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MILITARY RECORDS - CIVIL WAR

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Confederate Records.

Union Records.

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CIVIL WAR UNIT HISTORIES - 66 fiche

Only those fiche dealing with Missouri units are available.
Fiche 1 - 79 (Union Units)
Fiche 80 - 113 (Confederate Units)

The information on these microfiche consists of microfilmed copies of histories or personal narratives written about the Civil War or particular units in existence during the Civil War.

Many of these books are long out of print and most are not indexed. Information is not available on all units. The unit name or the author of the work is indicated on the top of the fiche.

For Help in Determining Unit

See "Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri," and "Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Missouri." These indexes will help you determine the unit in which your ancestor served. The indexes are on microfilm and located in the microfilm cabinets. They are arranged alphabetically by surname.

Contents List - UNION INFORMATION

Fiche 1 - General References - Dyer, Frederick H.
Fiche 2-20 - General References - Missouri Adjutant General's Office
Fiche 21-33 - General References - Missouri Quartermaster General's Office
Fiche 34-39 - General References - Rombauer, Robert Julius
Fiche 40,41 - General References - United States Adjutant General's Office
Fiche 42-45 - General References - United States Records and Pensions Office
Fiche 46-48 - Fremont's Body Guard - Fremont, Jessie Benton
Fiche 49,50 - 3rd Cavalry - Petty, A. W. M.
Fiche 51 - 3rd Cavalry (Militia) - Peterson, Cyrus Ashbury
Fiche 52-54 - 4th Cavalry - Waring, George Edwin
Fiche 55 - 1st Engineers - Baker, Daniel B
Fiche 56 - 1st Engineers - Fairback, Henry
Fiche 57 - 1st Engineers - Goodman, Thomas M.
Fiche 58-61 - 1st Engineers - Neal , William A.
Fiche 62-65 - 6th Infantry - Bailey, George W.
Fiche 66 - 10 Infantry - Frost, M. O.
Fiche 67 - 11th Infantry - McCall, D.
Fiche 68,69 - 15th Infantry - Marcoot, Maurice
Fiche 70 - 18th Infantry - Sargeant, Charles Sheldon
Fiche 71 - 21st Infantry - Missouri Infantry 21st Regiment
Fiche 72 - 21st Infantry - Starr, Nehemiah D.
Fiche 73-75 - 26th Infantry - Dean, Benjamin Devor
Fiche 76-78 - 26th Infantry - Stone, Mary Amelia (Boomer)
Fiche 79 - 29th Infantry - Rogers, William H.

Contents List - CONFEDERATE INFORMATION

Fiche 80-83 - General References - Snead, Thomas L.
Fiche 84-88 - General References - Webb, W. L.
Fiche 89-92 - Missouri State Guard - Frost, Griffin
Fiche 93-97 - Infantry-1st Brigade - Anderson, Ephraim McD.
Fiche 98-103 - Infantry-1st & 2nd Brigades - Bevier, Robert S.
Fiche 104-107 - Infantry-1st & 2nd Brigades - Bradley, James
Fiche 108 - 4th Infantry - Lenox, Daniel F.
Fiche 109-113 - 9th Infantry - Mudd, Joseph Aloysius

MISSOURI, CIVIL WAR - INDEX CARDS OF MISSOURI
SOLDIERS, 1861-1865
- 12 rolls
V206 - Missouri State Archives

This is a microfilm copy of a card index listed alphabetically by surname. Most cards include information on rank, service, state and place of enlistment. They often list place of birth and residence as well as information about service. Usually lists source of information.

Contents - listed by roll number

V206-001 Aark, John - Britt, William G
V206-002 Brittain, Robert - Clark, D. F.
V206-003 Clark, D. M. - Duggans, ______ G.
V206-004 Duggans, John W. - Funk, F.
V206-005 Funk, Letcher - Henry, Richard W.
V206-006 Henry, S. G. - King, Aaron W.
V206-007 King, Alexander - Martin, R. S.
V206-008 Matson - Painter, Henry C.
V206-009 Painter, J. T. - Sands, Constantene
V206-0010 Sands, R. J. - Thatcher, Charles
V206-0011 Thelkelb, E. - White, Obed M.
V206-0012 White, Oliver G. - Zumwalt, W. H.

Union Records

ALPAHBETICAL CARD NAME INDEXES TO THE COMPILED
SERVICE RECORDS OF VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS WHO
SERVED IN UNION ORGANIZATIONS NOT RAISED BY
STATES OR TERRITORIES, EXCEPTING THE VETERANS
RESERVE CORPS AND THE U.S. COLORED TROOPS - 36 rolls
M1290

Fourteen alphabetical card name indexes to the compiled service records of volunteer soldiers are reproduced on this microfilm. The following volunteer soldiers are indexed.

