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== Officers == | == Officers == | ||
=== Biographical Sketches === | |||
For biographical sketches and other information about officers in addition to the service records, see the following: | For biographical sketches and other information about officers in addition to the service records, see the following: | ||
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*Estes, Claud. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=75313&disp=List+of+field+officers%2C+regiments%2C+%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861–1865.''1912]. Reprint, Mattituck, New York: J. M. Carroll & Company, 1983. (FHL book 973 M2lo.) Contains name, rank, and unit. | *Estes, Claud. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=75313&disp=List+of+field+officers%2C+regiments%2C+%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861–1865.''1912]. Reprint, Mattituck, New York: J. M. Carroll & Company, 1983. (FHL book 973 M2lo.) Contains name, rank, and unit. | ||
*Krick, Robert K. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=447004&disp=Lee%27s+colonels%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Lee’s Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia]''. Third Edition. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1990. (FHL book 973 D36kca is for the 2nd ed.) Arranged alphabetically and contains name, date, and place of birth; some entries identify wife. The appendix contains an additional list of 3,524 field officers by name, identifying rank, and unit. | *Krick, Robert K. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=447004&disp=Lee%27s+colonels%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Lee’s Colonels: A Biographical Register of the Field Officers of the Army of Northern Virginia]''. Third Edition. Dayton, Ohio: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1990. (FHL book 973 D36kca is for the 2nd ed.) Arranged alphabetically and contains name, date, and place of birth; some entries identify wife. The appendix contains an additional list of 3,524 field officers by name, identifying rank, and unit. | ||
*Office of Naval Records. [http://www. | *Office of Naval Records. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1526074 Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861–1865] 1931.''Reprint, Mattituck, New York: J. M. Carroll & Company. (FHL book 973 M3ro.) Arranged alphabetically by name. Some entries list the state of birth, state appointed from, service history, and rank.'' | ||
*Warner, Ezra J. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=284620&disp=Generals+in+gray%2C+lives+of+the+Confede%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders]''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. (FHL book 973 M2wa.) Contains brief sketches of military service with some pictures and birth and death information. | *Warner, Ezra J. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=284620&disp=Generals+in+gray%2C+lives+of+the+Confede%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders]''. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. (FHL book 973 M2wa.) Contains brief sketches of military service with some pictures and birth and death information. | ||
== Sailors == | == Sailors == | ||
The | === Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System === | ||
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. | |||
=== Government Records === | |||
The following card collection has information about sailors and Marines abstracted from original documents, such as hospital, prison, and parole records: | The following card collection has information about sailors and Marines abstracted from original documents, such as hospital, prison, and parole records: | ||
''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=103087&disp=Confederate+Naval+and+Marine+personnel+r++ Confederate Naval and Marine Personnel Records]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M260. (FHL films 0191662–8.) | :''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=103087&disp=Confederate+Naval+and+Marine+personnel+r++ Confederate Naval and Marine Personnel Records]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M260. (FHL films 0191662–8.) | ||
Published muster rolls and statistical data on ships are in [http://books.google.com/books?id=zjNAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Vol. 1, Series II] (Google Books). The muster rolls list name, grade, and ship. | |||
=== Other Resources === | |||
The source below is a guide to Confederate naval sources: | |||
:Moebs, Thomas Truxton. ''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=463902&disp=Confederate+states+Navy+research+guide%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Confederate States Navy Research Guide].'' Williamsburg, Virginia: Moebs Publishing, 1991. (FHL book 973 M2moe.) Contains biographical sketches of Naval and Marine officers, naval histories of Confederate naval vessels, and a subject bibliography of sources. | |||
Donnelly, Ralph W. ''[http://www. | For information about Marines see the following: | ||
:Donnelly, Ralph W. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6144654 Service Records of Confederate Enlisted Marines]''. Washington, D.C.: Ralph W. Donnelly, 1979. (FHL book 973 M2dr.) Entries list name, company, enlistment date, and place along with brief service histories. | |||
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