Text Box: These websites, books and organizations will help you trace Civil War soldiers in your family tree. 

Web Sites 

FREE Civil War Maps from NOAA:     
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/history/CivilWar

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 

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 

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 

Indiana Civil War Soldiers Database 
www.indianadigitalarchives.org/News.aspx?ID=2 

Kentucky Civil War Rosters 
rootsweb.com/~kymercer/CivilWar/Union 

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 

Military History Online: Civil War Genealogy Database 
www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/Default.aspx 

National Park Service Civil War Web Site 
cwar.nps.gov/civilwar 

North Carolina Civil War Genealogical Resources 
ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/civilwar/resources_section6.html

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 

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

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 
http://www.hillcollege.edu/info/texasheritagemuseum/?d=12


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 

National Archives and Records Administration 
700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20408, (866) 272-6272 
archives.gov 

United States Civil War Center Hill Memorial Library 
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (225) 578-6544 
www.cwc.lsu.edu 



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