Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Service Records

This CD contains service records of Connecticut soldiers. The information is gathered from various sources and includes information from the microfilm rolls as well as a number of published sources.

On this CD you will find information on approximately 35,700 men who served in the war from Connecticut. The Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Index is included showing the units of service for each man and a bibliography of available books to aid in your research.

Many of the men included on this CD have biographical sketches, burial records, and genealogical information not found in the microfilmed service records.

The information is gathered from various sources and includes the images of the service records from the National Archives microfilm rolls as well as a number of published sources.
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They may include such information as a soldier's name, rank, age, birthplace, residence, occupation, enlistment date and location, muster-in date and location, mustering officer, term of enlistment, pay dates and amounts, transfer and promotion data, and date of discharge. They also list those soldiers who deserted, were killed, ill, or discharged.

Volume: Reel 0005 - Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations - CONNECTICUT First Cavalry, First Heavy Artillery, Second Heavy Artillery, First Independent Battery, Light Artillery through Third Independent Battery, Light Artillery, First Infantry (3 Months, l86l) through Third Infantry, Fifth Infantry, Sixth Infantry

Volume: Reel 0006 - Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations - CONNECTICUT Seventh Infantry through Eleventh Infantry

Volume: Reel 0007 - Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations - CONNECTICUT Twelfth Infantry through Seventeenth Infantry

Volume: Reel 0008 - Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations - CONNECTICUT Eighteenth Infantry Twentieth Infantry through Twenty-eighth Infantry Garrison Guard, Infantry





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