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Knox
Lake
LaSalle
Lawrence
Lee
Livingston
Logan
Macon
Macoupin
Madison
Marion
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Mason
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Moultrie
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Piatt
Pike
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Pulaski
Putnam
Randolph
Richland
Rock Island
Saline
Sangamon
Schuyler
Scott
Shelby
Stark
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Stephenson
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Wabash
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Washington
Wayne
White
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  1. 29th US Colored Infantry Regiment
  2. 1880 Reunion of Benton County Veterans of Civil War [includes veterans from CO, DE, IL, IN, KS, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, OH, NY, PA, WI, and United States Regulars]
  3. 1881 G.A.R. Old Soldiers Reunion [includes veterans from AR, CA, CT, IA, IN, IL , KS, KY, ME, MI, MN, MO, Navy, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, Independent from Ringgold Cavalry, US Infantry, Wilderness Scout, Engineer Corp.]
  4. 1883 Wilson County [KS] Veterans of the War [numerous states listed]
  5. 1889 Old Soldiers Reunion, Chickasaw County, Iowa [numerous states listed]
  6. 1889 Civil War Veterans Reunion, Unionville, Missouri [Putnam County][ includes states of AR, CA, IA, IN, IL, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, OH, PA, VA, WI, WV, VT and units of E.M.M., M.S.M, US Infantry, E.M.M. Mtd. Inf., MO Home Guard, U. S. V.V. Eng. and Navy.]
  7. 1889 Roster of ex-Soldiers and Soldiers Widows in Lincoln County, KS [includes states of CO, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, OH, NY, PA, TN, VT, WI, WV, US Regiment, and Vet. Reserve Corp]
  8. 1890 Butler County Missouri Census: Special Civil War Schedules Enumeration [numerous states listed]
  9. 1890 Census Reconstruction - Coos County, Oregon Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of AR, CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VA, WI, Washington; to include many names without state identification.
  10. 1890 Veterans Census, Hancock County, WV. [includes numerous state units]
  11. 1890 Census: Special Schedule: Survivors and Widows of the War of the Rebellion, Union Veterans of New Mexico [numerous states listed]
  12. 1890 11th Census of the United States - Special Schedule Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows - Shawano County, WI (includes states of IA, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, PA, OH and WI)
  13. 1890 Veterans Census for Northern Virginia - 1890 Veterans Census of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of CA, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, Washington; other titles of Surgeons, Inspector General, US Inf., Chaplin Hospital; includes many names without state identification or units.
  14. 1891 NE-KS Interstate GAR Reunion at Red Cloud, Nebraska [numerous states listed]
  15. 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans (listed by state)
  16. 1910 Old Soldiers Reunion: Maramec, Pawnee County, OK [numerous states listed]
  17. Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Military Rosters This website is well worth looking at. It names the Veterans residence as well as their nationality and in some cases where buried. Of the first 3 pages I came up with more states and countries than I can list here. Nationalities of Canada, Prussia, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, England, Luxemboug, Switzerland, Wales, and more.
  18. Database of 1912 Illinois Roll of Honor
  19. Alton in the Civil War
  20. Alton Battalion
  21. Battle of Catlett's and Treadwell's Plantations
  22. Battle of Pickett's Mill in Georgia
  23. Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War Listed alphabetically by Soldier's name
  24. Bridge's Battery - Light Artillery
  25. Campbell's Battery Light Artillery
  26. Chapmans's Light Artillery
  27. Chicago Board of Trade Independent Light Artillery
  28. Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery
  29. Civil War Forum by Genealogy.com [If you are not familiar with Genealogy.Com check out their main web page - so many topics, family names, states and more.
  30. Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (A-L)
  31. Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M-Z)
  32. Civil War Newspapers: Fortress Monroe - Arrival of 550 Paroled Prisoners from Richmond, List of Officers - Friday 21 October, 1864
  33. Civil War Records held by the New York State Library: Soldiers and Statesmen
  34. Civil War Veterans in Australia [numerous states]
  35. Clinton County, Illinois
  36. Colvin's Independent Light Artillery
  37. Connecticut Civil War Residence Index of Manuscripts [by state]
  38. Deerfield Township, Isabella, Michigan 1890 Special Schedule Includes states of IL, IN, IA, MA, MI, NY, PA, OH, VT
  39. East Central Alabama Researchers Civil War Veterans [Veterans are listed by name, place of birth, and service. List includes states of AL, GA, KY, TN,]
  40. ElginHistory.com: Elgin Days Gone By: Chapter 5 - Veterans
  41. Fayette County
  42. Featured Biographies and Obituaries [numerous states]
  43. Fourth Biennial Report of The Illinois Soldier's & Sailors' Home, Quincy, Illinois, June 30, 1892 - Admissions - Daily Record
  44. Free Genealogy Databases - Illinois
  45. The General Lyon Disaster
  46. The Burning of the General Lyon
  47. The Passenger List of the Steamer General Lyon [numerous states listed, to include list of many Illinois soldiers]
  48. Sources for the Steamer General Lyon Disaster - The New York Times - April, 1865 and The Times of London, April 27, 1865
  49. Gettysburg Union Order of Battle
  50. Grand Army of the Republic Death Rolls Books [advertisement] includes states of AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, Dakota Territory, DE, District of Columbia, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE Territory, NE, NH, NJ, NM Territory, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RH, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI, US Army, USCT, US Navy, Veterans Reserve Corp.
