Civil War Records Blog
Civil War enlistment papers
Looking for your ancestor’s Civil War enlistment papers? These are kept at the National Archives, but they’d be in one of two record groups there. If your ancestor was...
Civil War enlistment papers
Looking for your ancestor’s Civil War enlistment papers? These are kept at the National Archives, but they’d be in one of two record groups there. If your ancestor was...
Civil War soldiers and the Homestead Act
Another unusual place to find Civil War information about your ancestor at the National Archives would be Homestead records. The Homestead Act was passed during the Civil War in an...
Civil War soldiers and the Homestead Act
Another unusual place to find Civil War information about your ancestor at the National Archives would be Homestead records. The Homestead Act was passed during the Civil War in an...
Old War pensions
Do you have a military ancestor but have never found a pension file for him? Try looking in the Old War pension index on FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 Many of...
Old War pensions
Do you have a military ancestor but have never found a pension file for him? Try looking in the Old War pension index on FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1979425 Many of...
Great finds in an 1812 bounty land application!
If you have family who served in the war of 1812, you need to check to see if they ever applied for bounty land. Many of these bounty land applications...
Great finds in an 1812 bounty land application!
If you have family who served in the war of 1812, you need to check to see if they ever applied for bounty land. Many of these bounty land applications...
Civil War soldiers and bounty payments
Did you know that many Civil War soldiers were paid money to enlist? Some soldiers did fight out of a sense of patriotic duty, but many also saw it was...
Civil War soldiers and bounty payments
Did you know that many Civil War soldiers were paid money to enlist? Some soldiers did fight out of a sense of patriotic duty, but many also saw it was...