Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Former Confederate (CSA)
Records: 8,697 · Complete: 100%
These "Galvanized Yankees" were Confederate prisoners of war who gained their release from prison by enlisting in the Union Army. Compiled service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, rank, and unit. It typically contains 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 Former Confederate Soldiers who Served in the 1st Through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866." database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/45/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-former-confederate-csa: accessed January 18, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Former Confederate (CSA)
- Total Records
- 8,697 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1017
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 10 Oct 2008
- Last Updated
- 15 Feb 2009
- Description
- NARA M1017. Compiled service records of former Confederate soldiers (Galvanized Yankees) who served in the 1st through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866.