New Civil War Databases at Ancestry.com With FREE Access through April 14

With the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War officially starting on April 12, Ancestry.com has posted new Civil War databases and given everyone FREE access to their Civil War Collection through April 14.

The New Databases are as follows:

New Union Records

• U.S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
• U.S. Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
• U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 – UPDATED
• New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
• New York, Town Clerks’ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
• Kansas, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862, 1863, 1868

New Confederate Records

• Alabama, Confederate Pension and Service Records, 1862-1947
• Arkansas, Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1935
• U.S. Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 (Virginia and Texas)
• Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921

In searching for records on my great-uncle, George Canfield, I ran across a document I had never seen before, that being the civil war draft registrations for Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Provost Marshal, R.J. Barry enumerated the men living in the 3rd Congressional District of Michigan in June 1863. The information on George Canfield states that he lived in Lyndon TWP, Washtenaw County, Michigan, aged 36, White, Farmer, born in New York, The book where the data is found was compiled and sent to the Provost Marshall General U.S. in Washington D.C., and dated August 13, 1863. It is in alphabetical order by the letter of the alphabet. A pretty interesting document.

Click on the graphic below to search for Civil War documents you may not have seen before!

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