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To find a name in the records, you must first determine the congressional district in which your ancestor lived. Congressional district numbers are listed in the following: | To find a name in the records, you must first determine the congressional district in which your ancestor lived. Congressional district numbers are listed in the following: | ||
United States Congress. ''[ | United States Congress.''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=38th+congress+2d+session+1865&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty‑eighth Congress of the United States of America].'' Washington, D.C.: Philip & Solomons, 1865. (FHL book 973 E4uc 1865; film 1425543 item 6.) This is arranged alphabetically by state, then by Congressional district. The counties are included in each district. | ||
There are also some case files on drafted aliens in National Archives Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State. These are arranged alphabetically and include name, age, district from which drafted, country of citizenship, and length of residence in the United States. | There are also some case files on drafted aliens in National Archives Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State. These are arranged alphabetically and include name, age, district from which drafted, country of citizenship, and length of residence in the United States. | ||
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Civil War draft or enrollment records are discussed in: | Civil War draft or enrollment records are discussed in: | ||
Meier, Michael T. “[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=283550&disp=Prologue+%28National+Archives%29++ Civil War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments].” ''Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 26''. (Winter 1994): 282–86. (FHL book 973 B2p.) | Meier, Michael T. “[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=283550&disp=Prologue+%28National+Archives%29++ Civil War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments].” ''Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 26''. (Winter 1994): 282–86. (FHL book 973 B2p.) | ||
{{U.S. Civil War}} | {{U.S. Civil War}} | ||
[[Category:United_States_Civil_War,_1861_to_1865]] | [[Category:United_States_Civil_War,_1861_to_1865]] | ||