How to Read Civil War Payroll Records

Civil State of war Records: Basic Enquiry Sources

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction to Basic Inquiry Sources

• Union Records
• Confederate Records
• Publications
• Word of Basic Records
  • Compiled Military machine Service Records
  • Pension Records
  • Record of Events

Role 2: Compiling a Soldier's History

Part 3: Where to Find These Records

• Washington, DC
• Regional Facilities
• Requesting Records By Mail or Online

Part 4: Civil State of war Photographs and Maps

Part 5: Other Records

Part 6: Grand Army of the Republic

Part 7: For More than Information

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Role i: Introduction to Basic Enquiry Sources

Over 2.8 1000000 men (and a few hundred women) served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. This page briefly describes resource for researching the military service of individual Civil War soldiers in "Volunteer" Army units.

Related Subjects:

Regular Regular army: For information almost researching the armed forces service of persons in the Regular army, run across Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicka, Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United states, third edition (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2000), Chapter iv, Records of the Regular Army.

Wedlock Navy or Confederate Navy: For information virtually researching the service of persons in the Union Navy or Confederate Navy, see Lee D. Salary, "Ceremonious State of war and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861-1924," Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Assistants, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Summer 1995). An index to service by African-American sailors is bachelor online at the Ceremonious War Soldiers and Sailors System website.

Union Records

For Union army soldiers, there are three major records in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that provide data on war machine service: (1) compiled military service record (CMSR); (2) pension application file; and (3) records reproduced in microfilm publication M594, Compiled Records Showing Service of Armed services Units in Volunteer Marriage Organizations (225 rolls).

Amalgamated Records

For Confederate regular army soldiers, there are two major records in NARA that provide information on war machine service: (1) compiled military service record (CMSR) and (ii) records reproduced in microfilm publication M861, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations (74 rolls). Records relating to Confederate soldiers are typically less consummate than those relating to Union soldiers because many Confederate records did not survive the war.

NARA does non accept alimony files for Confederate soldiers. Pensions were granted to Confederate veterans and their widows and modest children by the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Due north Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia; these records are in the land archives or equivalent agency.

Publications

Researchers should visit public libraries to find books and periodicals about Civil War battles, strategies, uniforms, and the political and social context of the times. Useful publications include:

• U.S. War Department. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Wedlock and Confederate Armies . 128 vols. Washington, DC: Government Press Office, 1880-1900. Reprint, Gettysburg, PA: National Historical Society, 1971-72. Includes boxing reports and correspondence of Union and Confederate regiments.
  
• U.S. Naval State of war Records Office. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies . 30 vols. Washington, DC: Authorities Press Office, 1874-1922. Reprint, Gettysburg, PA: National Historical Society, 1971.
  
• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion . Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908. Reprint, Dayton, OH: National Historical Social club, 1979. Lists battles and campaigns for Spousal relationship regiments and too gives the limerick of corps and armies, i.e., such as the Army of the Potomac. Take annotation, however, that regimental boxing lists cannot be considered proof that any particular soldier fought in various battles since dissimilar companies in the regiment may have had unlike assignments, or an individual soldier may have been absent due to sickness, desertion, temporary consignment to other duties, or other causes.
  
• Dornbusch, Charles E. Military Bibliography of the Civil War . 4 vols. New York: New York Public Library, 1971-87. A guide to published Spousal relationship and Confederate unit of measurement histories.
  
• Hewett, Janet B., et al. Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , 51 vols. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1994-97.
  
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies . 11 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1992-97.
  
• Long, Everette B. Civil War Twenty-four hour period by Twenty-four hours: An Almanac, 1861-1865 . Garden Metropolis, NY: Doubleday, 1971.
  
• Randall, James, and David Donald. Civil War and Reconstruction . Boston: Heath, 1961.
  
• Catton, Bruce. The Centennial History of the Civil State of war . 3 vols. Garden Urban center, NY: Doubleday, 1961-65.
  
