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| Pension files are housed at the [http://www.ohs.org Oregon Historical Society], and an [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jkidd/articles/IndWarPens.htm index] is available on the internet. | | Pension files are housed at the [http://www.ohs.org Oregon Historical Society], and an [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jkidd/articles/IndWarPens.htm index] is available on the internet. |
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| | See [[Oregon in the Civil War|Oregon in the Civil War]] for information about Oregon Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Oregon regiments involved in the Civil War. |
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| A published roster that provides each volunteer's name, rank, dates of service, place of enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, and company is M.A. Pekar and Edna Mingus, comps., ''Soldiers Who Served in the Oregon Volunteers, Civil War Period, Infantry and Cavalry'' (Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon, 1961; Family History Library book {{FHL|140631|title-id|disp=979.5 A1 No. 16}} also {{FHL|99325|title-id|disp=979.5 M2p}}; film {{FHL|141705|title-id|disp=928088 item 8}}; fiche {{FHL|99325|title-id|disp=6051234}}).
| | The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching more about the soldiers and their families. |
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| A published list of deaths reported to the Oregon department of the Grand Army of the Republic is Jane Myers, ''Honor Roll of Oregon Grand Army of the Republic, 1881-1935'' (Cottage Grove, Oregon: Cottage Grove Genealogical Society, 1980; Family History Library book {{FHL|140631|title-id|disp=979.5 A1}} No. 53).
| | The [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiments for the soldiers. Then you can check the Wiki regiment pages to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor. <br> |
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| The Family History Library has an index to service records of Union Army soldiers (Family History Library film {{FHL|316984|title-id|disp=821947}}) and a nationwide index to pension records. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives.
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| '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Service and Pension Records]].
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| '''Compiled Service Records''' - The [http://go.footnote.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Footnote.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Oregon 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 and Pension Records]].
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| === Spanish-American War (1898) === | | === Spanish-American War (1898) === |