Requesting Copies of Civil War Service and Pension Records

Copies of Union and Confederate service files and Union pension files are available from the National Archives Order Online. Click on the "Order Reproductions" tab and on "Military Service and Pension Records". For Union soldiers, a complete pension file costs $75. Pension files for Confederates are housed in their separate states. See Confederate pensions for further information. Service files cost $25. Confederate service files on mircrofilm can be borrowed from Family History Centers or are found on Footnote ($). A final option is to hire a professional researcher at the National Archives. Often a professional researcher can provide copies faster and cheaper than by using the online services.