• Foote, Shelby. The Civil War . iii vols. New York, NY: Random House, 1958-74.
  
• Wiley, Bell I. The Life of Billy Yank: The Mutual Soldier of the Union . Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971.
  
• Wiley, Bell I. The Life of Johnny Reb: The Mutual Soldier of the Confederacy . Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.
  
• Basler, Roy P., ed. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln . New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990.

Periodicals such equally Civil War History , Civil War Times Illustrated , and Blue and Gray are likewise informative. These magazines are often found in public libraries.

Give-and-take of the Basic Records

Compiled Military machine Service Records (CMSR)

Each volunteer soldier has one Compiled Military Service Record (CMSR) for each regiment in which he served. An index is available online at the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Organisation website or on microfilm at selected NARA facilities and large genealogical research libraries. The CMSR contains basic information almost the soldier's military career, and it is the offset source the researcher should consult. The CMSR is an envelope (a jacket) containing ane or more cards. These cards typically indicate that the soldier was present or absent during a certain period of time. Other cards may indicate the date of enlistment and belch, amount of bounty paid him, and other information such as wounds received during battle or hospitalization for injury or illness. The soldier's identify of birth may be indicated; if foreign built-in, but the country of birth is stated. The CMSR may contain an internal jacket for so-called "personal papers" of various kinds. These may include a re-create of the soldier'southward enlistment newspaper, papers relating to his capture and release as a prisoner of war, or a argument that he had no personal property with him when he died. Note, however, that the CMSR rarely indicates battles in which a soldier fought; that information must be derived from other sources.

A CMSR is as consummate as the surviving records of an private soldier or his unit. The War Department compiled the CMSRs from the original muster rolls and other records some years after the war to permit more rapid and efficient checking of military and medical records in connection with claims for pensions and other veterans' benefits. The abstracts were then carefully prepared that it is rarely necessary to consult the original muster rolls and other records from which they were made. When the War Department created CMSRs at the plough of the century, data from company muster rolls, regimental returns, descriptive books, hospital rolls, and other records was copied verbatim onto cards. A separate card was prepared each time an private proper name appeared on a certificate. These cards were all numbered on the dorsum, and these numbers were entered onto the outside jacket containing the cards. The numbers on the jacket correspond with the numbers on the cards within the jacket. These numbers were used by the State of war Department just for control purposes while the CMSRs were being created; the numbers do not refer to other records regarding a veteran nor are they useful for reference purposes today.

Pension Records

Most Matrimony army soldiers or their widows or pocket-sized children later on applied for a pension. In some cases, a dependent father or female parent applied for a pension. The alimony files are indexed by NARA microfilm publication T288, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (544 rolls) which is too available online at Ancestry.com (for a fee).

The pension file will often contain more information about what the soldier did during the war than the CMSR, and it may incorporate much medical information if he lived for a number of years afterwards. For example, in his pension file, Seth Combs of Company C, 2d Ohio Cavalry, reported: "...my left center was injured while tearing down a building...and in pulling off a board a splinter or slice struck my eye and injured information technology badly...it was hurt while in the Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, Va. about Christmas 1864--a comrade who stood past me proper noun Jim Beach is dead." In some other affidavit, Seth said he "also got the Rheumatism while on duty as a dispatch bearer on detached duty."

To obtain a widow's alimony, the widow had to provide proof of marriage, such as a copy of the record kept by canton officials, or past affidavit from the minister or another person. Applications on behalf of the soldier's minor children had to supply both proof of the soldier's marriage and proof of the children's nascency.