U.S. Sharpshooters

U.S. Volunteers, Signal Corps

Pioneer Brigade (Army of the Cumberland)

U.S. Veteran Volunteers, Engineers

U.S. Veteran Volunteers, Infantry

U.S. Volunteer Infantry

Confederate Prisoners of War who Enlisted in the U.S. Army

Brigade Bands

Indian Home Guards

Mississippi Marine Brigade/Marine Regiment U.S. Volunteers

Enlisted Men Transferred From the U.S. Army to the Mississippi Flotilla

Departmental Corps (Department of the Monongahela)

Varner's Battalion of Infantry

Captain Turner's Company

Most index cards give the following information: name of soldier; his rank; battalion, regiment company or other organization to which he belonged; and the name of any other military unit in which he served.

BURIAL REGISTERS FOR MILITARY POSTS, CAMPS,
AND STATIONS, 1768-1921 - 1 roll
M2014

This is a reproduction of a two volume register of burials at military posts, camps, and stations from 1768-1921. Most of the burials listed occurred between 1860 and 1890.

The registers are arranged by the name of the military post, and then roughly by date of burial. A table of contents is available. The registers include soldiers of the Regular Army and Union Army volunteers. Civilians, wives or children of military personnel are also listed. There are some listings for Confederate Army Soldiers.

If available, the following information is given for the deceased: name, rank, company, regiment, date of death, location of grave, and remarks which map include the cause of death.

CARD RECORDS OF HEADSTONES PROVIDED
FOR DECEASED UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS,
ca. 1879-ca.1903 - 22 rolls
M1854

This publication reproduces more than 166,000 card records of headstone (gravestone) contracts provided for deceased Union veterans of the U.S. Civil War. A few War of 1812 veterans are included.

The records consist of cards arranged alphabetically by surname. The cards include some or all of the following information for each soldier: rank, company, and regiment; place of burial; grave number; and date of death.

COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF VOLUNTEER
UNION SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN ORGANIZATIONS
FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI - 840 rolls
M405

The compiled service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The compiled service record may include; card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, descriptive books and lists of deserters, and for the Missouri Home Guards. They also contain the originals of any papers relating solely to the soldier.

The records are arranged by unit name. In order to determine the unit in which a soldier served consult the Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers.

INDEX TO COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF VOLUNTEER
UNION SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN ORGANIZATIONS FROM
THE STATE OF MISSOURI - 54 rolls
M390

Indexes are arranged alphabetically by surname. Service records are arranged by state and within state by military unit. Service records contain enlistment papers, muster rolls, prisoner-of-war papers, death reports and other records.

INDEX TO COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF VOLUNTEER
SOLDIERS WHO SERVED WITH U.S. COLORED TROOPS - 98 rolls
M589

On March 26, 1863, the Secretary of War issued an order directing the Adjutant General to organize black regiments in the Mississippi Valley. On May 22, the War Department established a Bureau of Colored Troops to handle the recruitment, organization, and service of the newly organized black regiments. State designations were assigned to the regiments except in Louisiana. The regiments in that state were mustered into federal service with Native Guard and Corps d'Afrique designations. In early 1864 all regiments with State, Corps d'Afrique, or Native Guard designations were redesignated numerically as United States Colored Troops.

This index is arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname and includes the unit, company and rank. Copies of service records may be requested from the National Archives.

This microfilm reproduces registers of names of enlisted men in the Regular Army. The information was compiled from enlistment papers, muster rolls of the Regular Army, and other records. Except for pension records, these registers may be the only source of information on enlisted personnel serving in the Regular Army during the 19th century.

Entries for each may show: when, where, and by whom he was enlisted; the period of enlistment; place of birth; age at time of enlistment; civilian occupation; physical description; unit or regiment to which he was assigned and additional remarks.

The records are arranged chronologically and thereunder alphabetically by the first letter of surname (i.e., Smith, Saunders, Sutherland, Samuels). The entries for individual soldiers are chronological by date of enlistment.

SPECIAL SCHEDULES FOR THE ELEVENTH CENSUS
1890 - MISSOURI

These schedules enumerate Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. All Missouri counties are available.

Included on the microfilm are the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, who were survivors at the time the census was taken in 1890, and the widows of soldiers, sailors, or marines.

For the individuals listed the following information is included:

Name of the veteran, or if he did not survive, the names of both the widow and her deceased husband
The veteran's rank, company, regiment or vessel
Date of enlistment, date of discharge, and length of service in years, months, and days
Post office and address of each person listed
Disability incurred by the veteran and remarks necessary to complete statement of his term of service

Roll # 27 - Jefferson, St. Charles, St. Louis also contains special schedules for the following institutions: