NARA (National Archives and Record Administration) has INDEXES to Union and Confederate soldiers. How do I know? I saw them! The Confederate records were organized alpabetically (all the states were inter-filed). I didn't look at the Union records (even though I have ancestors there, too), but I believe that they were broken down by state. I was very easily able to find my great-great grandfather on these records. It lists the unit, whether he was Confederate or Union, and his beginning and ending rank. If you want the full records, you must still request them from NARA, but for those of you still searching for that elusive ancestor, this may help! Rebecca _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.