Tape of Events

Sometimes, additional data about a soldier's state of war activities can be deduced from the compilations of the activities of each company known colloquially as the "tape of events." These records, which were compiled from information on the original muster rolls and returns, are uneven in content; some give day-by-day narratives of a company'south activities, while others simply note that the company was stationed at a certain place during the reporting catamenia (commonly 2-months). Although they rarely proper name individual soldiers, the descriptions of the activities and movements of the company can be used, in conjunction with the soldier's CMSR and alimony file, to determine where the soldier was and what he was doing. As noted higher up, records of Union regiments are reproduced in microfilm publication M594, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Spousal relationship Organizations (225 rolls). , and records of Confederate regiments are reproduced in microfilm publication M861, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Confederate Organizations (74 rolls). These records are bundled by state, thereunder past regiment, and thereunder past visitor. These records are existence published as Janet B. Hewett, et al., Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies , 51 vols. (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1994-97).

Part 2: Compiling a Soldier's History

This section shows how the data from the (1) CMSR, (ii) pension file, and (3) "record of events" can exist combined to more fully depict an average soldier's war experiences. The reconstructed histories of ii brothers who served the Union in the 106th New York Infantry--William P. Western and Frederick Weston [sic]--are presented as examples.

Frederick Weston, Company G, 106th N.Y. Infantry

According to his CMSR, Frederick Weston [sic] enlisted August 4, 1862, at Stockholm, New York. He was a 21-year-old farmer born at Stockholm, and was 5 feet 10 inches tall and had gray eyes and black hair. His company mustered in on August 27, 1862, at Ogdensburg, New York. Frederick was listed as "present" on company muster rolls from his enrollment through June 1863. He died of typhoid fever at North Mountain, Virginia, June 3, 1863.

There is no alimony file relating to Frederick because he was not married and did not have any minor children or aged parents dependant upon him for support.

The "record of events" cards in microfilm publication M594, Compiled Records Showing Service of War machine Units in Volunteer Union Organizations, curl 130, provide much particular about his service. The visitor was raised by Captain Cogswell of Madrid, New York, by authority of Adjutant General Hillhouse nether the President's call for 600,000 volunteers. They were mustered in August 27, 1862, by Lt. Caustin, 19th U.S. Infantry, who paid them the U.S. Bounty of $25; they were also paid the $50 Country compensation. This company left Military camp Wheeler, Ogdensburg, New York, Baronial 28, 1862; arrived at Camp Jessie, New Creek, Virginia, September 2, 1862; left Camp Jessie, December 27, 1862; and arrived at Martinsburg, Virginia, Dec 28, 1862.

The company spent over 2 months at Martinsburg earlier marching with the residual of the regiment to North Mountain, Virginia, on March 6, 1863. They remained there until April 25, 1863, when they were ordered to have "the cars for Grafton i hundred and eighty miles west on the Baltimore & Ohio R. Road," which they reached on April 26. From Grafton, Virginia, they went past railroad to Webster, Virginia, and from there marched to Philippi, Virginia. "Coming together no enemy" the regiment countermarched dorsum to Webster, arriving there on April 27. Learning that Grafton was in danger of a rebel set on, they marched back to Grafton the same day past fashion of Pruntytown. They remained at Grafton until May 18, when the visitor returned to N Mountain, at which it stayed until June 13, 1863. Past so, of form, Frederick Weston had died.

William P. Western, Company D, 106th North.Y. Infantry

According to his CMSR, William enlisted July 29, 1862, at DeKalb, New York. He was a 26-twelvemonth-old farmer born in Stockholm, New York, and was 5 feet 8 inches tall and had gray optics and brown hair. His visitor mustered in August 27, 1862, at Ogdensburg, New York. Although William was listed as "nowadays" on company muster rolls from his enrollment through June 1864, he was taken prisoner and paroled at Fairmont, Virginia, Apr 29, 1863. He went from at that place to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and did not return to regular duty until Oct 31, 1863. He became sick from "chronic diarrhoea" and "remittant fever," and on July 3, 1864, he was sent to the U.S. Ground forces Hospital, 6th Army Corps, at City Point, Virginia. Subsequently, he was sent to Finley Full general Infirmary, Washington, D.C. William'due south CMSR indicates some confusion as to whether he deserted while on furlough from the hospital, or whether he died at Richville, New York, November 23, 1864, or at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1864. During his military service, he received $95 in clothing, $27 in advanced compensation, and all his pay through Baronial 31, 1864. He was to accept been charged $1.27 for a "painted blanket" and $23.96 for transportation.

