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The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System indexes about 6.3 million Civil War soldiers
An alternate version of this database can be found at FamilySearch here: United States Civil War Soldiers Index

Ancestry's Civil War Collection (requires payment) includes...
- U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles over 4 million entries
- Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 - Union (nearly 2.5 million entries) from National Archives Microfilm Publication T288
- Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (Union)
- U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 includes the Civil War era (Union) from National Archives Microfilm Publication M233
- Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 over 166,000 entries
- Gravestone Photographs for 34 National (Military) Cemeteries
- Some Pension and Service Records Indexes, and Records and Indexes for Some Individual States
- A subscription also includes the 1890 Veterans Census listed next...

1890 Census of Civil War Union Veterans and Widows
- 1890 Civil War Union Veterans and Widows Census Schedules (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription) includes online digitized census images from National Archives Microfilm Publication M123 - available for the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming
- United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 at FamilySearch free; index and images; from National Archives Microfilm Publication M123

Civil War Records and Documents Online at Fold3 (copies of digitized documents can be downloaded for a fee) includes...
- Civil War Pension Records Index for Union Soldiers (from National Archives Microfilm Publication T289)
- Civil War Widows Pensions (about 21% complete)
- Confederate Soldier Service Records for Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina (not yet complete), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Confederate Officers
- Union Soldier Service Records for Alabama, Arkansas, Dakota Territory, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Colored Troops
- Confederate Amnesty Papers (M1003)
- Southern Claims Commission (M1407) - Records of Southerners who claimed compensation from the U.S. government in the 1870s for items used by the Union Army
- Confederate Citizens File (M346) - Papers relating to citizens or business firms, 1861-65
- 1860 U.S. Federal Census Index and Census Images (M653)
- Lincoln Assassination Papers (M599) and more

The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies searchable multi-volume scanned Civil War book series

United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 at FamilySearch (not yet complete). From National Archives (NARA) microfilm publication M850. This database has indexed images of cards used by the Bureau of Pensions and Veterans Administration to record the payment of pensions to veterans, or their widows or other dependents. Includes some (but not all) Union veterans.
United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch

Cemeteries and Headstones - also see the state listings below
- Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National Graves Registration Database not complete, but has many entries; includes some Confederate veterans
- United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903 at FamilySearch; from National Archives microfilm publication M1845 - 'Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879 - ca. 1903'; has 166,000 entries

National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
- United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 at FamilySearch; partial index of historical registers of residents for twelve regional homes; from National Archives microfilm publication M1749
- U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 at Ancestry/requires payment

Alabama

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama (at Fold 3) contains scanned documents of the service records from National Archives microfilm publication M311 (you can download copies of the records online for a fee) note: some service records can be 20-30 pages long

Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Alabama, Confederate Pension and Service Records, 1862-1947 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
- The above 3 databases are included in a subscription to Ancestry's genealogy records collection
Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927 from FamilySearch
Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930's from FamilySearch
1st Alabama Cavalry, United States Volunteers (Union) includes a searchable roster

Arkansas

Arkansas Confederate Civil War Service Records (at Fold3) contains scanned documents of the service records from National Archives microfilm publication M317 (you can obtain copies of the records online for a fee) note: some service records can be 20-30 pages long

Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929 at FamilySearch
Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1939 at FamilySearch
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