Nevada in the Civil War

Introduction
Approximately 1,200 Nevada men were organized into two Union battalions. The troops protected the central overland route and settlements on the frontier from the Indians. Some Nevada men also went east and joined Union units there.

The Wikipedia article, Nevada in the American Civil War, has additional information about Nevada and its citizens during the Civil War.

Nevada Military Units

 * 1st Battalion, Nevada Cavalry (Union) Organized at Fort Churchill, California, June 22, 1863. Mustered out July 21, 1866. Additional information about this battalion can be found in:


 * -The Civil War Archive section, 1st Battalion Cavalry, (accessed 19 July 2012).
 * -The Wikipedia article, 1st Battalion Nevada Volunteer Cavalry, (accessed 19 July 2012).


 * 1st Battalion, Nevada Infantry (Union) Organized at Fort Churchill, California, December 24, 1863. Ordered to Camp Independence, California, and duty there until muster out. Battalion mustered out December 23, 1865.

Census
1890 Census Veterans Schedules - 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 ) are available online for the state of Nevada. The schedules list Union veterans and their widows living in Nevada in 1890. An index is available in ). For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records.

Service Records
Compiled Service Records


 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index


 * An Index to Compiled Service Recordsof Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Nevada. An index to service records of Union army volunteers is on Family History Library . The library also has the index to the pension applications. The service and pension records are available at the National Archives. The Service records are also available online.


 * The Compiled Service Records ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the Territory and State of Utah 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.

Pension 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.

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 Nevada

GAR Posts in the State of Nevada

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.