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- Arkansas Second Registration draft cards 1948-1959
- Duty locations, Naval Group China, World War II, 1942-1945
- General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904
- Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942
- Korean War Casualty File
- Korean War Deaths, 1950-1954
- Korean War Pows
- Korean War Pows [Repatriated]
- Louisiana draft cards 1940-1959
- Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps
- Pennsylvania, American Revolution Patriot Militia Index
- Pennsylvania, Oaths Of Allegiance Lists
- Pennsylvania, World War II casualty cards
- South Carolina, records of Confederate veterans 1909-1973
- U.S. Army Casualties, 1961-1981
- U.S. Civil War Medal of Honor, 1861-1865
- U.S. Civil War Prisoners, 1861-1865
- U.S. Civil War Sailors, 1861-1865
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
- United States Army Enlistments 1798-1914
- United States Civil War Pension Files Index 1861-1934
- United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous 1855-1891
- United States, Revolutionary War, Pensions
- United States, World War I draft registration cards
- Vermont, enrolled militia 1861-1867
- Veterans Administration pension payment cards, 1907-1933
- Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966
- Vietnam War Casualties
- Vietnam War Casualties Returned Alive
- Vietnam War Deaths
- World War II Army Enlistment Records
- World War II POWs
Discover your family’s connection to the U.S. Civil War through this incredible collection of soldiers from both sides of the conflict. Find out essential information about their service, including their regiment, rank, and dates of service.
What can these records tell me?
Over six million records in this collection represent nearly every documented soldier in the U.S. Civil War. While the information about each soldier will vary, entries typically provide:
- Soldier’s first and last name
- Affiliation (Union or Confederate)
- Regiment
- Company
- Rank in
- Rank out
Discover more about U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Millions of Americans served in the Civil War, sending many soldiers far from home, across the United States. Explore these records and learn essential information about your ancestor and their service during the bloodiest war in American history. The facts you uncover can help you to continue your family history research in other our record collections.
The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865, and began after a number of Southern states seceded from the country and formed the Confederate States of America. The ensuing conflict involved millions of Americans being recruited on both sides and became the bloodiest war in American history. The war was brought to a close in April of 1865 after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, close to the Union-Confederate border on the east coast of the United States.