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 == '''Civil War (1861-1865)'''  ==
+[[Image:{{Battle of Lawrence, Kansas}}]]<br>
+See [[Kansas in the Civil War|Kansas in the Civil War]] for information about Kansas Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Kansas regiments involved in the Civil War.
-for men age 18 to 45 may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For registration cards for Kansas, see:
+The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching more about the soldiers and their families.
-'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]].
-'''Volunteer Regiments -&nbsp;'''An index to the enlistment papers of Kansas Volunteer Regiments, 1861-1865, which are housed in the Kansas State Archives is on the [http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/Databases/KSEnlistments.cfm Lineages, Inc]. website (free search). The enlistment papers may contain the following information on a soldier:
-*Name
-*Date
-*Place of birth,
-*Date and place enlisted
-*Date and place mustered into service
-*Physical description
-*Signature
-*Occasionally a medical report.
-'''Civil War Regimental Lists.''' See a [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Kansas_in_the_Civil_War list of regiments] and links to their histories.&nbsp;
+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. <br><br>
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