  51. Great Locomotive Chase (Andrews Raiders)
  52. Great Locomotive Chase (Andrews Raiders) - Find a Grave [numerous states listed}
  53. Greenwood County, Kansas Civil War Veteran's Reunion 1887
  54. Henshaw's Independent Battery Light Artillery
  55. Home for Disabled Soldiers in Danville, IL.
  56. Illinois Civil War Rosters by County
  57. Illinois Civil War Veterans Cemetery Listing
  58. Illinois Genealogy Trails Civil War Pension Index
  59. Illinois Greyhounds - history of the 37th IL Volunteer Infantry, Co. A
  60. Illinois Independent Artillery Units
  61. Illinois' Militia in the Civil War
  62. Illinois Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database
  63. Illinois Regiments - County Search
  64. Illinois in the Civil War: Rosters and History
  65. Illinois Civil War Roster Search
  66. Illinois Rosters (MANY)
  67. Illinois Rosters By County
  68. Illinois Rosters
  69. Indiana State Library Civil War Soldier Photograph Exhibit: Non-Indiana Soldiers by States of GA, IL, OH, PA and WI.
  70. James Irwin - 1881 History of Sangamon County, Illinois
  71. Joliet and Will County in the Civil War
  72. Lake County
  73. Letters from William Moore Parkinson, 11th IL Infantry Co C and Captain, African American Troop, 8th Louisiana Infantry, Reg of African Descent
  74. List of Union Soldiers Living in Wilson County, Kansas (Wilson County Citizen, July 20, 1883)
  75. Macon County Genealogy and Family History Website
  76. Memoirs, Diary, and life of Private Jefferson Moses, Co. G, 93rd Illinois Volunteers
  77. Muster Roll of Jackson's Company 1865 [Jackson's Co (A), Burbridge's Regt (4th MO) Cavalry]
  78. Norwegians in the Civil War
  79. O.P. Morton Post - G.A.R. - Muster Roll, Snohomish, Washington
  80. Organization of Union Troops at the Battle of Shiloh [Pittsburg Landing] April 6-7, 1862
  81. Organization of the Union Army at Vicksburg May 19 - July 4, 1863
  82. Pardons from the North
  83. Platte County, Nebraska Civil War Veterans - Veterans listed by date of death. Includes the following states: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Captain Pawnee Scouts, U.S. Infantry.
  84. Records of the Veterans Administration: Great Lakes Region, Chicago - Home for Disabled Soldiers in Marion, Indiana This website is well worth looking at. Records of the Marion Branch, Marion, IN. Sample Case Files of Veterans Temporarily at the Branch, 1890-1930. States/Units listed: CT, IN, IA, IL, KY, MD, MI, MO, MN, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, USCT units, US Cavalry and US Infantry, US Signal Corps, 23rd Recruit Company, Quartermaster Depot, Veterans Reserve Corp, US Navy, US Field Artillery and more.
  85. Regimental Nicknames [numerous states]
  86. Renwick's Elgin Independent Battery Light Artillery
  87. Shiloh Union Order of Battle
  88. Southern Wisconsin Civil War Volunteers [numerous states listed]
  89. Springfield (Illinois) Independent Light Artillery
  90. Sturgis Rifles
  91. Surgeon on Horseback - a book of civil war letters and Journal of Dr. Charles Brackett of Rochester, Indiana - 1st Indiana Cavalry and 9th Illinois Cavalry
  92. Union Forces in the 1861 Rich Mountain Campaign
  93. Union Order of Battle for the Battle of Nashville
  94. Union Soldiers Executed [from numerous states]
  95. USGen Web Pensions Project[numerous states listed]
  96. Vanished Index to Illinois Civil War Military Units
  97. Vermillion County, IL - Casualties Among the Volunteers from Georgetown, IL
  98. When You've Hit A Brick Wall - Ohio River Valley Families Genealogy Home Page "Searchable genealogy database focused on early settlers of the Ohio River Valley. All individuals are lineage-linked through marriage or blood lines. On-line since 1995, orvf.com is not a general repository for unrelated individuals. In addition to birth, marriage and death dates/locations, pedigree and descendant charts, the website provides gedcom downloads, burial locations, military service, obits, occupations, causes of death and links to thousands of headstone photos taken by the webmaster."