The pension application submitted by William's widow eliminates the defoliation well-nigh his death. According to affidavits, Finley Full general Hospital gave William a furlough on September 14, 1864, permitting him to return to St. Lawrence Canton, New York, for 1 month. On his manner habitation, William visited Dr. Carroll C. Bates at Potsdam, New York. Dr. Bates visited William at his father's house on September 29 and on October 3 and v. The doc planned to visit William again on October 7, but did not because William had died. Albert Dewey and Joseph N. Griswold laid out William's remains for burial. The pension file as well includes the dates of William'due south marriage to Ulisa Daniels, her subsequent marriage to Patrick Curn, and the birth of William'south daughter, Rosena.

The "tape of events" cards in M594, scroll 130, provide additional item most William'due south service. Visitor D'southward movements from enlistment to Apr 27, 1863, were identical to those for Company G, except that they were reported to have had a skirmish with the enemy at Philippi on April 26. They returned to Grafton on April 27. On April 28, Companies D and F were ordered to march to Fairmont, Virginia, to guard a railroad bridge over the Monongahela River. The next solar day they were attacked by Confederates whom they fought from ane:xxx a.one thousand. until noon, when "very of a sudden the command was surrendered and immediately paroled." Their casualties were 1 killed and one wounded.

The men who were captured were "out of activeness" for 6 months until they were formally exchanged; the balance of the company continued fighting the state of war. Eventually, William and the other men returned to duty:

The balance of this visitor consisting of Capt. Alvah W. Briggs, Lieut. Gilbert, W. Hathaway & 54 enlisted men were taken prisoner in an engagement at Fairmont, Va., April 29, 1863 and are at present [May through Oct 1863] in Parole Camp at Annapolis, Physician. ... having been duly exchanged returned to duty Oct. 31, 1863. Rejoined the Regt near Warrenton Junction, Va., on the sixth of November. 1863, moved with the Regt to Kellys Ford, crossed the Rappahannock same twenty-four hour period. 3d Corps captured 400 prisoners. On the seventh Nov. collection the enemy beyond Brandy Station where we went into Camp. On the 26th Nov. 1863, left Camp and with the Army of the Potomac moved toward the Rapidan which was crossed at Jacobs Ford aforementioned twenty-four hours. On the 27th tertiary Corps attacked the enemy nearly Locust Grove. Battle lasted until night. On the 28th moved forward toward Mine Run where the enemy was establish in force. On the 31st commenced to autumn back toward the Rapidan which was recrossed at Culpeper Ford Dec. 2d 1863. Returned to the Old Camp [Dec. three] since which time accept built wintertime quarters.

Company D saw trivial activity during its wintertime quarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. On February 6, 1864, it received orders to reconnaissance to the Rapidan River, but then returned to army camp the next solar day and did "null but heavy watch duty since." On March 28, 1864, the Regiment was transferred from the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 3d Regular army Corps to the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Army Corps. Company D remained in Camp near Brandy Station until May four, 1864, "and have since participated in all the movements and Battles of said Sectionalisation and Corps." The company and the regiment "participated in the engagements on the left of Petersburg" and on July half dozen left for Maryland and took part in the engagement at Monocacy, July 9, 1864. By then, of grade, William had already been sent to the hospital on July 3, never to return to duty again.

Conclusion

As illustrated by these examples, one soldier'southward feel may exist unlike from others in the same regiment. William Western was absent-minded from April 29 to Oct 31, 1863, while his blood brother Frederick Weston [sic] remained in the thick of armed forces activeness from April 29 until he died July 3, 1863. The researcher tin can build a detailed description of a soldier's contribution to the Union or Confederate cause using the soldier's military service and pension records, and the "tape of events" for the soldier's company, regiment, and field and staff officers.

