A variety of records documented soldiers' U.S. Civil War service. After the war, the U.S. government compiled many documents into a collection of more than 6 million service records including records for Union and Confederate servicemen, containing name, rank, company and unit of service. Some servicemen may appear more than once. Start searching for your ancestors in U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 below.
Source Information
National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data:
National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.