  99. William Cogswell's Battery Light Artillery
  100. 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery H
  101. 1st Illinois Artillery
  102. 1st Illinois Light Artillery Battery
  103. 1st Illinois Cavalry
  104. 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
  105. 2nd Illinois Cavalry
  106. 3rd Illinois Cavalry
  107. 4th Illinois Cavalry
  108. 5th Illinois Cavalry
  109. 6th Illinois Cavalry
  110. 7th Illinois Cavalry
  111. 7th Illinois Cavalry
  112. 7th Illinois Mounted Infantry, Co. H
  113. 7th Illinois Infantry Companies A-M
  114. 7th Illinois Infantry - CO. H
  115. 7th Illinois Infantry - CO. K
  116. 8th Illinois Cavalry
  117. 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment Companies A-K
  118. 9th Illinois Cavalry
  119. 9th Illinois Infantry Companies A-K
  120. 9thIllinois Volunteer Infantry
  121. 10th Illinois Cavalry
  122. 10th Illinois Infantry
  123. 11th Illinois Cavalry
  124. 11th Illinois Infantry
  125. 12th Illinois Cavalry
  126. 12th Illinois Cavalry
  127. 13th Illinois Cavalry
  128. 13th Illinois Infantry
  129. 14 th Illinois Cavalry
  130. 14thIllinois Volunteer Infantry
  131. 15th Illinois Cavalry
  132. 15th Illinois Infantry
  133. 16th Illinois Cavalry
  134. 16th Illinois Infantry
  135. 17th Illinois Cavalry
  136. 17th Illinois Infantry
  137. 18th Illinois Infantry
  138. 19th Illinois Infantry
  139. 20th Illinois Infantry
  140. 21st Illinois Infantry
  141. 22nd Illinois Infantry
  142. 23rd Illinois Infantry
  143. 24th Illinois Infantry
  144. 25th Illinois Infantry
  145. 26th Illinois Infantry
  146. 27th Illinois Infantry
  147. 28th Illinois Infantry
  148. 29th Illinois Infantry
  149. 30th Illinois Infantry
  150. 31st Illinois Infantry
  151. 32nd Illinois Infantry
  152. 33rd Illinois Infantry
  153. 34th Illinois Infantry
  154. 35th Illinois Infantry
  155. 36th Illinois Infantry
  156. 36th Illinois Infantry
  157. 36th Illinois Infantry
  158. 36th Illinois Infantry
  159. 36th Illinois Infantry
  160. 36th Illinois Infantry, CO. B
  161. 36th Illinois Infantry, CO. C
  162. 36th Illinois Infantry, CO. G
  163. 36thIllinois Infantry, CO. I
  164. 37th Illinois Infantry
  165. 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry - Company A "Illinois Greyhounds"
  166. 38th Illinois Infantry
  167. 39th Illinois Infantry
  168. 40th Illinois Infantry
  169. 41st Illinois Infantry
  170. 42nd Illinois Infantry
  171. 43rd Illinois Infantry
  172. 44th Illinois Infantry
  173. 45th Illinois Infantry
  174. 45th Illinois Infantry
  175. 46th Illinois Infantry
  176. 46th Illinois Infantry History
  177. 47th Illinois Infantry
  178. 48th Illinois Infantry
  179. 48th Illinois Infantry
  180. 48th Illinois Infantry Co. E
  181. 48th Illinois Infantry
  182. 49th Illinois Infantry
  183. 50th Illinois Infantry
  184. 51st Illinois Infantry
  185. 51st Illinois Infantry
  186. 52nd Illinois Infantry
  187. 52nd Illinois Infantry
  188. 53rd Illinois Infantry
  189. 54th Illinois Infantry
  190. 54th Illinois Infantry
  191. 55th Illinois Infantry
  192. 56thIllinois Infantry
  193. 57th Illinois Infantry
  194. 58th Illinois Infantry
  195. 59th Illinois Infantry
  196. 16th/60th Regiments Illinois Infantry
  197. 60thIllinois Infantry
  198. 60thIllinois Infantry, CO. G
  199. 61st Illinois Infantry
  200. 62nd Illinois Infantry
  201. 63rd Illinois Infantry
  202. 64th Illinois Infantry
  203. 65th Illinois Infantry
  204. 66th Illinois Infantry
  205. 66th Illinois Infantry - Birge's Western Sharpshooters - 14th Missouri Volunteers
  206. 67th Illinois Infantry
  207. 68th Illinois Infantry
  208. 69th Illinois Infantry
  209. 70th Illinois Infantry
  210. 71st Illinois Infantry
  211. 71st Illinois Infantry
  212. 72nd Illinois Infantry
