Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Virginia
Records: 2,950 · 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 Virginia" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/686/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-virginia: accessed January 18, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Virginia
- Total Records
- 2,950 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M398
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 27 Apr 2010
- Last Updated
- 20 May 2010
- Description
- NARA M398. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers belonging to units organized for service from the State of Virginia.