Civil War Genealogy Toolkit
Web Sites
Access Genealogy: Civil War Records
www.accessgenealogy.com/military/civil
Alabama Department of Archives and History: Civil War Records
www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/military.html#CivilWar
The American Civil War Home Page
sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
American Memory
memory.loc.gov: Click War, Military, then titles of Civil War collections.
Bits of Blue and Gray
http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com
A Brief Introduction to Genealogy and the American Civil War
http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/cwgeneal.html
The Civil War Archive Regimental Index
www.civilwararchive.com/regim.htm
The Civil War Archive: United States Colored Troops
www.civilwararchive.com/unioncol.htm
Confederate States Regimental History Index
history-sites.com/~kjones/
Civil War Era
www.proquest.com: This database of opinion pamphlets and newspapers from the Civil War years is available at subscribing libraries.
Civil War Genealogy
homepages.rootsweb.com/~sroots/cwgene.htm
Civil War Resources in the Atlanta Area
www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2006/0610/0610ann5.cfm
Civil War Rosters Arranged by State
civilwarroster.com
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss
Confederate States Navy, Museum, Library & Research Institute
www.csnavy.org
Cyndi’s List: US Civil War
cyndislist.com/cw.htm
eHistory.com: US Civil War
ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/index.cfm
Genforum Civil War Forum
genforum.genealogy.com/civilwar
Grand Army of the Republic and Related Research Links
suvcw.org/research.htm
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database
www.library.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/datcivil.html
Indiana Civil War Soldiers Database
www.indianadigitalarchives.org/News.aspx?ID=2
Kentucky Civil War Rosters
rootsweb.com/~kymercer/CivilWar/Union
Pennsylvania Civil War Soldier Databases
www.pacivilwar.com
Prologue: Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1861-1924
archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/summer/navy-records-1861-1924.html
Massachusetts 54th Infantry
www.54thmass.org
Military History Online: Civil War Genealogy Database
www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/Default.aspx
National Park Service Civil War Web Site
cwar.nps.gov/civilwar
New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War
www.nydivided.org
Northern NH Civil War Veterans
nhcivilwar.com
North Carolina Civil War Genealogical Resources
ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/civilwar/resources_section6.html
The Olive Tree Genealogy: Civil War Genealogy & History
olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/usa/cw.shtml
Researching People of the Civil War Era
www.civilwarhome.com/faq-gene.htm
US Civil War History Selected Primary and Secondary Sources
oldsite.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/guides/civilwar.html
Union Army Regimental History Index
www.civilwararchive.com/regim.htm
US Military Records Research Outline: Civil War
www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Military.ASP
Vermont in the Civil War
vermontcivilwar.org/research/roots.php
Western Maryland Historical Library: Civil War
www.whilbr.org/categories.aspx?idcategory=4
Books
Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War, 1861-1866 (Martino Publishing Co.)
The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac 1861-65 by E.B. and Barbara Long (Da Capo Press)
Civil War Sites: The Official Guide to Battlefields, Monuments, and More by the Civil War Preservation Trust (Globe Pequot)
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 3 volumes, by Frederick H. Dyer (National Historical Society)
Confederate States Navy Research Guide by Thomas Truxton Moebs (Moebs Publishing Co., out of print)
The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Confederate States of America by Henry Putney Beers (NARA)
Confederate Burials, 28 volumes, by Raymond W. Watkins (Lauderdale County Department of Archives and History)
Deaths of Confederate Soldiers in Confederate Hospitals, 14 volumes, by Raymond W. Watkins (Lauderdale County Department of Archives and History)
Index to the Roll of Honor by Martha and William Reamy (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
Military Bibliography of the Civil War by Charles E. Dornbusch (New York Public Library)
The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War by George B. Davis, Calvin D. Cowles and others (The Fairfax Press)
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion General Index by Dudley W. Knox (Antiquarian Press)
Personnel of the Civil War edited by William Frayne Amann, 2 volumes, (Thomas Yoseloff
Register of Officers of the Confederate States, 1861-1865, Office of Naval Records (J.M. Carroll & Co.)
Roll of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers CD (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (30 volumes, Government Printing Office)
The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 edited by Janet B. Hewett (33 volumes, Broadfoot Publishing)
The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 edited by Janet B. Hewett (16 volumes, Broadfoot Publishing)
Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies edited by Janet B. Hewett (51 volumes, Broadfoot Publishing, out of print)
Union: A Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War by Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers (NARA)
The Unpublished Roll of Honor by Mark Hughes (Genealogical Publishing Co.)
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 70 volumes (Government Printing Office)
Who Was Who in the Civil War by Stewart Sifakis (Facts on File)
Organizations
Army Heritage and Education Center
950 Soldiers Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013, (717) 245-3971
www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec
Civil War Preservation Trust
1331 H St. N.W., Suite 1001, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 367-1861
www.civilwar.org
Confederate Research Center
Box 619, Hillsboro, TX 76645, (254) 582-2555
www.hillcollege.edu/museum/crc.html
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
503 S. Walnut St., Springfield, IL 62704, (217) 544-0616
www.duvcw.org
Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library
4278 Griscom St., Philadelphia, PA 19124, (215) 289-6484
garmuslib.org
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20540, (202) 707-5000
www.loc.gov
Library of Virginia
800 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219, (804) 692-3500
www.lva.lib.va.us
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
1805 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19103
suvcw.org/mollus.htm
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20408, (866) 272-6272
archives.gov
New England Civil War Museum
Thomas J. O’Connell Library
14 Park Place, Vernon, CT 06066, (860) 870-3563
pages.cthome.net/ne.civilwar.mus
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Box 59, Columbia, TN 38401, (800) 693-4943
www.scv.org
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Box 1865, Harrisburg, PA 17105, (717) 232-7000
suvcw.org
United States Civil War Center Hill Memorial Library
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (225) 578-6544
www.cwc.lsu.edu
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Memorial Building, 328 North Blvd., Richmond, VA 23220, (804) 355-1636
www.hqudc.org
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