January 2008

Booklists · Civil War Genealogy Resource List

Military records provide a wealth of family history information. Through them, genealogists can learn about their ancestor’s military service, birth dates and places, deaths, marriages, and the conditions of their forerunner’s lives. Here are some resources to assist you with your research.

Rosters

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Currently 31 volumes, more to be published

Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865

Official Roster of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866

Alphabetical Index to Official Roster of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky (Civil War) (Union)

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky (Civil War) (Confederate Volunteers)

Officer Biographies and Lists

Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903

Officers of the Army and Navy (Regular) Who Served in the Civil War

Officers of the Army and Navy (Volunteer) Who Served in the Civil War

Microfiche

List of Field Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865

Microfiche

List of Staff Officers, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865

Microfiche

Officers in the Confederate States Navy, 1861-1865

Microfiche

Pension Indexes and Records

General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1864

Microfilm

National Archives

Pension records, bounty land warrants, and military service records can be ordered from the National Archives

Burial Indexes

Roll of Honor: Names of Soldiers Who Died in Defense of the American Union, Interred in National Cemeteries

Published by the United States Quartermaster’s Department

Ohio Civil War Veterans Graves Registration

Narrative Records (Regimental Histories and Official Records)

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Also available online

Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies

Official Record of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion

Also available online

Compendiums

Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

Frederick H. Dyer

Compendium of the Confederate Armies

Stewart Sifakis

Units of the Confederate Army

Joseph Crute

Regimental Histories

Guide to the Microfiche Edition of Civil War Unit Histories

Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, her Generals, and Soldiers

Whitelaw Reid

Bibliographies

Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography

Allen Nevins

Military Bibliography of the Civil War

Charles E. Dornbusch

African American Troops

Civil War United States Colored Troops Summary and Index

Maps and Atlases

Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (a.k.a. Official Military Atlas of the Civil War

Civil War Battlefield Guide

Frances H. Kennedy

Civil War Maps (Library of Congress)

Photographs and Illustrations

Shadows of the Storm (Image of War series, volume 1)

Guns of ’62 (Image of War series, volume 2)

The Embattled Confederacy (Image of War series, volume 2)

Fighting for Time (Image of War series, volume 4)

South Besieged (Image of War series, volume 5)

End of an Era (Image of War series, volume 6)

How-to Books

Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor

Bertram Hawthorne Groene

In the Footsteps of the Blue and Gray: A Civil War Research Handbook

Brian A. Brown

Historical Societies

Ohio Historical Society (Archives/Library)

Kentucky Historical Society (Research Collections)

Need more suggestions? Contact the Genealogy and Local History Department by phone (513-369-6905) or email and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.