Tennessee Military Records: Difference between revisions

*United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890. ''Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War.'' Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1948. The films for Tennessee are: (Family History Library<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1219250701055_225"></span> films 338254–57.) Each entry lists the veteran’s name (or if he did not survive, both the widow’s and the veteran’s names) and may contain the following: the veteran’s rank, company, and regiment or vessel; dates of enlistment and discharge; length of service in years, months, and days; post office and address; disability incurred; and remarks necessary to a complete statement of the term of service.&nbsp; In Tennessee, this schedule included both Union and Confederate soliders.&nbsp; An online index is available at the [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/quest08.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives].

*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 978497.)  

*A book-form index to pension applications is,&nbsp;Sistler, Samuel D. ''Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications.'' Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler, 1995. (Family History Library book 976.8 M22s index; fiche 6125500 [set of 5].) This book includes entries from all three pension files:&nbsp; soldiers, widows and colored men's applications.&nbsp; An "S", "W", or "C" before the application number designates&nbsp;the file where the application originated.&nbsp; The county where the application was filed is listed as well as the applicant's unit in which he served.&nbsp; Again, use care when limiting your search of this index by county.&nbsp; Veterans may have moved from the county where they were born or the county where they enlisted in their unit.

*United States. Record and Pension Office. ''Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.'' Washington, DC: National Archives, 1959. (370 Family History Library films beginning with 1499671.) This record is indexed in volume 2 of Tennesseans in the Civil War listed below; it is also in:  

*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.'' Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1959. (Family History Library films 880055–102.)  

*Wiefering, Edna. ''Tennessee’s Confederate Widows and Their Families: Abstracts of 11,190 Confederate Widows Pension Applications.''Cleveland Public Staff and Volunteers, 1992. (Family History Library book 976.8 M28w.) These records include widow's maiden name, widow's residence at time of application, year and place of widow's birth, name of soldier with his year and place of birth, year and place of marriage, and year and place of soldier's death.