The nearly 275,000 pages published today are among the most heavily used documents for research in the National Archives Civil War holdings.
U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records:
The US Civil War Draft Registration Records lists all 634 volumes of Civil War Draft Registrations 1863-1865. There were four drafts between 1863 and 1865, which includs 3,175,055 people in its rolls.
U.S. Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865:
This collection contains indices of compiled military service records for volunteer Union and Confederate soldiers who served with units organized in more than 20 states. The indices also include Confederate soldiers who later served with the Union Army, Union and Confederate soldiers, Generals and staff officers, and other enlisted men not associated with a regiment. Individual records contain both military and personal details useful for locating an ancestor in time and place by tracking his movements during the course of the Civil War.
Dynamic visuals and multimedia tools will enable users to virtually explore the cemeteries of the Civil War's most famous battlefields.
- Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria National Cemetery, 1862-2010
- Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis National Cemetery, 1862-2009
- Sharpsburg, Maryland, Antietam National Cemetery, 1866-2005
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Cemetery, 1863-2009
- Grafton, West Virginia, Grafton National Cemetery, 1867-2010
- Baltimore, Maryland, Loudon Park National Cemetery, 1862-2010
- Florence, South Carolina, Florence National Cemetery, 1865-2010
- Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City National Cemetery, 1861-2010
- Leesburg, Virginia, Balls Bluff National Cemetery, 1861
- Washington, District of Columbia, Battleground National Cemetery, 1864-1936
- Chalmette, Louisiana, Chalmette National Cemetery, 1864-2003
- Hopewell, Virginia, City Point National Cemetery, 1866-2010
- Corinth, Mississippi, Corinth National Cemetery, 1866-2010
- Indianapolis, Indiana, Crown Hill National Cemetery, 1866-1999
- Danville, Kentucky, Danville National Cemetery, 1862-2003
- Danville, Virginia, Danville National Cemetery, 1866-2010
- Fort Harrison, Virginia, Fort Harrison National Cemetery, 1866-2008
- Richmond, Virginia, Glendale National Cemetery, 1866-2009
- Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington National Cemetery, 1868-2010
- Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock National Cemetery, 1868-2010
- Marietta, Georgia, Marietta National Cemetery, 1866-2010
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia National Cemetery, 1862-2010
- Petersburg, Virginia, Poplar Grove National Cemetery, 1866-1973
- Richmond, Virginia, Richmond National Cemetery, 1867-2010
- Salisbury, North Carolina, Salisbury National Cemetery, 1863-2010
- Sandston, Virginia, Seven Pines National Cemetery, 1866-2009
- Shiloh, Tennessee, Shiloh National Cemetery, 1866-2010
- Staunton, Virginia, Staunton National Cemetery, 1868-2010
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Stones River National Cemetery, 1864-2010
- Winchester, Virginia, Winchester National Cemetery, 1862-2010
- Mechanicsville, Virginia, Cold Harbor National Cemetery, 1866-2008
Other new additions to the Civil War Collection include:
Union Records
- New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts
- New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
- Kansas, Civil War Enlistment Papers
Confederate records:
- Confederate Pension Applications from AL, AR, TX and VA
- Arkansas, Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1935
- Alabama, Confederate Pension and Service Records
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