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Culpeper Minute Battalion

Fold3 - Civil War Soldiers - Confederate - VA $

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia, NARA. Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

Fold3 - Southern Claims Commission $

In 1871, the US government established the Southern Claims Commission to address southerners' petitions for compensation of supplies, livestock, and other items taken by the Union troops during the Civil War. More than 20,000 claims were filed. These testimonial files include first-person accounts of how civilians survived the war, detailed circumstances regarding loss of property, and accounts of each family's history and loyalty to the Union cause. Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

Fort Pocahontas

Fort Pocahontas was an earthen fort built and manned by hundreds of United States Colored Troops under the direct command of Brigadier General Edward Augustus Wild. The May 24, 1864, action resulted in a victory for the USCTs against an attack led by Major General Fitzhugh Lee, Robert E. Lee's nephew.

Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution

A book by John H. Gwathmey. For sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.

Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Virginia

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Libby Prison

Names of soldiers who escaped, died or were admitted to the prison, both Union and Confederate.

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia

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Library of Virginia - Basic Search: War of 1812 Payroll

Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls – A fully-searchable personal name index to Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 and its supplement, Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812. Approximately 40,000 names are indexed.

MosbysRangers.com

Comprehensive online clearinghouse for all information relevant to Col. John Singleton Mosby, the fabled Gray Ghost, and the men of his command - the Forty Third Battalion of Virginia Cavalry.

Names of Men Buried In the Confederate Cemeteries of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Courthouse

Listed in state ordered and also alphabetically by surname.

Ninth Virginia Regiment of Cavalry

History of the Ninth Virginia Regiment of Cavalry by Gen. R. L. T. Beale.

Russell County, Virginia Civil War Website

Search the Virginia Rosters

Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters

Roster transcriptions and pension applications or bounty land claims, including transcripts made from the online collection of the Library of Virginia.

The 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Webpage

Regimental history of the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Complete rosters, biographies, and some photos of veterans of this unit. The 39th drew its recruits from the Big Sandy Valley in Eastern Kentucky, and from the adjacent areas of Virginia and West Virginia.
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The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Virginia

The Library of Virginia Soldiers of the War of 1812

Research guide: Soldiers of the War of 1812 (Research Notes Number 19)

Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War

Living the Civil War in Pennsylvania and Virginia.