A Discussion of Circumspection!

Practice non assume that a detail individual participated in a battle if (ane) his unit was at the boxing and (2) the person appears probable to have been with that unit. In the War Department's view, and from a strict adherence to objective information in existing evidence, such an supposition cannot ordinarily be made. Thus, the descriptions of William P. Western's and Frederick Weston'southward military machine careers are crafted both upon testify and upon assumptions, with no guarantee that the assumptions are correct.

No roll call was recorded only before a unit entered battle. As noted above, there are a variety of reasons why a particular individual may non have been nowadays at that time: different companies in the regiment may take had different assignments, or an individual soldier may have been absent-minded due to sickness, desertion, temporary assignment to other duties, or other causes. Muster rolls--which were unremarkably compiled to cover a 2-calendar month period--are generally accurate for the day on which the roll was filled out, but often not for all of the menstruation covered. If a person left the ranks some time during those two months so returned, that absence may non evidence on the roll. This is especially true for Confederate rolls.

Some records provide very stiff bear witness that someone was at a battle, simply a muster curl with the word "present" is not amid them. The stiff evidence includes:

• Postcards or testimony, found in pension files, wherein the veteran names the battles in which he participated, in response to a specific question from the Pension Office.
  
• Some Union CMSRs, notably for Colorado, that specifically tape presence at a battle. Such information was recorded during the state of war--although how this was washed is unknown.
  
• Some Confederate CMSRs, notably for Louisiana, Mississippi, and some Alabama units, that include a list of battles at which the soldier was present. These lists were drawn up during the state of war, but the process by which this was washed is unknown.
  
• Mention of a person's presence at a battle in the Official Records .
  
• Records showing death, wounds, or capture at battle.
  
• Mention of participation in battle in a regimental history.
  
• Mention of an private in the "record of events."
  
• Other records, such as a receipt for a equus caballus killed in action.

It is very tempting to list persons present at a battle, but the available evidence will ordinarily non make that possible. Nonetheless, attempts have been made. A good example is the Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg, PA. In that location, the State wished to tape all Pennsylvanians present at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-three, 1863. The Land decided to utilise the May-June 1863 muster rolls as evidence, since they listing men present on June xxx. This is a fortuitous date. Since the battle began the next solar day and the men were under order on pain of death to remain with their assigned units, one can reasonably assume that most men recorded equally nowadays June 30 were at the boxing. Nevertheless, the U.South. State of war Department did not recognize that assumption. In fact, controversies over the inclusion of specific names on the Pennsylvania memorial continue to this solar day.

Office 3: Where to Observe These Records

Washington, DC

You may do research in Ceremonious War armed forces service and pension files in person at the National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Artery, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. Begin your research in the Microfilm Reading Room. Staff is available there to answer your questions.

All microfilmed records may be examined during regular enquiry room hours; no prior organisation is necessary.

Requests for records that accept non been microfilmed, such as the alimony files and most Union CMSRs, must be submitted on advisable forms between 8:45 a.1000. and 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. The request forms and the microfilmed indexes are all bachelor in the Microfilm Reading Room. Alimony files and other original records are not "pulled" from the stacks later 3:30 p.m. or on Saturday, but can be viewed during all regular research hours if the pull request was submitted during the weekday hours noted in the previous sentence.

Please be aware that these are very popular records. NARA strives to make the records readily bachelor to all researchers on an equal basis. In guild to provide timely, equal access, NARA limits the number of original records which y'all may asking for whatsoever scheduled records pull. The limit is four original files for each researcher for each pull during a business solar day up to 24 files in a given day. Because of the number of requests for original records, nosotros are unable to provide advance service on these records. Please practise not ask united states to verify if we have a file in advance of your arrival or ask u.s. for expedited service.

