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| Genre/Form: | Directories Handbooks, manuals, etc |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David A Norris |
| ISBN: | 9780978159276 0978159276 |
| OCLC Number: | 706827817 |
| Notes: | Cover title. "From the publishers of Family chronicle and Internet genealogy." |
| Description: | 82 p. : ill., facsims, map, ports. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | The first steps to finding a Civil War ancestor -- Companies and regiments: Civil War army units -- Prewar and postwar military records -- Non-regimental and "untypical" soldiers -- Emergency troops, militia and home guard -- Ensigns and engineers: ancestors in the navies -- US colored troops and African-American sailors -- Southern loyalists and "galvanized Yankees" -- To Helmira and back: prisoners of war -- Medical records and hospital personnel -- Military pay resources -- The Civil War and the census -- The 1865 parole lists: to the very end -- Finding your ancestors' flags -- Buried in history: Civil War cemeteries -- Civil War pension records and wartime relief -- Confederate state pension resources -- Soldiers', sailors', and widows' homes -- Civil War veterans' groups -- Wartime civilian records -- Amnesty papers and Southern claims -- Spies, smugglers and "disloyal citizens" -- Finding Civil War income tax records -- A gift from the past: Civil War newspapers -- A picture in time: Civil War era photographs -- Best of the best: classic Civil War resources -- National Archives records -- Finding your way through the Civil War with maps. |
| Responsibility: | by David A. Norris. |
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