Database lists Civil War soldiers all in one place Service records of 6.3 mil. Confederate, Union troops onlineGary Wisby
Free Pennsylvania Civil War rosters and muster rolls, regimental histories, pensions, diaries, biographies, newspaper transcriptions, flags, and Medal of Honor Recipients.
Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1866 indexes to Samuel Penniman Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865" . The information generally includes the soldiers' names, military units, Bates' citations, ages at enrollment, descriptions (complexion, height, color of hair and eyes), res...
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Because they passed as men, it is impossible to know with any certainty how many women soldiers served in the Civil War. Estimates place as many as 250 women in the ranks of the Confederate army.(1) Writing in 1888, Mary Livermore of the U.S. Sanitary Commission remembered that: Some...
the Civil War. The reading public, at least, was well aware that these women rejected Victorian social constraints confining them to the domestic sphere. Their motives were open to speculation, perhaps, but not their actions, as numerous newspaper stories and obituaries of women soldiers testified...
The Maine State Archives has almost 2500 identified images of veterans of the Civil War. Many more in our holdings have not been identified. These carte de visite (CDV) photographs were usually an albumen print mounted on a card and measured about 2
When the Civil War erupted, women answered the call for help. They left their traditional roles and served in many capacities, some even disguising themselves as men to enlist in the army. Estimates of these women range from 400 to 700, with records indicating that some 60 women soldiers wer...
The existence of female soldiers was no secret during or after the Civil War. The reading public was well aware that these women rejected the social constraints that confined them to the domestic sphere. The motives of these women were perhaps open to speculation, but not their actions, as nu...
American Civil War Research Database; a database of over 4 million American Civil War Union and Confederate soldiers fully searchable by soldier's name and by regiments. The American Civil War Research Database will assist military tactics, reenactment a