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From the Internet
Started in the 1960s by the U.S. military, the Internet has
evolved into a world-wide network of computers. There are many
ways to access the internet via your computer and modem,
including through most of the major online services and many
universities.
The following is reprinted by permission of the author.
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Date: Sun Dec 26 17:03:16 EDT 1993
Subject: CIVIL WAR ANCESTORS
To: internet!VM1.NoDak.EDU!ROOTS-L (Multiple recipients of list
ROOTS-L)
Civil War Ancestors & the National Archives
An ongoing compilation by wmm@hopper.itc.virginia.edu
The National Archives hold one million cubic feet of records of
every conceivable type, all of which are accessible to anyone.
They contain: Compiled military service records for each soldier,
whether volunteer or regular, Union or Confederate; Most of the
compiled Union and Confederate Naval & Marine Corps service
records; Union pension records for all state volunteers and
regulars, Army, Navy and Marines; Court-martial records (Union
only); Medical records on individual soldiers; Prisoner-of-war
records; Draft records; Burial records.
To begin your search at the Archive, send for free copies of NATF
Form 80 from the Military Service Branch, National Archives &
Records Service, 8th & Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20408. Be certain to completely fill in this form, or the
Archives will return it to you, unanswered.
For Union veterans, use separate forms to request military
service records and pension records. Then, in red ink, write
after veteran's name, "Please send complete contents of file."
Mail the completed form and $10 check made out to the National
Archives Trust Fund to the address above. Allow 2-3 months for
delivery. You will get a refund if nothing is found.
Send a separate form for a Confederate veteran. Check only the
box for military service records. Add, in red ink, "Please send
complete contents of file." Send the form and a $10 check.
Send a separate form and check for each name you wish researched.
If your ancestor served in more than one regiment, you must send
a form and check for each regiment. Records for enlisted men are
scarce, in some cases non-existent. Officers' records are
usually extensive.
■ If you think your ancestor was brought before a court martial
After you receive the above records, send another NATF Form 80
and a $10 check with an attached note reading: "Please send all
court-martial records". Do this for Federal soldiers only,
Confederate court-martial records are very scarce.
■ If you suspect he was sick, wounded, or disabled
Send another NATF Form 80 and $10 check with an attached note:
"Please send complete medical records".
■ If you receive a reply stating records cannot be found
Send the whole thing again -- you will get a different researcher
the second time, who might find something.
■ If your ancestor was drafted
(US only - draft records were compiled for men 20-35, unmarried
men 35-45, married men 35-45, and those who volunteered for
service. The lists are arranged by state, then by county.) Give
name of veteran, state, county, city (including the ward), or
town. Write to Navy & Old Army Branch, National Archives (GSA),
Washington, DC 20408
■ If your ancestor took an amnesty oath
Amnesty oaths taken by Confederate soldiers and citizens, and
amnesty papers for high Confederate officials & persons owning
more than $20,000 in property, are arranged by state, then
alphabetically by surname. They show the date the oath was taken,
the place, signature, and sometimes the age, personal
description, and/or Confederate military unit. Write to Navy &
Old Army Branch, National Archives (GSA), Washington, DC 20408.
■ If your ancestor was ever a prisoner
File M347 contains names of Confederates in Union prisons and
Federals in Confederate prisons, arranged alphabetically by
surname. File M346 contains records of payments to Confederate
citizens or firms for materials purchased by the U.S. Army or
Navy. Send inquiries regarding these files to Reference Services
Branch (NNIR), National Archives (GSA), Washington, DC 20408.
■ If your ancestor was buried in a National or Military Cemetery
Reference Services Branch will search cemetery listings of Union
soldiers buried in National cemeteries. They are arranged by
state, then alphabetically by cemetery. Send veteran's name and
the name of the cemetery you think he is buried in. Also write
Memorial Division, Quartermaster General's Office, Washington,
D.C. 20025 to search their similar file on military cemeteries,
arranged same way, titled "Roll of Honor."
■ If your ancestor was buried in a non-military cemetery
Under an 1897 law, the U.S. government supplied, on request, a
headstone for any veteran buried in a non-military cemetery.
Applications for these stones made between 1879 and 1903 are
indexed. Write Reference Services Branch (NNIR), National
Archives (GSA), Washington, DC 20408, giving name, military unit,
date of death, and place of burial (if known).
Microfilm rolls of records can be obtained by your library as an
inter-library loan. Check "List of National Archives Microfilm
Publications" for available titles. If you request information
about a regiment's history, a specific battle, ship, etc. the
Archives will tell you which records it can duplicate or provide
on microfilm.
- Dec.26, Maury of Albemarle County, Va.
Email replies should have the following on the first line of
message text: TO: Maury.