Pauline Hallett wrote: > > Where would civil war records be for a soldier in GAR, Co. A, 187 Inf. > PA Volunteers. He was living in Nicholson, Wyoming Co. PA at the time > of service. I have read somewhere that the GAR PA Volunteers records > were held at state level, can anyone tell me if I would write the state > or the federal and where. Thanks. > Pauline Hallett Here is something I copied a long time ago. It may help you. CIVIL WAR WEB SITES How To Order Military & Pension Records for Union Civil War Veterans from the National Archives http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm On the WWW, the file is available on the American Civil War Homepage (URL: http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/cwarhp.html) under the heading Rosters of Combatants. To get the current version of the file by email at any time: Send email to [email protected] (Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else. ) Subject: archive Text is: get genealog.cwunits The period (.) has to be after genealog and before the file name. To get a listing of all of the ROOTS-L files, send the command get roots-l.catalog Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides) [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] (bullwinkle) To: <[email protected]> > The U.S. Civil War Center - Louisiana State University is a great > starting point. They have tons of info, databases, and links. > http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ > > General Civil War Sites: > > American Civil War 1861-1865 WWW Information Archive > http://www.access.digex.net/~bdboyle/cw.html > American Civil War by Kent A. Peterson > http://www.execpc.com/~kap/civilwar.html > American Civil War from Dakota State University > http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm > American Civil War From the University of North Texas > http://www.hist.unt.edu/09w-amw2.htm > American Civil War Homepage > http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/cwarhp.html > Archer's Brigade History Home Page > http://www.fred.net/stevent/home.html > Butternut Bivouac: A Resource for the Study of the American Civil War > http://www.why.net/home/sdavis/index.htm > C.S.S. Virginia Home Page > http://members.aol.com/vacsn/index.htm > Centre Point: Civil War > http://www.csquare.com/1110/edu/civil.html > Civil War Era Documents > http://www.global.org/bfreed/geneol/civlsrch.html > Civil War Home Page > http://www.civil-war.net/ > Civil War Information - BullRun.com > http://www.bullrun.com/ > Civil War Plymouth Pilgrim Descendants Society > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/homepage.html > Civil War Regimental History Books > http://www.erols.com/jreb/regiment.html > Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ > Confederate Regimental Histories Directory > http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/confeds. html > Enlisted Man's Web Site http://www.geocities. com/Pentagon/1117/index.html > Friends of the Florence Stockade > http://members.aol.com/qmsgtboots/florence.html > Genealogy and the American Civil War > http://www.outfitters.com/illinois/history/civil/cwgeneal.html > General Officers of the Civil War > http://people.delphi.com/yatsuo/go_main.htm > Gettysburg National Military Park > http://pigpen.itd.nps.gov/gett/ > Index of Civil War Naval Forces > http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/navy. html > Irish Brigade Home Page > http://marin.org/npo/cwar/irish/ > Jewish-American U.S. Civil War Veterans > http://www1.jewishgen.org/civilwar.htm > Ken Jones Eclectic Projects Page > http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/ > Library of Congress-American Memory Project, Selected Civil War Photos > http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html > Library of Virginia Electronic Card Indexes > http://image.vtls.com/collections/cc_military.html > Marge Reid's Civil War Research Projects > http://www.eskimo.com/~mvreid/cwpage.html > Medal of Honor Citations from the U.S. Army Center for Military History > http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm > NATF Form 80 > http://members.aol.com/wwhitby/form80.html > North Star: Tracing the Underground Railroad > http://www.ugrr.org// > ROOTS-L Resources: The American Civil War > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/civil_war.html > The Valley of the Shadow > http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/contents.html > U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks > http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ > U.S.S. Ceres Roster - Union Naval Forces > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/ceres.html > U.S.S. Miami Roster - Union Naval Forces > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/miami.html > U.S.S. Southfield Roster - Union Naval Forces > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/Southfield.html > U.S.S. Whitehead Roster - Union Naval Forces > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/Whitehead.html > Union Army Regimental History Indes > http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/unions. html > Veteran and Military Civil War Websites > http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6l.htm > William Martin Genealogy & American Civil War Roster Library > http://www.cbplanet.com/bill/INDEX.HTM > 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry-Recruits > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/2uscc.html > > Cemeteries: > > Arlington National Cemetery > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/michael_Patterson_4/ > Camp More Confederate Cemetery > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/forrest64/cemetery.htm > Cave Hill Confederate Cemetery-Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky > ftp://ftp.rootsweb. com/pub/usgenweb/ky/jefferson/cemeteries/cavehill.txt > Cemetery Search from U.S. Civil War Center > http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/cemetery.search > Civil War Burials and Queries related to Burials > http://www.centuryinter.net/nacent/bs/search.htm > Civil War Graves in Western and Middle Tennessee > http://www.centuryinter.net/nacent/bs/cwgraves.htm > Civil War Veterans Buried in Osceola County Florida > http://members.tripod.com/~rjsnyder/oscvet.html > Confederate Dead at Rock Island, Illinois Prison Camp > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4662/ > Electric Cemetery > http://www.ionet.net/~cousin/ > Grave Sites of Selected "Orphan Brigade Soldiers", CSA 1861-1865 > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/civilwar/rosters/or-brigade. txt > Graves at Brices Crossroads National Battlefield Site > http://www.olemiss.edu/~cmprice/cavalry/brice_cem.html > National Cemetery System, Dept. of Veterans Affairs > http://www.va.gov/cemetery/index.htm > Natl. Cemetery at Rock Island County, Illinois > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/7976/ > Union Civil War Soldiers buried at Florence National Cemetery, SC > http://members.aol.com/edboots/florencedead.html > U.S. Colored Troops buried in National Cemetery, Fort Smith, AR > http://www.insolwwb.net/~egerdes/usctarkm.htm > U.S. National Cemeteries and War Veterans Burials > http://users.deltanet.com/c_natl.html >