Dear Frank, Your question would someone show up in military records in 1865. The war ended April, 1865 and also the local courthouses was keeping records of deaths. However, also many, many soldiers died and was buried in another state, sometimes in a mass burial, no markers, no names. Who are you looking for, if you would like me to look up a name in my death records, some civil war records, census records 1850-1880, marriage records, misc. records. Good luck in your search, Donna in Va.