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The War Department compiled the CMSRs from the original muster rolls and other records some years after the war to permit more rapid and efficient checking of military and medical records in connection with claims for pensions and other veterans' benefits.
Soldiers. Search the service records of over 6 million men, blue and gray, who served in the Civil War. Sailors. See a list of 18,000 African American sailors that served in the Civil War. Regiments. Search unit histories of over 4,000 Union and Confederate regiments. Cemeteries.
CMSR Muster-In Card (Civil War) National Archives Identifier 24282164. Accessing CMSRs. CMSRs, indexes, and related records are housed at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives 1). CMSRs can be researched on site or copies can be ordered remotely.
Muster and Descriptive Rolls provide the name, age, town or county and state or kingdom of birth, civilian occupation, complexion, height, eye and hair color, and rank, the unit, regiment, company and commanding officer, and the amount of money received for pay, bounties, and clothing.
Index of soldiers who served in the Civil War, 1861-1865 culled from 6.3 million soldier records in the General Index Cards to the Compiled Military Service Records in the National Archives.
These rolls were captured by Union forces or surrendered by Confederate forces or officers during and at the end of the Civil War; or were donated to, or purchased by, the Federal Government after the Civil War.
I. Muster Rolls (1861-1864) These were the routine official records kept by the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. They are today stored in the National Archives, but are too fragile to be readily available to the public.
Muster-In Rolls usually list the name, age, rank, unit, regiment, and company of the soldier, the date and place where enrolled, the name of the person who mustered him in, the term of enlistment, the date of mustering in, and the name of the commanding officer.
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls External. This database is a transcription of each soldier's entry in the record series, Muster and Descriptive Rolls. It contains information about over 285,000 soldiers from Illinois who served in the Union Army during the War of the Rebellion.
Muster-in rolls often contain places of birth, as do descriptive rolls. Before You Begin. In order to research a Civil War ancestor, you'll first need to know three things: 1. the soldier's name. 2. whether he served for the Union or Confederate army. 3. the state from which the soldier served.