HOW TO RESEARCH YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR

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Mark C. Radeleff

mark_radeleff@aol.com

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Inland Empire Civil War Round Table

Website: www.inlandempirecwrt.org

Email: iecwrt@gmail.com

1861 1865

Civil War Impact

• If you had ancestors in the United States between 1861 – 1865, the Civil War impacted them
• 2.1 Million soldiers in the U.S. Army
• 900,000 in the C.S. Army
• 2% of the population was killed or died of disease between1861-1865
• Research of Civil War Ancestors has changed greatly in the past twenty years
• In the past the research had to either had to travel on-site, write, request records from National Archives, search for rare books
• Today there are extensive websites which can provide the vast majority of the information you desire, want, need.

How To Research Assistance

• How to Research Your Civil War Ancestor
• Web Sources
• Explanations of sources
• Access to Government Sources
• Types of Sources
• Website Sources
• How to Conduct Research for your Ancestor
• Keeping Records
• Mapping your Research
• Evaluation of Sources
• Primary & Secondar Sources
• College Dissertations
• Newspapers
• Analysis of Sources
• Website Sources

• Use of Atlases and Maps as Research Aids
• Types of Civil War Maps
• Atlas to the Official Records
• West Point Military Atlas
• National Archives Maps
• How to Read a Civil War Map
• Comparing a Civil War Map to Today’s Maps
• Website Sources
• Use of Civil War Pensions as Research Aids
• Index Cards
• Understanding Pension File Numbers
• Alternative Pension Indexes
• Examples of Pension Records & Understanding Them
• Widow’s Pension Records
• Understanding Civil War Pension Laws
• Confederate States Pensions
• Website Sources

https://www.inlandempirecwrt.org/

“Researching Your Relatives”

Type of Data Available from Records

• Events Driving the Creation of Union Army Data:
• The soldier’s enlistment in the Army
• Battles the occur during the war
• Injuries and Illnesses in the war
• Discharge from service
• Application for pension
• Applications for increase in pension
• Examinations by physicians
• Information solicited by Pension Bureau
• U.S. Federal Census collections (1850-1940)

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• Records Created by these Events:
• Military service records
• Military medical records
• Physician Examination reports
• Pension applications with supporting documents
• Pension rulings by Pension Bureau
• Demographic data (such as family status, as collected by Pension Bureau)
• Confirmation of death (Pension Bureau)
• Demographic data from the U.S. Federal Census
• Vital records (when included in pension files)

Use of Internet Websites

The use of the following Websites can enable the researcher to conduct a large amount of data without having to go to the National Archives in Washington D.C. or requesting records by mail.

The following sites are recommended for the researcher.

• Ancestry : Website https://www.ancestry.com/, offers a subscription to use its site. There are various options available for the researcher.
• Fold3: Website https://www.fold3.com/, offers a subscription to use its site. It can offer CMSR for all confederate states and selected Union states, Pension Index, Widow Pension, USCT, and many other sources.
• American Civil War Research Database: Website http://www.civilwardata.com, offers a subscription to use its site. It can provide validation of soldiers enlistment, roster of company and regimental soldiers, dates of enlistment and discharge, location of enlistment, regimental history and more.
• Family Search Website: https://www.FamilySearch.org/, free of charge to everyone, regardless of tradition, culture, or religious affiliation.
• The National Archives has a web site which provides basic research information for soldier’s records and pension records. This web site provides much information regarding many Civil War resources beyond soldier records and pensions. The Website is: https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/resources

How and Where to Start?

What To Look For

• Age of men between 18 - 37 (born between 1832-1845)
• Age window expands as war continued 15 to 50 (1811-1846)
• Boys often lied regarding age (100,000 may have served under the age of 15)
• Boys as young as 10 could enlist as drummer boys (with parent’s consent)
• Was the ancestor an immigrant? One in every four members of the Union armed forces was an immigrant.
• Confederate foreign born was significantly less
• Both sides had regiments organized by foreign birth
• Irish
• German
• Polish
• Italian

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Determine Which Side – North/South

