deeAuvil: American Civil War Genealogy Links

Civil War Photo Sleuth

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Search Ancestry American Military Records

Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Other Conflicts

Facebook

Find my Civil War Soldier, Images or documents pertaining a Soldier or Unit

Civil War Records

https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarRecords/

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS-Genealogy

https://www.facebook.com/groups/110342135826954/

Civil War Faces

https://www.facebook.com/groups/132514006891858/

National Park Service

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm

National Archives

Civil War Records: Basic Research Sources

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/resources

*NARA does not have pension files for Confederate soldiers. Pensions were granted to Confederate veterans and their widows and minor children by the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia; these records are in the state archives or equivalent agency.

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/confederate-pension-records

US Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Administration

https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ngl/

Library of Congress

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/civil-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1877/