Researchers coming from a distance may wish to call in accelerate of their visit (i) to verify research room hours and (2) to have any additional questions answered. The Consultant's Office tin can exist reached at 202-501-5400.

Regional Facilities

Some National Athenaeum and Records Assistants (NARA) regional facilities have selected microfilmed Ceremonious State of war compiled armed forces service records and other microfilmed military records; phone call to verify their availability.

Requesting Records by Mail or Online

Military Service Records: Paper copies of Ceremonious State of war military service records can be requested past mail using an NATF Course 86 for each soldier (Volunteer Regular army or Regular army). You lot can obtain the NATF Form 86 by providing your proper noun and mailing address to www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html. Be certain to specify the correct form number and the number of forms you lot need.

Pension Records: Paper copies of Civil State of war pension records can be requested online or requested by mail using an NATF Form 85 for each soldier (Volunteer Army or Regular Ground forces, Union Navy or Marine Corps). Yous tin obtain the NATF Form 85 by providing your name and mailing accost to www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html. Be certain to specify the right form number and the number of forms you lot demand.

You tin can also obtain the NATF Forms 85 and Course 86 by writing to:
National Archives and Records Assistants,
Attn: NWCTB
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20408-0001.

Important! There are no compiled service records for Navy or Marine Corps personnel. Exercise non used NATF Form 86. Instead, contact Old Armed services and Ceremonious Records (NWCTB), National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001.

Part 4: Ceremonious War Photographs and Maps

NARA's holdings include Civil War photographs taken by Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and George N. Barnard, as well as Ceremonious War maps, plans, technology drawings, diagrams, blueprints, and sketches of forts. These can be accessed online through the National Archives Itemize. Some of the photos have been compiled into a Pictures of the Civil State of war leaflet, also bachelor online.

Civil State of war photographs can also be found in these and other institutions:

Library of Congress (Prints & Photographs Reading Room)

U.Due south. Military History Establish

Country Archives

Part 5: Other Records

M1845. Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Matrimony Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903

Office 6: Grand Regular army of the Republic

The M Ground forces of the Republic (Thousand.A.R.) was a patriotic society, founded in 1866, composed of Civil War veterans who had honorably served in the Spousal relationship Ground forces. This club was dissolved in 1956, with the death of its last surviving member. Since the G.A.R. was a private veterans organization, not a part of the Federal Government, its athenaeum are non amid the records in NARA custody.

Selected facilities with G.A.R. materials include:

Grand Army of the Republic Civil State of war Museum and Library
4278 Griscom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124

New England Ceremonious War Museum/Thomas J. O'Connell Library
14 Park Place
Vernon, CT 06066

And, for online research links, come across the M Army of the Commonwealth and Related Research Links page maintained by the Sons of Marriage Veterans of the Civil War.

Part 7: For More than Information

For information almost military service and other Ceremonious War-era military records bachelor as National Archives microfilm publications, consult:

Listings for the Record Groups (RGs) listed beneath in Microfilm Resource for Research: A Comprehensive Catalog of National Athenaeum Microfilm Publications . Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1996. Available online or for purchase.

• RG 15, Records of the Veterans Assistants
• RG 92, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
• RG 94, Records of the Aide Full general's Office, 1780s-1917
• RG 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records
• RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War)
• RG 249, Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners

Military Service Records: A Select Itemize of National Athenaeum Microfilm Publications . Washington, DC: National Athenaeum and Records Administration, 1985. Bachelor online or for purchase.

For detailed information about other records relating to the Civil War, consult:

• Guide to Genealogical Enquiry in the National Archives . Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Assistants. Revised 1985. Available for purchase.
  
• Munden, Kenneth West., and Henry Putney Beers. The Union: A Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War . National Archives and Records Administration. 1962. Reprint, 1986. Available for buy.
  
• Beers, Henry Putney. The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Confederate States of America . National Athenaeum and Records Assistants. 1968. Reprint, 1986. Bachelor for purchase.
  
