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== Collection Time Period  ==
== Collection Time Period  ==


The records cover the years 1861 to 1865.
The records cover the years 1861 to 1865.  


== Record Description  ==
== Record Description  ==


The collection consists of Confederate service records of general and staff officers and nonregimental enlisted men who did not serve in any particular regiment, company or special corps. The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in the following original records:
The collection consists of Confederate service records of general and staff officers and nonregimental enlisted men who did not serve in any particular regiment, company or special corps. The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in the following original records:  
 
*Muster rolls  
*Muster rolls  
*Returns  
*Returns  
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*Originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier.
*Originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier.


The collection is alphabetically arranged by surname. This collection is a part of RG 109,War Department Collection of Confederate Records and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M331.Index courtesy of Footnote.com.
The collection is alphabetically arranged by surname. This collection is a part of RG 109,War Department Collection of Confederate Records and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M331.Index courtesy of Footnote.com.  


=== Record Content  ===
=== Record Content  ===
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== Sources of information for This Collection  ==
== Sources of information for This Collection  ==


<!--bibdescbegin-->"Confederate, Service Records of Nonregimental Soldiers of the Civil War, 1861-1865." ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org). NARA M331. Footnote 500,052 digital images. Footnote, Orem, Utah.<!--bibdescend-->  
<!--bibdescbegin-->"Confederate, Service Records of Nonregimental Soldiers of the Civil War, 1861-1865." ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org). RG 109,War Department Collection of Confederate Records (NARA M331). Footnote 500,052 digital images. Footnote, Orem, Utah.<!--bibdescend-->  


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[[Category:United_States|Military Records]]
[[Category:United_States|Military Records]]
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