Civil War--these databases are free---this listing is incomplete but should get you started in locating more information on your Union ancestor. We will be adding information on Confederate pensions and service records at a later date.
- The Civil War
Soldiers and
Sailors System indexes about 5 million Civil War soldiers--free.
- Colorado
Civil War Volunteers
- Colorado Civil War Veterans (Grand Army of the Republic members only)
- Colorado Civil War Casualties
- Connecticut: Noble Pension Database (Civil War and Spanish American War)
- Connecticut: Fitch's Home for Soldiers - The Deceased Veterans Discharge Files 1882-1936 (Civil War and Spanish American War)
- Delaware Roster of Union Soldiers
- Delaware's United States Colored Troops
- Illinois State Archives Civil War Database
- Illinois: Rock Island County - Confederate Dead at Rock Island Prison (now called Arsenal Island)
- Kansas: Index To Kansas Volunteer Regiment Enlistments 1861-1865
- Kansas: GAR Death Notices (13,000 death notices)
- Maryland: History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers War of 1861-5 Volume 1
- Maryland: History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers War of 1861-5 Volume 2
- Nebraska GAR Members
- New Jersey: Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-1865
- New York Civil War Database
- Ohio: Links to Ohio Civil War Rosters
- Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File Index 1861-1866
- Pennsylvania Civil War Burial Index ( PDF files)
- Vermont in the Civil War includes rosters of Vermont units
- West Virginia Union Militia in the Civil War
- Wisconsin: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
Fee Based sites
Civil War Home Page includes a variety of items...
From Ancestry.com The index to military pensions 1861-1934
is online at Ancestry.com.
From Rootdig.com-free how to
materials
- Complete Civil War Pension file
- Civil War Grave Marker
- "Before
the Pension" tips to help you get your ancestor's pension record