Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War

Look for your Pennsylvania ancestors in this PA genealogy database of American Civil War soldier biographies. In addition to battles fought, injuries and POW info, if any, each PA Civil War biography has genealogy data such as birthplace and birth date, parents, spouse, children, residence and occupation before and after the Civil War.

Search Millions of Original Historical Documents

FIRST NAME

LAST NAME

STATE

RECORD TYPE

PA Civil War Biographies

Biographies of Pennsylvania Civil War soldiers and officers.

In addition to battles fought, injuries and POW info, if any, each biography has genealogy data such as birthplace and birth date, parents, spouse, children, residence and occupation before and after the War.

Kerr, Presley

If you have a Pennsylvania Civil War biography that you have collected in your research, consider contributing that information to this site.

Contributions to this site will be:

Published from this site for free access to the public
Indexed by this site's search engine
Indexed by the Internet search engines
Helping genealogists and future genealogists across the world.

To contribute your biography, type it into a computer file, attach it to an e-mail and send it to me. Be sure to indicate the source of the information. Under United States' statutes, publications copyrighted prior to the last 75 years may be freely published.

Footnote.com Civil War Databases

Search for your Ancestors in Original NARA Documents

Civil War Records
Original documents relating to the American Civil War, slavery, and the confederate states. (Free Trial)

Naturalization Records
Many Civil War soldiers were recruited from overseas. Search for their naturalization records to learn where they were born & more.

Ancestry.com Civil War Databases

Build your FREE Family Tree
Start your family tree online and receive free access to the largest collection of historic records and family trees online including:

Civil War Research Database
Interlinked records of Civil War soldiers.

Civil War Pension Index
Use the index to order Civil War Pension records from NARA which can provide huge amounts of genealogy data. Learn more
Military Databases
The largest collection of U.S. military records available online. More than 90 million names and 700 databases!

Pennsylvania Databases
Search the Pennsylvania Ancestry Databases.

Historic Newspapers
Read about the Civil War as it happened. Read the stories of PA soldiers killed, injured, missing, POWs, letters home, draft lists, battles, and more.

Special Veterans' 1890 Census
Lists the veteran's name or widow's name, rank, year of enlistment, and year of discharge.

Start your Family Tree to receive free access!

Civil War Research

Civil War Research
Want to find out if your ancestor was a Civil War soldier? Follow these research ideas.