  213. 72nd Illinois Infantry
  214. 73nd Illinois Infantry
  215. 73rd Illinois Infantry
  216. 74th Illinois Infantry
  217. 74th Illinois Infantry
  218. 75th Illinois Infantry
  219. 75th Illinois Infantry
  220. 76th Illinois Infantry
  221. 76th Illinois Infantry
  222. 77th Illinois Infantry
  223. 77th Illinois Infantry
  224. 78th Illinois Infantry
  225. 78th Illinois Infantry Company B
  226. 78th Illinois Infantry Company E
  227. 78th Illinois Infantry Company G
  228. 78th Illinois Infantry Company K
  229. 79th Illinois Infantry
  230. 79th Illinois Infantry
  231. 80th Illinois Infantry
  232. 81stIllinois Infantry
  233. 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  234. 82th Illinois Infantry
  235. 83rd Illinois Infantry
  236. 84th Illinois Infantry
  237. 85th Illinois Infantry
  238. 85th Illinois Infantry
  239. 86th Illinois Infantry
  240. 86th Illinois Infantry
  241. 87th Illinois Infantry
  242. 87th Illinois Infantry
  243. 88th Illinois Infantry
  244. 88th Illinois Infantry
  245. 89th Illinois Infantry Regiment
  246. 90th Illinois Infantry
  247. 90th Illinois Infantry
  248. 91st Illinois Infantry
  249. 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry Regiment
  250. 93rd Illinois Infantry
  251. 93rd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
  252. 94th Illinois Infantry
  253. 95th Illinois Infantry
  254. 96th Illinois Infantry
  255. 97th Illinois Infantry
  256. 98th Illinois Infantry
  257. 98th Illinois Infantry
  258. 99th Illinois Infantry
  259. 99th Illinois Infantry
  260. 100th Illinois Infantry
  261. 101th Illinois Infantry
  262. 102nd Illinois Infantry
  263. 102nd Illinois Infantry, CO. C
  264. 102nd Illinois Infantry, CO. E
  265. 102nd Illinois Infantry, CO. G
  266. 102nd Illinois Infantry, CO. K
  267. 103rd Illinois Infantry
  268. 104th Illinois Infantry
  269. 105th Illinois Infantry
  270. 106th Illinois Infantry
  271. 107th Illinois Infantry
  272. 108th Illinois Infantry
  273. 109th Illinois Infantry
  274. 109th Illinois Infantry, CO. D
  275. 110th Illinois Infantry
  276. 111th Illinois Infantry
  277. 112th Illinois Infantry
  278. 113th Illinois Infantry
  279. 114th Illinois Infantry
  280. 115th Illinois Infantry
  281. 115th Illinois Infantry, CO. D Schuyler County
  282. 115th Illinois Infantry, CO. E
  283. 115th Illinois Infantry, CO. F
  284. 116th Illinois Infantry
  285. 117th Illinois Infantry
  286. 118th Illinois Infantry
  287. 119th Illinois Infantry
  288. 120th Illinois Infantry
  289. 121st Illinois Infantry
  290. 122nd Illinois Infantry
  291. 123rd Illinois Infantry
  292. 124th Illinois Infantry
  293. 125th Illinois Infantry
  294. 126th Illinois Infantry
  295. 127th Illinois Infantry
  296. 128th Illinois Infantry
  297. 129th Illinois Infantry
  298. 130th Illinois Infantry
  299. 131st Illinois Infantry
  300. 131st Illinois Infantry
  301. 132nd Illinois Infantry
  302. 133rd Illinois Infantry
  303. 134th Illinois Infantry
  304. 135th Illinois Infantry
  305. 136th Illinois Infantry
  306. 137th Illinois Infantry
  307. 137th Illinois Infantry
  308. 138th Illinois Infantry
  309. 139th Illinois Infantry
  310. 140th Illinois Infantry
  311. 141st Illinois Infantry
  312. 142nd Illinois Infantry
  313. 143rd Illinois Infantry
  314. 144th Illinois Infantry
  315. 145th Illinois Infantry
  316. 146th Illinois Infantry
  317. 147th Illinois Infantry
  318. 148th Illinois Infantry
  319. 149th Illinois Infantry
  320. 150th Illinois Infantry
  321. 151st Illinois Infantry
  322. 152nd Illinois Infantry
  323. 153rd Illinois Infantry
  324. 154th Illinois Infantry
  325. 155th Illinois Infantry
  326. 156th Illinois Infantry

 

 

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