Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War

Look for your ancestors in this PA genealogy database of American Civil War soldiers - infantry, cavalry & artillery rosters, histories, biographies, draft, journals, letters, medal of honor recipients, prisoners of war (POWs), & pensions of our Pennsylvania military ancestors. Use this free Pennsylvania database to help with your genealogy search.

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History of Pennsylvania Volunteers
Search the online MOA books or browse by regiment, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates. Harrisburg, B. Singerly, 1869-71

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Published by authority of the Board of Managers, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall ; compiled and arranged by and under the direction of Samuel M. Evans. Table of Contents Diaries and Letters Miscellaneous

Online Pennsylvania Civil War Databases

Civil War Veterans' Card File
1861-1866 indexes to Samuel Penniman Bates' "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865" . The information generally includes the soldiers' names, military units, Bates' citations, ages at enrollment, descriptions (complexion, height, color of hair and eyes), residences and birthplaces; the dates and places where enrolled; the dates and places where mustered in; and the dates of discharge.

PA Conscientious Objectors
Names of Pennsylvania men who refused military service during the American Civil War for reasons of conscience - generally religious convictions.

Online Pennsylvania Military Databases

PA Volunteers of the Spanish American War
Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Spanish-American War of 1898. Looking for Pennsylvania males born between 1860 and 1880? Try this free online database of over 40,000 PA men.

Footnote.com Civil War Databases

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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

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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
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Pennsylvania Databases
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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.

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Civil War Research

Civil War Research
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