• Did he live in a northern state or southern state – use the Mason/Dixon line as the dividing point
• Did he live in a border state (Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Delaware) – May have had sympathy on either side
• Did he serve in a state other then the one he lived in?
• County border next to another state
• Family members serving on different sides
• Did he serve in the Navy?
• If unknown, then start with 1940 census and work backwards to 1860

Determine Location of Soldier

• Primary Source – 1860 Census
• Identification of state is the beginning of where to look
• If specific state unknown, check suspected states
• Check Income Tax Records
• Can be used to place an individual during and Immediately after war
• Tax assessment Lists 1862 - 1866
• Lists individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations

1890/1910 Veterans Census Schedule

• Veteran’s schedules can be used to verify military service and to identify the specific military unit in which a person served. A search of the state where an individual lived in 1890 may yield enough identifying information to follow up in service and pension records.
• Provides the following information: names of surviving soldiers, sailors, marines, and widows; rank; name of regiment or vessel; date of enlistment; date of discharge, length of service; post office address; disability incurred; and remarks.
• 1910 Census Column 30 - Survivors of the Civil War - Whether a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy.—This question was asked all males over 50 years of age who were born in the United States and all foreign-born males who immigrated to this country before 1865. ‘‘UA’’ if a survivor of the Union Army; ‘‘UN’’ if a survivor of the Union Navy; ‘‘CA’’ if a survivor of the Confederate Army; and ‘‘CN’’ if a survivor of the Confederate Navy.

Finding Regiment and Company Part 1

Once the soldiers name is known, the identification of his regiment and company is the next step. There are several primary resources which can be utilized.

1. Soldiers and Sailors Database (National Park Service)

• This is a National Park Service website. Very frequently multiple names (i.e., common first names and surnames) will appear when the search is performed. The identification of the soldiers state will reduce the list.
• www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm

2. American Civil War Research Database - is a relational database. This means that there are numerous files (i.e. roster

records, pension index records, GAR records, etc. ) which are "related" to each other. Subscription $25.00 per year.

• http://www.civilwardata.com/
• Fold3™ by Ancestry provides convenient access to US military records including Combined Military Service Records, Pension Records, etc.
• https://www.fold3.com/

4. The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing) - A thirty-three volume set that lists all of

the men who served in the Union armies by state, regiment and company.

• The Heritage Room at the A.K. Smiley Library in Redlands has this set.

5. The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861 1865(Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing) - A sixteen volume set that lists all of

the individuals who served in the southern armies during the war, by state and organization.

• The Heritage Room at the A.K. Smiley Library in Redlands has this set.

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Finding Regiment and Company Part 2

• Beware
• Common Surnames are extensive
• Smith, Brown, Jones, Johnson, Williams, Miller, Davis – thousands in each state
• Nicknames were commonly used as first name
• Significant number of enlistment names only include initials for first and middle names – often middle names or initials are not included
• Extremely helpful to know full name
• Same name may be listed several times within a regiment or with other regiments
• Soldier transferred to a different regiment
• Soldier was discharged and then re-enlisted in another regiment
• Mistake in recording of name when soldier enlisted

Combined Military Service Record (CMSR)

• Beginning in 1890’s War Dept. started to create individual soldier records of their service
• Transcribed from original muster and pay rolls, regimental returns, descriptive books, hospital rolls, other records
• Each soldier, North and South, has a CMSR made
• Show presence of soldier for every two moneys (based on supposed pay timetable) with the regiment – determine if soldier was present during battles, etc.
• Indexes to cards were also created
• Showed the following:

• Whether soldier present / absent every two months
• Dates of enlistment and discharge
• Personal papers such as enlistment, captured, release
• If re-enlisted and when
• Any transfers
• If soldier owed money to government (lost articles)
• If hospitalized

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Combined Military Service Record - Jacket

• The outside of the CMSR jacket has eight data elements:

(1) soldier’s name

(2) military unit

(3) rank upon entering the service

(4) rank upon discharge from service

(5) a list of “card numbers,”

(6) the number of “personal papers” inside the jacket

(7) “bookmark” information if relevant

(8) “see also” cross references if relevant

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Name: Robert B. Brown

Regiment: Co. C, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry

Entry Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Rank: Captain

Card Numbers: Each number represents a source for each additional card contained within the jacket

Bookmark: A reference has been made regarding additional information

The Jacket-Envelope identifies that there are thirty cards with information contained in the packet.

