Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - West Virginia
Records: 73,935 · Complete: 100%
Compiled service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, rank, unit and card numbers. The records typically include card abstracts of a soldier's original muster and hospital rolls, descriptive books, lists of deserters, returns, notational cards, and possibly enlistment papers, casualty sheets, death reports, prisoner of war papers, and correspondence.
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"Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/697/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-west-virginia: accessed June 28, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - West Virginia
- Total Records
- 73,935 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M508
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 27 Apr 2010
- Last Updated
- 20 Jan 2011
- Description
- NARA M508. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers belonging to units organized for service from the State of West Virginia.
