An application from a soldier lists their place of enlistment, unit, length of service, battles engaged in, and whether or not he was wounded or captured. Birthplace, the number of children, and the...
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Massachusetts Civil War Soldiers and Sailors, 1861-1865 Military Records
This index, which spans 1861 to 1865, chronicles the military service of Massachusetts service members and their commanding officers. Nearly all men who served in Massachusetts units during the Civil...
Roll of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers Military Records
Roll of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers Military Records
Lost Letters and Family Ties: A Civil War Chronicle
Join me on an emotional tale of the Clarkson family, intertwined with the tumult of the American Civil War. Through letters that span years, we'll unveil stories of love, hope, loss, and resilience.
Service Records: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #2
The service records of your Civil War ancestors have a lot of information in them. This information can be put together to give you a pretty accurate and often quite detailed story of what they did...
Famous Civil War Battlefields
So, if you’re planning on trekking to one of the famous Civil War battlefields across the country, which ones should be on the top of your list?
Curtis King: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
While there were plenty of very young and very old people to be soldiers during the Civil War, only one has the distinction of being the oldest verified mustered soldier. That person is Curtis King...
Diaries, Letters, and Photographs: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #4
The most personal types of Civil War records are letters, diaries, and photographs. You can find quite personal, and even intimate information in these records, and with photographs, it is always...
Where to Find Them: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #1
The American Civil War generated a lot of records of different types. These are records that can often add many beautiful layers of personal detail to your genealogy research, and bring ancestors on...
Pension Records: A Closer Look at Civil War Records #3
Civil War pension records are excellent sources of information on both the personal lives and military service of Civil War soldiers and their dependents. Veterans could apply for government pensions...
Andre Cailloux: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Andre Calloux is a true unsung hero of the Civil War. A mixed-race African-American who was born into slavery, he gained his freedom with support from his former masters, became a businessman and...
Robert Smalls: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Robert Smalls was an African-American Civil War soldier, politician, businessman, and humanitarian who rescued his family from slavery in one of the most daring escapes of the Civil War. A respected...
John Parke: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
John Parke is an unsung hero of the Civil War because he was present for all of it, a leader in most of it, and commander of the whole Army of the Potomac for a brief part of it. Yet, his work and...
Harriet Tubman: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Harriet Tubman is well-known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, but not as well-known for her exemplary Civil War service as a nurse, scout, and spy for the Union. Here is her remarkable and...
Mary Elizabeth Bowser: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War
Mary Jane Richards Bowser was an African-American woman, formerly enslaved by the Van Lew family in Virginia, who went on to be freed, and to work closely with the abolitionist daughter of that...