Many times people want to obtain Civil War records. The repository for these records was centralized to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Their homepage includes information for the following mililtary records: American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War Spanish American War , Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion , World War I, World War II, Korean War , Vietnam War SEE: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/ You may want to see this URL for an alphabetical listing of its publications: SEE: http://www.archives.gov/publications/lists/list-all.html These are the regional facility locations of NARA, and, as Pat mentioned on the NY-IRISH Rootsweb list, each facility has different records: Anchorage, AK, Atlanta, GA , Boston, MA , Chicago, IL , Denver, CO .Fort Worth, TX , Kansas City, MO, Laguna Niguel, CA , New York City , Philadelphia, PA, Pittsfield, MA, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA , Washington, D.C. Barb NYC Researcher