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*'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]]. | *'''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama are available online. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms]. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]].<br> | ||
*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0263. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1958. (Family History Library {{FHL|312759|title-id|disp=film 880848}}.) This gives each soldier’s name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. | *[[Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Uion Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] describes this collection with a link to the online database.<br> | ||
*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0263. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1958. (Family History Library {{FHL|312759|title-id|disp=film 880848}}.) This gives each soldier’s name, his rank, and the unit in which he served.<br> | |||
For microfilms of the actual compiled service records indexed by the source above see: | For microfilms of the actual compiled service records indexed by the source above see: | ||