United States Civil War 1861 to 1865, Part 1

{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="5" width="100%" The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865. It was also called the War between the States and the War of Secession.
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Getting started with United States Civil War research
Getting started with Union records

Getting started with Confederate records

Civil War Genealogical Research 46 min. video

Military Records: Civil War 35 min. video

Research Tools
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

The American Civil War Hompage

LSU United States Civil War Center


 * New York Public Library, "USSC Civil War Soldiers Inquiry Database" on the U.S. Sanitary Commission collection of records of over 9,000 sick, wounded, or missing Union servicemen to answer inquiries from their relatives.

Photocopies of Union and Confederate service files and Union pension files are available from the National Archives through Order Online! See more...

Record Types
Union Records


 * Service Records
 * Pension Records
 * Unit Histories

Confederate Records


 * Service Records
 * Pension Records
 * Unit Histories

Did you know?
The Pennsylvania State Archives: Archives and Records Information Access Systems (ARIAS) houses a Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866. This card file indexes Samuel Penninman Bates' History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 and additional information gathered from Civil War Muster rolls. You may expect to find dates and places of enrollment and discharge, age and place of birth, physical description, and other service-related information such as capture or desertion.

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Category: Wars involving the United States
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