Wyoming in the Civil War

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Introduction
Wyoming was not directly affected by the Civil War as regards battles fought in its borders and in the number of soldiers provided.

Wyoming Military Units
No known military units were raised specifically from Wyoming. However men from Wyoming did fight in other units during the Civil War.

Records
The Family History Library and the National Archives have an index to some soldiers from Nebraska Territory (Family History Library films

1890 Census Veterans Schedules

A special census was taken in 1890 of Union veterans of the Civil War, the "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) (Family History Library film ). The records are also available online. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records.

An index (Worldcat) to the special schedules for Wyoming has also been published.

Compiled Service Records

The Compiled Service Records ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the Nebraska and Dakota Territories are available online. In the future, these records will be made available at no charge through the National Archives web site. The service records are also available at no charge at National Archives research rooms. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death. For more information see Union Service Records.

Civil War Pension Index Cards

An 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.

Wyoming State Archives

The Wyoming State Archives has a "List of Veterans from the Civil War buried in Cheyenne" on microfilm in its Historical Collections Department.

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000. In 1888 there were -- posts and -- members in the state of Wyoming

GAR Posts in the State of Wyoming

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
With the death of the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was formed.