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CMSR is the same for Confederate Soldiers Except for the word

“Confederate” at the top of the card

Examples of some of the cards which are contained in the CMSR – Muster rolls and Promotions.

Company Muster in Roll

Robert B. Brown enlisted May 25 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts

When mustered he was commissioned 2^nd Lt. of Co. B on May 28 1861 Bookmark show additional information available.

Company Muster Roll

Jan/Feb 1862 – Present with company. Promoted to 1^st Lt. Feb. 7, 1862.

Battles Soldier Participated In #1

#1 – Determine ancestor’s regiment

#2 – Obtain Regimental History of Regiment

• Union – Dyer’s Compendium
• Confederate – Compendium of the Confederate Armies
• National Part Service Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Web search

#3 – Identify months in which ancestor was present with

regiment

#4 – Examine regiment history and determine battles in which

the regiment was engaged

#5 – If the ancestor was present with the regiment at a time

in which the regiment fought a battle – ancestor was

present

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Private Bussell, Co. F 20^th Maine Volunteer Infantry, fought at the Battle of Gettysburg June 1-3, 1863

Battles Soldier Participated In #2

• Occasionally battles in which the soldier fought were recorded in the CMSR and/or Pension Records
• The soldier may have participated in many battles, but if he did not claim a disability related to those events, those battles were not commonly listed in the pension records.
• Other sources, such as regimental histories, the Official Record, and Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, often provide a complete list of actions for every Union regiment.

Below are examples of some of the cards which are contained in the CMSR – Letters

Letter written by Robert B. Brown to Assistant Adjust General Army of the Potomac requesting leave of absence due to personal business matters at home. Includes endorsements by respective chain of command.

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Below are examples of some of the cards which are contained in the CMSR – Wounds, Battles and POW

How to Order CMSR from National Archives

NATF Form 86 to order CMSR by mail

Order on-line at https://www.archives.gov/

Minimum information required

• Name
• State
• Union / Confederate
• War in which served
• Volunteer or Officer

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Headstone Application Records

• These records relate to headstones requested for veterans buried in private (nonfederal) cemeteries and at national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers.
• Applicable for both Union & Confederate
• They include some or all of the following information about each soldier:
• Rank
• Company
• Regiment
• place of burial, including the cemetery's name, city or town, county, and state in which it is located
• grave number, if any
• date of death
• name of contractor who supplied the headstone
• date of the contract under which the stone was provided.

o Available online at Ancestry.com

o Available online at FamilySearch.org

Pension Records

• Pension payments began in 1862 for Civil War Army/Navy soldiers/widows
• Pension Laws
• Act of July 14, 1862 - Started the General Law pension system for Civil War veterans who had sustained war-related disabilities. Pensions became available to widows, children under 16 years of age, and dependent relatives of soldiers who died in military service from war related injuries.
• Act of January 25,1872 - The veteran or his dependents permitted to collect a lump sum payment based on the date of death or discharge from the service. This payment was in addition to the monthly pension payment.
• Act of 1890 - The pension based only on veteran's age and time of service.
• Act of February 6, 1907 - Pension approved based on a veteran's age and length of service.
• Navy Widows' Certificates
• The "Navy Widows' Certificates" or "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans, ('Navy Widows' Certificates'), 1861-1910" (NARA M1279) consists of approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of U.S. Navy veterans who served between 1861 and 1910.

Pension Records –What They Can Tell You

• Events Driving the Creation of Union Army Data:
• The soldier’s enlistment in the Army
• Battles the occur during the war
• Injuries and Illnesses in the war
• Discharge from service
• Application for pension
• Applications for increase in pension
• Examinations by physicians
• Information solicited by Pension Bureau
• U.S. Federal Census collections (1850-1940)

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• Records Created by these Events:
• Military service records
• Military medical records
• Physician Examination reports
• Pension applications with supporting documents
• Pension rulings by Pension Bureau
• Demographic data (such as family status, as collected by Pension Bureau)
• Confirmation of death (Pension Bureau)
• Demographic data from the U.S. Federal Census
• Vital records (when included in pension files)

