Union Census Records

United States U.S. Military U.S. Civil War Union Census Records

1890 Veterans Schedules

As part of the regular enumeration of the population in 1890, a special enumeration, The "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) (118 microfilm rolls), was also done of Union veterans and widows.

Nearly all of the schedules for the states of Alabama through Kansas and approximately half of those for Kentucky were destroyed prior to microfilming. The schedules for the remaining half of Kentucky and the states of Louisiana through Wyoming are available in this collection.

In addition to the states mentioned above, the following miscellaneous schedules are included on roll 118 of the veterans schedules:

• California - Alcatraz
• Connecticut - Fort Trumbull
• Connecticut - Hartford County Hospital
• Connecticut - U.S. Naval Station
• Delaware - Delaware State Hospital for the Insane
• District of Columbia - Lincoln Post #3
• Florida - Fort Barrancas
• Florida - St. Francis Barracks
• Idaho - Boise Barracks
• Idaho - Fort Sherman
• Illinois - Cook County
• Illinois - Henderson County
• Indiana - Warrick County
• Indiana - White County
• Kansas - Barton County

The records give name, rank, company, regiment or vessel, dates of enlistment and discharge, length of service, residence, disability, and remarks.

See the official NARA pamphlet explaining these records in detail at M123.pdf.

Where to Find the Records

The surviving 1890 Veterans Schedules are available online.

Online

• 1890 Veterans Schedules (Ancestry) ($)
• United States, 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War (FamilySearch)

Libraries

• Locate these records at a library using Worldcat.

1910 U.S. Federal Census

The 1910 Federal Census (NARA T624), asked if a person was "A survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy".

1930 U.S. Federal Census

The 1930 Federal Census (NARA T626), asked if a person was "A veteran of the U.S. military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition" and "What war or expedition" they served in.

1940 U.S. Federal Census

The 1940 Federal Census, asked "Is this person a veteran of the United States military forces or the wife, widow, or under 18-year-old child of a veteran?" and "If child, is veteran-father dead?" and "War or Military" served in.

State Censuses

Some state censuses also identified Union veterans. Examples on microfilm at the Family History Library include the New York census of 1865 and the Wisconsin census of 1885.