Researching Your Civil War Ancestor

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News Release Date: November 3, 2011

Come to the Antietam National Battlefield visitor center on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11th to discover how to use records at the National Archives to research your Union ancestors at 11:00 and your Confederate ancestors at 2:00. Learn about resources from Constance Potter, an archivist from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC. She will explain compiled military records, pensions, the 1890 census of Veterans, and she will answer your questions.

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