Civil War Soldier Information

Civil War Soldier Information

Of the nearly 3.5 million soldiers involved in the Civil War only 75,000 were regulars of the United States or Confederate military forces. The vast majority of soldiers and sailors were volunteers from state organized units. As volunteer units, they were not directly attached to the Union or Confederate governments, even though many of them fought valiantly both within and outside their states. Since the volunteers were under state command their military service records were maintained by the respective state. If you know the state with which the soldier served, you should contact the appropriate state office for more detailed information. To make an inquiry, send a self-address stamped envelop and a check or money order to cover the appropriate administrative and handling fees. Include as much information as possible about the soldier or sailor: their full name, enlistment date, enlistment place, unit, home county, town, city, age, place of burial etc. The more information you include the better chance they will have of finding information about your ancestor.
Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
United States and Confederate Regulars (including Court Martial, Veteran Reserve Corps, pension, and Prisoners of War information)
National Archives and Records Administration, General Reference Branch, National Archives and Records Administration, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20408, Telephone: 202-501-5400, E-mail: inquire@arch2.nara.gov http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html#civilwar Civil War Records http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html Confederate Pension Record http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/confed.html US Civil War Center - Researching People of the Civil War Era http//www.cwc.lsu.edu/other/genealogy/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - National Park Service database under development http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

State Offices

Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History, P.O. Box 300100
Montgomery, AL 36130-0100, Telephone: 334-242-4363
http://www.asc.edu/archives/agis.html

Alaska: Bureau of Vital Statistics, P.O. Box H, Juneau, AK 99811-0675, (907) 465-3391

Arizona: Arizona Department of Library, Archives & Public Records, State Capitol, Suite 200, 1700 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007, Telephone: 602-542-4035; http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/

Arkansas: Arkansas History Commission, 1 Capitol Mall, Little Rock, AR 72201, Telephone: 501-682-6900
http://www.state.ar.us/ahc/index.htm

California: California Office of the Secretary of State, California State Archives, 1020 "O" Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm

Colorado: Colorado State Archives, 1313 Sherman Street, 1B-20, Denver, CO 80203, Telephone: 303-866-2358
http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/gss/archives/index.html

Connecticut: Connecticut State Archives, History & Genealogy Unit, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, Telephone: 860-566-5650
http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/archives.htm

Delaware: Delaware Public Archives, Hall of Records, Dover, DE 19901, Telephone: 302-739-5318
http://www.lib.de.us/archives/

Florida: Florida State Archives, R. A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahasse, FL 32399-0250, Telephone: 904-487-2073
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/dlis/barm/fsa.html

Georgia: Georgia Department of Archives and History, 330 Capitol Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30334, Telephone: 404-656-2350
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/

Hawaii: Vital Records Section, P.O. Box 3378, Honolulu, HI 96801, (808) 548-5819

Idaho: The Idaho State Historical Society, Library and Archives, 450 North Fourth Street, Boise, ID 83702, Telephone (208) 334-3356

Illinois: Illinois State Archives, Margaret Cross Norton Bldg, Capitol Complex, Springfield, IL 62756, Telephone: 217-782-4682
http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html

Indiana: Indiana State Archives, 140 N. Senate Ave., Room 117, Indianapolis Indiana 46204 Telephone: 317-232-3660
http://www.ai.org/icpr/webfile/archives/homepage.html / arc@icprlan.state.in.us

Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa, 600 East Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50319-0290, Telephone: 515-281-5111
http://www.uiowa.edu/~shsi/library/library.htm

Kansas: Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW Sixth Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099, Telephone: 785-272-8681
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/kshs/kshs1.html

Kentucky: Kentucky State Archives, Research Room, 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort, KY 40601, Telephone: 502-564-8704
http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/

Louisiana: Office of the Secretary of the State, Louisiana State Archives, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History, 3851 Essen Lane, P.O. Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
http://www.sec.state.la.us/arch-1.htm

Maine: Maine State Archives, State House Station 84, Augusta, ME 04333-0084, Telephone: 207-287-5790