Union Pension Index Card

• An index for these records is available on Ancestry and FamilySearch (with digitized images of the index cards) and it can be used to make a copy request from the National Archives.
• Confederate pension records are held at the state-level (Confederate States) where the veteran (or widow) filed
• Many of these records have been digitized and are available online at the respective State website.
• Pension records for Union soldiers can be requested from the National Archives in the same way that Compiled Military Service Records are requested.
• Name: Adam C. Reinoehl
• Service: Co. B, 76th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
• Date of Filing: March 7, 1865
• Application Number: 63587
• Law (Lawyer): O. (Initial or lawyer who represented Reihoehl)
• Pension Certificate Number: 42,783
• Additional Services: Sergeant Companies M & D, 76th Pa. Inf.
• Died Dec. 14,1900 in Lancaster Pa.
• After his death his wife then applied for a Widow’s Pension,
• Application 732,814.
• No record that it was approved.

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Pension File Information Can Become Complicated

• Pension Jackets
• Declaration of Original Invalid Pension #1
• Declaration for the Increase of an Invalid Pension #2 (Increase in Pension)
• Declaration for the Increase of an Invalid Pension #3 (Increase in Pension)
• Declaration for Restoration to the Rolls
• Declaration for Pension Increase
• Affidavit from Comrade #1
• Affidavit from Physician’s #1
• Affidavit from Physician’s #2
• Affidavit from Physician’s #3
• Affidavit from Physician’s #4
• Affidavit of Family Member
• Affidavit of Employer
• Affidavit of Co-worker

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• Affidavit from Friend or Neighbor #1
• Affidavit from Friend or Neighbor #2
• Inquiry by Government
• War Department Response to Request from Pension Bureau
• War Record Request #1, #2, #3
• War Record of Comrade #1 , #2, #3, #4
• Index to Special Examiners Report - Working Papers
• Report of Examiner Who Travelled to Interview Comrade Regarding Claim
• Testimony Taken Under Oath Made by Special Examiner #1
• Testimony Taken Under Oath of Made by Special Examiner #2

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• Action Sheet (Briefing Papers #1 & #2)
• Action Sheet #3 Restoration
• Action Sheet #4 – Invalid Pension – Renewal
• Inquiry to Third Auditor of the Treasury
• Answer from Third Auditor of the Treasury
• “Advice” Paper #1 & #2
• Surgeon’s Certificate of Physical Examination #1, #2, #3
• Lawyer Article of Agreement
• Death Certificate
• Dropped from Rolls

When provided by National Archives will not be in chronological order

Declaration of Original Invalid Pension - 1879

• INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THIS DOCUMENT
• 3 March 1879
• John W. Moore, age 35, lived in Greencastle, Putnam County Indiana.
• Enrolled in Co. I, 19th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.
• Honorably discharge at Louisville, Kentucky, February 1865. Height 5 ft 5 inches, complexion fair, hair dark, eyes blue.
• That while in the line of duty at Vicksburg Mississippi on June 15 1863, that while on picket duty early in the morning while walking down a steep embankment he fell rupturing himself, unable to rise and required to be carried back to camp. That he was treated at the camp hospital for some weeks after the accident.
• His current occupation is as a night watchman. His prior occupation prior to enlisting was farming.
• He appoints Jesse W. Werk as his lawyer.
• That he is now greatly disabled unable to make a living performing manual labor.
• Application was approved at $4.00 per month. No other records for this application.

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Declaration for the Increase of an Invalid Pension – May 1887

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THIS DOCUMENT

• John W. Moore, age 42, lives in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana.
• Private, Co. I, 19th Indiana Inf.
• $8.00 per month rate
• Certificate No. 207757
• Rupture
• Since pension was granted the pain and soreness of the hernia has increase greatly and have continual pain and soreness in the back.
• That the pain is more than a simple hernia.
• He askes that he be examined by an Examination Board in Indianapolis or Terre Haute as he believes the Examination Board at Greencastle has personal enmity and prejudice against him.

