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Ancestry.com. USA, register för dödade frivilliga, 1861-1865 [webbaserad databas]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

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Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865. NAID: 656639. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's–1917. Record Group 94. The National Archives in Washington, D.C.

USA, register för dödade frivilliga, 1861-1865

Den här databasen innehåller register över frivilliga nordstatssoldater som dog under inbördeskriget.

This database contains registers listing volunteer Union soldiers who died during the Civil War. (Volunteers were typically recruited for a specific conflict, while “Regulars” were professional soldiers who served in the standing army.) Registers were compiled by the Adjutant General’s Office and list soldiers from the following states:

Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Wisconsin

There are also separate registers of colored troops. Records are grouped by state of enlistment and then alphabetically by first letter of the surname; names within each letter group are listed chronologically. The registers list

name
rank
company
date of death
place of death
cause of death
remarks (these often name the attending surgeon)

These records include soldiers killed in the Sultana disaster.