Is my soldier in the index??

We can help you get started! 

But first... a quick time-out!

We’re excited to help you find your Civil War soldier in the index—but we could use a quick favor in return.

The next page has a form to fill out with details about your soldier.  We can use those details that you provide to help you find your soldier in the online indexes.

The favor what we ask is-- If you know your soldier’s regiment name and number (like “7th Iowa Infantry” or “15th Indiana Cavalry”), please include it. That one little detail makes a huge difference.

Civil War records are organized by regiment, so that’s where we have to start. Without it, we’re sometimes just guessing which soldier is the right one—especially with common names.

We want to keep this service free and helpful for everyone. But when we get lots of requests with little info, it can get a little overwhelming here on our end—and makes it harder to find the right results.

There were millions of soldiers in the Civil War, and we’d really love to help you find which one was yours. But we need the right clues to make that happen. If you have the regiment number—or can take a minute to look it up—thank you! It truly helps us help you (and helps us keep this running for the next person too).

If you’re not sure about the regiment number, that’s totally okay! Submit what you can and we’ll still do our best. But if it’s in your notes somewhere, we’d really appreciate you including it.

Ready to go? Click here to submit your request