Civil War

NARA M520. Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-63. more

NARA T252. Brady coordinated a team of photographers to document the Civil War, resulting in over 5,600 portraits, landscapes, and battle scenes. more

NARA M653. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860 population schedules. more

NARA M1659. These are records of one of the first black Union regiments formed in the Civil War. more

View images of original documents representing some of the most historic milestones in U.S. Civil War history. more

Approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of Civil War veterans who served between 1861 and 1910. more

NARA T289. Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1900, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served. more

Maps, charts, and atlases depicting battles, troop positions and movements, engagements, and fortifications during the Civil War, 1861-1865. more

Additional photos taken by Mathew B. Brady and his team of photographers during the Civil War. more

Compiled service records for the Civil War include each soldier's name, rank, details about his service, and often a physical description. more

NARA M797. Case files of the "Turner-Baker papers," relating to investigations of subversive activities in the Civil War. more

NARA M1003. Applications for pardon submitted to President Andrew Johnson by former Confederates excluded from earlier amnesty proclamations. more

NARA M836. Lists of killed, wounded, and missing soldiers, together with narrative reports of the action, submitted after battles. more

NARA M346. Known as the "Citizens File," these original records pertain to goods furnished or services rendered to the Confederate government by private individuals or business firms. more

NARA M1091. Records from the Confederate Navy during the Civil War, organized by subjects ranging from ships to prisoners of war. more

NARA M433. Records of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Relating to Slaves, 1851-63, including emancipation and manumission papers. more

NARA T1103. This 352-page publication contains documents relating to the 1867 court martial of George Armstrong Custer at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. more

Final statements of deceased soldiers of the U.S. Infantry during and after the Civil War. Digitized from NARA textual records. more

Records of American soldiers and sailors buried abroad, dating back to the earliest wars and military conflicts in U.S. history. more

NARA M901. Four volumes of general orders and numbered circulars issued by the Confederate War Department, with name and subject index. more