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*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Michigan in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br> | |||
*National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br> | |||
*[[Michigan in the Civil War|Michigan in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Michigan, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
*Hamilton, Richard L.; Patten, George Thomas. ''Oh! Hast thou forgotten : Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War : the Gettysburg Campaign : a Civil War memoir of Sgt. George Thomas Patten 1862-1863''. ([S.l.] : R.L. Hamilton, c2008){{FHL|1916516|item|disp=FHL Book 921.73 P277h}} | *Hamilton, Richard L.; Patten, George Thomas. ''Oh! Hast thou forgotten : Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War : the Gettysburg Campaign : a Civil War memoir of Sgt. George Thomas Patten 1862-1863''. ([S.l.] : R.L. Hamilton, c2008){{FHL|1916516|item|disp=FHL Book 921.73 P277h}} | ||
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*Harris, Samuel. "''The Michigan Brigade of Cavalry at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Under Command of Brig.-Gen. Geo. A. Custer''" ( Chicago [Ill.]: Samuel Harris & Co, 1894).{{FHL|674727|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6084602}} . [http://www.worldcat.org/title/michigan-brigade-of-cavalry-at-the-battle-of-gettysburg-july-3-1863-under-command-of-brig-gen-geo-a-custer/oclc/13852989&referer=brief_results Other Libraries] | *Harris, Samuel. "''The Michigan Brigade of Cavalry at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Under Command of Brig.-Gen. Geo. A. Custer''" ( Chicago [Ill.]: Samuel Harris & Co, 1894).{{FHL|674727|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6084602}} . [http://www.worldcat.org/title/michigan-brigade-of-cavalry-at-the-battle-of-gettysburg-july-3-1863-under-command-of-brig-gen-geo-a-custer/oclc/13852989&referer=brief_results Other Libraries] | ||
* | *Geyer, Patricia W. ''Sheldon L. Wight : his story from Eaton Twp., Lorain Co., Ohio to Benton Twp., Eaton Co., to Sickels and Elsie, Michigan ; including his diary for the year 1865 as a private, Company F, Sixth Michigan Cavalry ; from Appomattox to the Powder River and Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory.'' (Albion, Michigan : P.W. Geyer, c1998), {{FHL|959450|item|disp=FHL book 921.73 W639g}} | ||
*Kidd, James Harvey. "''Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War" '' (Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1983). [http://www.archive.org/details/personalrecollec00kidd Digital copy.] [http://www.worldcat.org/title/personal-recollections-of-a-cavalryman-with-custers-michigan-cavalry-brigade-in-the-civil-war/oclc/9195645&referer=brief_results Other Libraries]. <br> | *Kidd, James Harvey. "''Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War" '' (Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1983). [http://www.archive.org/details/personalrecollec00kidd Digital copy.] [http://www.worldcat.org/title/personal-recollections-of-a-cavalryman-with-custers-michigan-cavalry-brigade-in-the-civil-war/oclc/9195645&referer=brief_results Other Libraries]. <br> | ||
* | *Longacre, Edward G. ''"Custer and his Wolverines: the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, 1861-1865" ''(Cambridge, Massachusetts. Da Capo, 2004). Digital copy at [http://goo.gl/HRkWY Google Books] . [http://www.worldcat.org/title/custer-and-his-wolverines-the-michigan-cavalry-brigade-1861-1865/oclc/37220912&referer=brief_results Other libraries] <br> | ||
* | *Michigan, and George H. Turner. ''Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 [Fifth Cavalry].'' Lansing, Mich: Michigan Adjutant-General's Dept, 1905.{{FHL|674614|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6084600}} . [http://www.worldcat.org/title/record-of-service-of-michigan-volunteers-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865-fifth-cavalry/oclc/36552438&referer=brief_results Other Libraries] <br> | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||