• A Guide to Civil State of war Maps in the National Athenaeum . National Archives and Records Administration. 1964. Reprint, 1986. Bachelor for purchase.
  
• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United states of america . 3 vols. Washington, DC: National Athenaeum and Records Administration. 1995. Available online or for purchase.

Many articles about the Ceremonious State of war era and its records have been published in Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives , which is available for $16 for an annual subscription (4 issues per yr). Back issues of Prologue are frequently bachelor on microfilm at public and university libraries. The following is a chronological list of manufactures about the Civil War published from 1988 through 2003:

Plante, Trevor Thou. "Enhancing Your Family unit Tree with Civil War Maps." 35 (Summer 2003).

Plante, Trevor Thou. "Researching Confederate Marines in the Civil War." 33 (Winter 2001).

Reidy, Joseph P. "Black Men in Navy Blue During the Civil War." 33 (Fall 2001).

Browning, Robert Thousand. Jr. "Defunct Strategy and Divergent Goals: The Part of the United states of america Navy forth the Eastern Seaboard During the Ceremonious War." 33 (Autumn 2001).

Foster, Kevin J. "The Diplomats who Sank a Fleet: The Confederacy's Undelivered European Fleet and the Union Consular Service." 33 (Fall 2001).

Mollan, Marker C. "The Ground forces Medal of Honor: The First Fifty-five Years." 33 (Summertime 2001).

Livingston, Rebecca. "Civil War Cat-and-Mouse Game: Researching Blockade Runners at the National Archives." 31 (Fall 1999).

Special Prologue Consequence on the Civil State of war (Winter 1998)

Plante, Trevor K. "The Shady Side of the Family Tree: Civil War Union Court-Martial Case Files." 30 (Winter 1998).

Weidman, Budge. "Preserving the Legacy of the Us Colored Troops." (Summer 1997).

Pilgrim, Michael E. "A Different View on the War: The Civil War Diary of Richard 1000. Venable." 28 (Winter 1996): 263-269.

Allen, Desmond Walls. "Which Henry Cook? A Methodology for Searching Confederate Ancestors." 27 (Fall 1995): 286-289.

Bacon, Lee D. "Ceremonious War and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861-1924." 27 (Summertime 1995): 178-182.

Musick, Michael P. "Civil War Records: An Introduction and Invitation." 27 (Spring 1995): 145-150.

Love, Michael K. "The War Within the Confederacy: White Unionists of North Carolina." 26 (Special Issue, 1994): 55-71.

Meier, Michael T. "Ceremonious War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments." 26 (Winter 1994): 282-286.

Blanton, DeAnne. "Confederate Medical Personnel." 26 (Jump 1994): 80-84.

Davis, Robert Scott Jr., "The Curious Civil State of war Career of James George Brown, Spy." 26 (Jump 1994): 17-31.

Blanton, DeAnne. "Women Soldiers of the Ceremonious War." 25 (Bound 1993): 27-33.

Lash, Jeffrey North. "Ceremonious State of war Irony: Confederate Commanders and the Destruction of Southern Railways." 25 (Bound 1993): 35-47.

Yockelson, Mitchell. "The Great Reunion: The Seventy-Fifth Ceremony of Gettysburg." 24 (Summertime 1992): 188-192.

Plowman, Robert J. "An Untapped Source: Civil War Prize Case Files, 1861-65." 21 (Fall 1989): 197-205.

Burton, Shirley, and Kellee Dark-green, "Defining Disloyalty: Treason, Espionage, and Sedition Prosecutions, 1861-1946." 21 (Autumn 1989): 215-221.

Berlin, Ira, et al., "'To Canvass the Nation': The War for Union Becomes a War for Freedom." xx (Winter 1988): 227-247.

This essay is adapted from Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, "What Battles Did My Civil War Ancestor Fight In? [2 parts]." The Tape, Vol. 2, No. ii (Nov. 1995): 20, 25, and Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1996): 20, 28.

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