Request for Records from Pension from National Archives

Minimum Required Information

• Reference Number (see instructions)
• Name
• State from which he served
• Branch of service
• War in which he fought
• Volunteer or Regular army

Additional Information

• Unit (Regiment)
• Infantry/Cavalry/Artillery
• Officer or Enlisted
• Pension File Number
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth
• Date of Death
• Place of Death
• Name of Widow
• Place lived after service

Cost

• Full Pension File

$80 first

one-hundred pages, $.70

each additional page

• Pension Documents Packet $30

Limited to 8 pages of

genealogical info about

pension applicant

Order by mail

Archival Operations

Washington D.C.

Form 85 – Pension NARA

700 Pennsylvania Ave

Washington D.C. 20408-0001

Order online at

Eservices.archives.gov/orderonline

Hardcopy or electronic transfer

How Long for Civil War Pensions?

• Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956) was the last known surviving member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War; he was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed.

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• Irene Triplett (January 9, 1930 – May 31, 2020) was the last recipient of an American Civil War pension. Her father had fought for both the Confederacy and later the Union in the Civil War. She was eligible to inherit her father's pension due to cognitive impairments which she had, qualifying her as the helpless child of a veteran. Triplett collected $73.13 per month.

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Military Organizations Can Cause Confusion

Union Army

• Numbers were assigned to each regiment by the federal War Department as they were organized by each respective state.
• When organized into Brigades (two or more regiments) the brigade was identified by a number
• When the brigades were organized into divisions the division was identified by a number (Each division consisted at a minimum of two Brigades and as many as four)
• When the divisions were organized into a Corps the Corps was identified by a number (A corps consisted of two or more divisions and as many as four, however there were exceptions to this)
• When the Corps were organized into an army, the army was identified by a name, usually identified by a geophysical location.
• Army of the Potomac (River)
• Army of the Tennessee (River)
• An Army could consist of a minimum of one Corps or as many as seven. This varied greatly during the war depending on circumstances, the commander of the army and politics.

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Confederate Army

• Numbers were assigned to each regiment by each state as they were organized by each respective state.
• Brigades, Divisions, Corps, Army organized in the same manner as the Union Army
• Names were assigned to brigade, division and corps with the name of the respective commanding officer.
• 3rd South Carolina Infantry Battalion, Kershaw’s Brigade, McLaw’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps
• Each respective Confederate army was named after a state.
• Army of Northern Virginia (State)
• Army of Tennessee (State)
• When the divisions were organized into a Corps the Corps was identified by a number (A corps consisted of two or more divisions and as many as four, however there were exceptions to this)
• When the Corps were organized into an army, the army was identified by a name, usually identified by a geophysical location.
• Army of the Potomac (River)
• Army of the Tennessee (River)
• An Army could consist of a minimum of one Corps or as many as seven. This varied greatly during the war depending on circumstances, the commander of the army and politics.

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Organization of Armies – Branch Identified by Color

Cavalry

Regimental Numbers and Names Can Cause Confusion

Union

• Regimental numbers were assigned by each respective state’s adjutant general, but the regiments number can have changes
• 2nd Michigan Volunteers - Original regimental name when recruited in 1861 for 3 years
• 2nd Michigan Veterans Volunteers – Name changed when men reenlisted in May 1864 to denote the status of the regiment as “Veteran”
• 2nd Michigan Infantry – Most often used in publications today
• All the same regiment

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Confederate

• Regimental numbers were assigned by the states adjutant general but the state government and the troops themselves desired their regiment to reflect their actual status.
• 1st South Carolina Infantry (regular infantry regiment)
• 1st South Carolina Infantry Provisional Army (originally organized for six months but then reenlisted for duration of war.
• 1st South Carolina Infantry Reserves (A reserve unit which perform local militia duties)
• 1st South Carolina Infantry Rifles (originally organized to be equipped with rifles instead of muskets)
• 1st South Carolina Infantry State Troops (organized for six months and only saw service in South Carolina.
• Each a different regiment

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Official Records of the War of Rebellion Part 1

• The Official Records (know by the term O.R.) can be a great value to the researcher.
• The U.S. War Department began publishing this work in 1881. It ultimately provided 138,579 pages of official records, correspondence, orders, returns, and maps for both Confederate and Union forces.
• Completed in 1901, the O.R. has been the most-quoted source of military history by Civil War scholars and authors.
• This series consists of 128 volumes.
• It is not an easy set of books to utilize

