Confederate Casualty Records

Casualty generally refers to any soldier lost to active military service due to death, injury, desertion, having been captured, or soldiers that are missing.

Confederate Casualty Reports
The "Confederate Casualty Reports" or "Confederate States Army Casualties: Lists and Narrative Reports, 1861-1865" (NARA M836) are comprised of unbound lists and narrative reports of casualties submitted to the Confederate War Department by units of the Confederate Army. Confederate Army regulations required that, after participating in action, each unit submit a return of the killed, wounded, and missing, together with narrative reports of the action.

To learn more about the Confederate Casualty Reports see an explanation of the records at Fold3.

See the official NARA pamphlet explaining these records in detail at M836.pdf.


 * Confederate States army casualties: lists and narrative reports, NARA pub, M836 FamilySearch Catalog

Additional Sources

 * John W. Busey and Travis W. Busey. Confederate casualties at Gettysburg : a comprehensive record. 4 volumes. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers, 2017. FHL 973 M26bj
 * L. L. Kight, comp.  Their last full measure : Texas Confederate casualty list 3 volumes. Arlington, Texas : G.T.T., c1997 FHL 976.4 M2k
 * Robert E. Smith. Confederate casualties at First and Second Manassas. Westminster, Maryland : Willow Bend Books, c2001. FHL 975.52734 M2s
 * Betty C. Wiltshire. Confederate casualties of the war for southern independence. 4 volumes. Carrollton, Mississippi : Pioneer Pub. Co., c2008-2012/ FHL 973 M2wbc

Where to Find the Records
Online


 * Confederate Casualty Reports (Fold3) ($)

Libraries


 * Locate these records at a library using Worldcat.