widows, 1891–ca. 1965.'' Nashville, Tennessee: State Library and Archives. (On 181 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=203660&disp=Confederate+pension+applications%3A+sold++ 978497].) | ||
*A book-form index to pension applications is, Sistler, Samuel D. ''Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications.'' Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler, 1995. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=721939&disp=Index+to+Tennessee+Confederate+pension+a++ 976.8 M22s] index; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=721939&disp=Index+to+Tennessee+Confederate+pension+a++ 6125500] [set of 5].) This book includes entries from all three pension files: soldiers, widows and colored men's applications. An "S", "W", or "C" before the application number designates the file where the application originated. The county where the application was filed is listed as well as the applicant's unit in which he served. Again, use care when limiting your search of this index by county. Veterans may have moved from the county where they were born or the county where they enlisted in their unit. | *A book-form index to pension applications is, Sistler, Samuel D. ''Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications.'' Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler, 1995. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=721939&disp=Index+to+Tennessee+Confederate+pension+a++ 976.8 M22s] index; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=721939&disp=Index+to+Tennessee+Confederate+pension+a++ 6125500] [set of 5].) This book includes entries from all three pension files: soldiers, widows and colored men's applications. An "S", "W", or "C" before the application number designates the file where the application originated. The county where the application was filed is listed as well as the applicant's unit in which he served. Again, use care when limiting your search of this index by county. Veterans may have moved from the county where they were born or the county where they enlisted in their unit. | ||
*''Tennessee CRHA [Confederate Relief and Historical Association of Memphis] Roster.'' Online database taken from Tennessee State Library and Archives. ''Record of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors, Members of the Confederate Relief and Historical Association of Memphis.'' Available online at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_memphis_crha World Vital Records] (free). | |||
Other records available through the Family History Library are: | Other records available through the Family History Library are: | ||
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Tennessee units are listed on pages 75–80. The Family History Library has the large microfiche collection described in this guide. Use the library catalog to find individual items, including correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories published before 1920. The guide shows the unit name, counties where it was raised, author, title, publication information, number of pages, and source repository. It also includes an author index and a major engagements index. | Tennessee units are listed on pages 75–80. The Family History Library has the large microfiche collection described in this guide. Use the library catalog to find individual items, including correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories published before 1920. The guide shows the unit name, counties where it was raised, author, title, publication information, number of pages, and source repository. It also includes an author index and a major engagements index. | ||
'''Confederate Physicians. | '''Confederate Physicians.''' The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives]] compiled an index to [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/docintro.htm Tennessee Confederate Physicians]. This list was compiled from several different sources. The database indicates the source record and usually the unit with which the physician served. | ||
'''Pensions.''' | '''Pensions.''' ''Civil War Pension Index Cards'' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included. | ||
*''Tennessee Colored Confederate Pensions.'' Online subscription database available at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_ccpa_index World Vital Records] (free). | |||
'''Southern Claims Commission.''' If a Union sympathizer in Tennessee claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Tennessee counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. | '''Southern Claims Commission.''' If a Union sympathizer in Tennessee claimed a loss during the Civil War due to Union military confiscation, he could apply to the Southern Claims Commission for reimbursement. Only a few applied per county, but their neighbors were called as witnesses and asked dozens of questions. Hundreds of the residents of all kinds in a county may be mentioned in answers to Commission questions, and their wartime activities described. To learn how to find records mentioning these neighbors in Tennessee counties during the Civil War see the [[Southern Claims Commission|Southern Claims Commission]]. | ||
*''Tennessee Civil War Southern Claims.'' Online resource based on the following book: Bills, Gary B. ''Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission.'' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=107378&disp=Southern+Loyalists+in+the+Civil+War&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 975 M2s]. Database available at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_civilwar_southernclaims World Vital Records] ( | *''Tennessee Civil War Southern Claims.'' Online resource based on the following book: Bills, Gary B. ''Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission.'' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=107378&disp=Southern+Loyalists+in+the+Civil+War&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 975 M2s]. Database available at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_civilwar_southernclaims World Vital Records] (free). | ||
=== State Soldier Homes === | === State Soldier Homes === | ||