Maryland: Maryland State Archives, 350 Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, MD 21401
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/

Massachusetts: Massachusetts State Archives, Columbia Point, 220 Morrisey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125
http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcidx.htm

Michigan: Michigan Department of State, Michigan History Division, State Archives Unit, 3405 North Logan Street, Lansing, MI 48906
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/archive/archive.html

Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives & Manuscripts, 1500 Mississippi Street, St. Paul, MN 55101

Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, Telephone: 601-359-6876
http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/

Missouri: Missouri State Archives, State Information Center, P.O. Box 778, Jefferson City, MO 65101, Telephone: 573-751-3280
http://mosl.sos.state.mo.us/rec-man/arch.html

Montana: Montana Historical Society, Division of Archives & Manuscripts, 225 North Roberts Street, Helena, MT 59601

Nebraska: Nebraska State Historical Society, State Archives Division, 1500 R Street, Lincoln, NE 68508

Nevada: Nevada State Library & Archives, Division of Archives & Records, 101 South Fall Street, Carson City, NV 89710

New Hampshire: New Hampshire Records & Archives, 71 South Fruit Street, Concord, NH 03301

New Jersey: New Jersey State Archives, Bureau of Archives & Records Preservation, CN-307, 185 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625

New Mexico: New Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Historical Services Division, 404 Montezuma, Santa Fe, NM 87503

New York: New York State Archives and Records Administration, 11D40 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230
http://unix6.nysed.gov/default.htm

North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, Telephone: 919-733-3952
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/

North Dakota: State Archives and Historical Research Library, North Dakota Heritage Center, Bismarck, ND 58505

Ohio: Ohio Historical Society, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211-2497, Telephone: 614-297-2300
http://www.ohiohistory.org/

Oklahoma: Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Archives Division, 200 Northeast 18th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, Telephone: 1-800-522-8116 (nationwide) ext. 209
http://www.state.ok.us/~odl/

Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State, Archives Division, Oregon State Archives & Records Center, 1005 Broadway, N.E., Salem, OR 97310

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives, P.O. Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026
http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/psa.htm

Rhode Island: Rhode Island Secretary of State, Archives Division, Room 43, State House Smith Street, Providence, RI 02903

South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1430 Senate Street, P.O. Box 1169, Columbia, SC 29211, Telephone: 803-734-8596
http://www.scdah.sc.edu/homepage.htm

South Dakota: South Dakota Department of Education & Cultural Affairs, South Dakota State Archives, State Library Building, 800 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2294

Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Public Service Division, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0312, Telephone: 615-741-2764
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm

TENNESSEE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' HOME APPLICATIONS
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/csh_intr.htm

Texas: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, P.O. Box 12927, Austin, TX 78711, Telephone: 512-463-5480
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby/arcfirst.htm

CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/lobby/cpi/cpindex.htm

Utah: Utah State Archives, P.O. Box 141021, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-1021, Telephone: 801-538-3013
http://www.archives.state.ut.us/

Vermont: Vermont Agency of Administration, Public Records Division, 6 Baldwin Street, Montpelier, VT 05602

Virginia: Library of Virginia, Archives Division, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219, Telephone: 804-692-3888
http://leo.vsla.edu/

ARCHIVAL & LIBRARY COLLECTIONS: MILITARY RECORDS, http://198.17.62.51/collections/cc_military.html#confederate

Washington: Office of the Secretary of State, Division of Archives and Records Management, P.O. Box 9000, Olympia, WA 98504-9000

Washington, D.C.: Vital Records Section, 425 I Street NW Room 3009, Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 727-5314

West Virginia: West Virginia Department of Culture and History, Archives and History Division, Science and Cultural Center, Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV 25305

Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706
http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/

Wyoming: Wyoming State Archives, 6101 Yellowstone LL, Cheyenne, WY 82002, Telephone: 307-777-7826

	Last update: Friday, November 05, 1999 http://www.nps.gov/vick/other/archives.htm Editor: G. Zeman