PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers
Want to help?
If you have a Pennsylvania Civil War roster, history, biography, or diary that you have collected in your research, consider contributing that information to this site.
Several people have already made contributions. Visit Acknowledgements to see these listings.
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 roster or history, type it into a computer file, attach it to an e-mail and send it to me. Be sure to indicate:
- The name of the Regiment
- The location of the Regiment (where it was mustered)
- The source of the information
Copying from Non-Copyrighted Publications
- Under United States' statutes, a publication's copyright expires after 75 years. Thus, publications copyrighted prior to the last 75 years may be freely published.
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Civil War Research
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