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Confederate soldiers may have served from a military unit raised by the Confederate Government or by an individual Confederate state. Most Confederate soldiers served with a Unit raised in the community where they lived.
Confederate soldiers may have served from a military unit raised by the Confederate Government or by an individual Confederate state. Most Confederate soldiers served with a Unit raised in the community where they lived.


=== Records of the Confederate States  ===
=== Compiled Service Records ===
 
==== Compiled Service Records ====


The Compiled Service Records for Confederate soldiers were made by the United States Record and Pension Office in the War department, beginning in 1903. The Record and Pension Office made card abstracts from records in the War Department Collection of Confederate Records and from other borrowed documents. In addition to the cards, original documents that related only to the individual soldier were included.
The Compiled Service Records for Confederate soldiers were made by the United States Record and Pension Office in the War department, beginning in 1903. The Record and Pension Office made card abstracts from records in the War Department Collection of Confederate Records and from other borrowed documents. In addition to the cards, original documents that related only to the individual soldier were included.
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==== Compiled Service Records on microfilm ====
==== Compiled Service Records on microfilm ====


The following records are available at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] and the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]:
The following three collections are not needed if searching the collection Compiled Service Records available on Footnote.com. They are include in that database.
 
If you are using the records of the individual states, however, the following three collections should also be searched as they were not included in the compiled service records of the individual states.
 
*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313823&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M258. (FHL films 0880207–329.)  (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_29/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_csa Footnote]) ($).<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108709&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. NARA M818.
*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=287336&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers and Nonregimental Enlisted Men]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M331. (FHL films 0881105–379.) Include those men performing staff duties. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_38/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_officers Footnote]) ($).<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108709&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. NARA M818.
*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=41408&disp=Unfiled+papers+and+slips+belonging+in+Co++ Unfiled Papers and Slips Belonging to Confederate Compiled Service Records].'' National Archives Microfilm Publication M347. (FHL films 1402001–442.) (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_656/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_misc Footnote]) ($).
 
'''Compiled Service Records of Individual States'''


*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=300893&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Alabama. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M311. (FHL films 0880330‑837.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108781&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M374. (FHL films 0821949–97.)  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=300893&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Alabama. Compiled Service Records]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M311. (FHL films 0880330‑837.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108781&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M374. (FHL films 0821949–97.)  
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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499034&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Texas. Compiled Service Records.] National Archives Microfilm Publication M323. (FHL films 1501077–52.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=98127&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M227. (FHL films 0880014–54.)  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499034&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Texas. Compiled Service Records.] National Archives Microfilm Publication M323. (FHL films 1501077–52.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=98127&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M227. (FHL films 0880014–54.)  
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499010&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Virginia. Compiled Service Records.] National Archives Microfilm Publication M324. (FHL films 1488678–9752.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=281165&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M382. (FHL films 0881395–456.)<br>
*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=499010&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Virginia. Compiled Service Records.] National Archives Microfilm Publication M324. (FHL films 1488678–9752.) Also, [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=281165&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M382. (FHL films 0881395–456.)<br>
=== Confederate Government Records  ===
The following is an important index to Confederate Government records:
*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=108709&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+Con++ Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government and of Confederate General and Staff Officers and Nonregimental Enlisted Men]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M818. (FHL films 1205310–35.)
The above source indexes the following two collections:
*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=313823&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government]. National Archives Microfilm Publication M258. (FHL films 0880207–329.) This series of records includes those units not raised by the individual states.'' (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_29/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_csa Footnote]) ($).
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*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=287336&disp=Compiled+service+records+of+Confederate+++ Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers and Nonregimental Enlisted Men]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M331. (FHL films 0881105–379.) The records include those men performing staff duties. (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_38/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_officers Footnote]) ($).
Below is an alphabetical collection of records that were never indexed nor interfiled with the compiled service records:
*''[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=41408&disp=Unfiled+papers+and+slips+belonging+in+Co++ Unfiled Papers and Slips Belonging to Confederate Compiled Service Records].'' National Archives Microfilm Publication M347. (FHL films 1402001–442.) (also available on [http://www.footnote.com/title_656/civil_war_soldiers_confederate_misc Footnote]) ($).
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