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Official Records of the War of Rebellion Part 2

This multi-volume set is organized into four series:

Series 1: Military operations; contains battle reports from the Union and Confederate armies – contains formal reports, both Union and Confederate, (Serials Nos. 1-111)

Series 2: Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners – Correspondence, orders, reports, and returns Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war. (Series No. 114 – 121)

Series 3: Miscellaneous Union correspondence, orders and reports – Correspondence, orders, reports and returns of Union authorities (including their correspondence with Confederate officials) not relating specifically to the subjects of Series I and II. (Series Nos 122 – 126)

Series 4: Miscellaneous Confederate correspondence, orders and reports – Correspondence, orders, reports and returns of the Confederate authorities, similar to the Union material in series III, but excluding the correspondence between the Union and Confederate authorities given in that series. (Serial Nos. 127 – 129)

Some series have both volumes and parts.

Official Record – Atlas (Maps)

Realizing that maps are a critical part of reports and correspondence, the O.R. Atlas was created. The O.R. Atlas reproduced the following maps which were created during the war.

o 821 Maps

o 106 Engravings

o 209 Drawings

The O.R. Atlas contains not only the above but also cartographic sketches, fortification plans, hand-drawn and photographic landscape views, and sketches of equipment, uniforms, weapons, badges, buttons and flags.

The Atlas is divided into four sections:

1. Plates 1 – 135C (a total of 138 plates) – Military

operations in the field.

2. Plates 136 – 161 – The General Topographic Map

3. Plates 162-171 – Military Divisions and Departments

4. Plates 172-175 – Miscellaneous (includes drawings of

uniforms, equipment, flags and insignia)

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Confederate CMSR Records

• Qualify of Confederate Records will vary depending on the Department/Army where the regiment served.
• Confederate Records east of the Mississippi River are generally complete.
• Confederate Records west of the Mississippi River are sparse.
• Records unable to reach Richmond after the fall of Vicksburg in July 1864
• Many records were destroyed when Richmond was evacuated in April 1865.

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Confederate Pensions

• There was not just one pension system put in place after the war. Union soldiers were covered under the federal system while each former Confederate state had to create and fund its own pension system.
• The administration of Confederate pension programs was fairly uniform across states.
• Claims were evaluated first at the county level, by designated county pension boards.
• After being reviewed locally, claims were submitted to a state pension board which reviewed them a second time
• Pension Board rendered a final judgement on the merit of each case.
• After approval by the state board, the state treasurer would issue a warrant for each claim on the treasury
• All the former Confederate States pensions lasted well into the 20th century. in the state of Georgia alone in 1952 there were still 401 widows receiving aid at a cost of $361,000.
• In 1958, the U.S. government opened up federal pensions to surviving Confederate veterans and their widows.
• More than one thousand Confederate widows were added to the federal Civil War pension rolls in 1958.
• Researcher has to contact each respect former Confederate state for records

Newspapers

• During the war, newspapers were often the only way civilians could keep up with news from the war
• The types of articles of most interest to civilians are the same types that are most helpful to genealogists:
• Notices of soldiers reported wounded, missing, imprisoned, and dead
• Details of regiment movements
• Biographical sketches of notable individuals
• Obituaries
• Newspaper.com

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Newspapers can be used to search for obituaries of civil war veterans

Col Edmund E. Paulding, Paymaster was actually cashiered from the army due to irregularity’s in bank transitions after the war had ended.

Joseph Smith was a spy who was captured, subjected to a court of inquiry and then hanged.

Thank You for Allowing Me to Address You

John Radeleff (Great-Great-Great Uncle)

7^th Corporal, Company E, 26^th Iowa Volunteer Infantry

Died November 1863 after participating in the battles of

Chickasaw Bluffs

Arkansas Post

Vicksburg

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Captain Frederick Radeleff (A very remote cousin)

Co. B, 3^rd Texas Infantry

How to Manual Available At No Cost From The Below Website

Inland Empire Civil War Round Table

Website: www.inlandempirecwrt.org

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