Civil War - American
Research your Civil War ancestor, explore online databases of servicemen who served in both the Confederate and Union armies, learn about Civil War military and pension records and how to obtain them, and research the history of the War Between the States.
Researching Civil War Ancestors
Learn how to research your Civil War ancestor, including the major sources for records of Union and Confederate soldiers who fought in the American Civil War, such as muster rolls, pension records, and compiled military service records. Plus, alternate sources for Civil War genealogy research, including Civil War cemeteries and lineage societies.
Learn how to research your Civil War ancestor, including the major sources for records of Union and Confederate soldiers who fought in the American Civil War, such as muster rolls, pension records, and compiled military service records. Plus, alternate sources for Civil War genealogy research, including Civil War cemeteries and lineage societies.
Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp
Discover the horrors of life within the walls of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. From Military History Guide, Robert Martin.
Discover the horrors of life within the walls of one of the most notorious prisons in American history. From Military History Guide, Robert Martin.
Camp Life: Civil War Collections from Gettysburg
No genealogical information, but a very neat virtual exhibit of common, everyday items of the Civil War soldier preserved at the Gettysburg National Military Park.
No genealogical information, but a very neat virtual exhibit of common, everyday items of the Civil War soldier preserved at the Gettysburg National Military Park.
Civil War Archive
Nice page which includes a regimental index, Corp index, letters, excerpts from diaries, roundtables, and a research room. Midi file playing on the front page with no way to turn off.
Nice page which includes a regimental index, Corp index, letters, excerpts from diaries, roundtables, and a research room. Midi file playing on the front page with no way to turn off.
Civil War Battles
Want to learn more about the battles your ancestor fought in? Check out this list of Civil War battles and battlefields from About Guide to American history, Martin Kelly.
Want to learn more about the battles your ancestor fought in? Check out this list of Civil War battles and battlefields from About Guide to American history, Martin Kelly.
Civil War Dead or Veterans
A list from the American Battle Monuments Commission of eight American servicemen who died during the Civil War and forty-five Civil War Veterans who are buried at the Mexico City National Cemetery or the Corozal American Cemetery.
A list from the American Battle Monuments Commission of eight American servicemen who died during the Civil War and forty-five Civil War Veterans who are buried at the Mexico City National Cemetery or the Corozal American Cemetery.
Civil War Documents & Images
Military History Guide Martin Kelly, links to a great number of online images and digitized documents from the American Civil War.
Military History Guide Martin Kelly, links to a great number of online images and digitized documents from the American Civil War.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (A-L)
Names, rank, organization, birth place, service information and full-text citation.
Names, rank, organization, birth place, service information and full-text citation.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M-Z)
Names, rank, organization, birth place, service information and full-text citation.
Names, rank, organization, birth place, service information and full-text citation.
Civil War Records
An introduction to Civil War records available from the National Archives, along with an option for ordering many of them online.
An introduction to Civil War records available from the National Archives, along with an option for ordering many of them online.
Civil War Research Database
This subscription database contains the roster records of 2,100,000 soldiers, 2,719 regimental chronicles, 1,010 officer profiles, 3,343 battle synopses, and 1,012 soldier photographs.
This subscription database contains the roster records of 2,100,000 soldiers, 2,719 regimental chronicles, 1,010 officer profiles, 3,343 battle synopses, and 1,012 soldier photographs.
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
A computerized database which contains basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War; a list of regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies; identifications and description of 384 significant battles of the war; and much more.
A computerized database which contains basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War; a list of regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies; identifications and description of 384 significant battles of the war; and much more.
Confederate Ancestor Research Guide
From the Sons of Confederate Veterans
From the Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederate Pension Records
A list from the National Archives which covers state by state the repositories for the Confederate Pension Records.
A list from the National Archives which covers state by state the repositories for the Confederate Pension Records.
Confederate Pension Rolls - Veterans & Widows
A searchable index from the Library of Virginia Digital Collection
A searchable index from the Library of Virginia Digital Collection
Civil War Military Service & Pension Records
Paper copies of Civil War military service records can be ordered by mail using NATF Form 86. Copies of Civil War pension records can be ordered by mail using NATF Form 85. Send email to the National Archives with your postal mailing address, name of the form, and number of copies requested.
Paper copies of Civil War military service records can be ordered by mail using NATF Form 86. Copies of Civil War pension records can be ordered by mail using NATF Form 85. Send email to the National Archives with your postal mailing address, name of the form, and number of copies requested.
The Emancipation Proclamation
View a virtual copy of the Emancipation Proclamation from the National Archives and Records Administration.
View a virtual copy of the Emancipation Proclamation from the National Archives and Records Administration.
A Guide to Cherokee Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865
By Lars Gjertveit and the Sons of Confederate Veterans
By Lars Gjertveit and the Sons of Confederate Veterans
Military History Institute Photographs
If your ancestor served in the military, the MHI has photographs of Civil War figures and soldiers. Other wars are represented as well, up to the Vietnam War.
If your ancestor served in the military, the MHI has photographs of Civil War figures and soldiers. Other wars are represented as well, up to the Vietnam War.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (1894 - 1922) is available online in its entirety from Cornell University's Making of America.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (1894 - 1922) is available online in its entirety from Cornell University's Making of America.
Preserving the Legacy of the USCT
The National Archives and Records Administration discusses the history and available records of the United States Colored Troops (USCT).
The National Archives and Records Administration discusses the history and available records of the United States Colored Troops (USCT).
"The Shady Side of the Family Tree"
Read about Civil War Union court-martial case files by Trevor K. Plante from the Winter 1998 quarterly of the National Archives and Record Administration.
Read about Civil War Union court-martial case files by Trevor K. Plante from the Winter 1998 quarterly of the National Archives and Record Administration.
Union Military & Pension Records
This article by Cindy Howells covers in great detail the Civil War records available at the National Archives for Union soldiers and how to obtain them.
This article by Cindy Howells covers in great detail the Civil War records available at the National Archives for Union soldiers and how to obtain them.
USIGS Military Collection: Revolutionary War Era
A listing by the United States Internet Genealogical Society of the indexes and transcriptions that exist on the Internet of the military records of the Civil War.
A listing by the United States Internet Genealogical Society of the indexes and transcriptions that exist on the Internet of the military records of the Civil War.
The Valley of the Shadow
This outstanding virtual archive project by the Virginia Center for Digital History takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the American Civil War.
This outstanding virtual archive project by the Virginia Center for Digital History takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the American Civil War.
The War of the Rebellion
The War of the Rebellion is a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies (1880-1901) and all 80 volumes are available online in their entirety.
The War of the Rebellion is a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies (1880-1901) and all 80 volumes are available online in their entirety.
This Week in the Civil War
A wonderful site for wants to learn more about the Civil War "experience." A weekly updated day by day account of the American Civil War.
A wonderful site for wants to learn more about the Civil War "experience." A weekly updated day by day account of the American Civil War.
Women and the Civil War
Links to information on women who served on both sides during the War Between the States from Women's History Guide, Jone Johnson Lewis.
Links to information on women who served on both sides during the War Between the States from Women's History Guide, Jone Johnson Lewis.
Women Soldiers of the Civil War
An outstanding three part series, in the journal of the National Archives and Records Administration, on women who disguised themselves as men to fight for their cause.
An outstanding three part series, in the journal of the National Archives and Records Administration, on women who disguised themselves as men to fight for their cause.