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Civil War Links

State of Illinois Civil War Database - searchable
Illinois State Historical Library
National Archives and Records Administration - where to order Civil War records
Civil War Soldiers System Database - currently contains names of over 235,000 individuals who served in the Civil War
United States Army Military History Institute
Civil War Official Proclamations, Orders, Reports, etc.
The American Civil War Homepage
RootsWeb's Civil War website
The War of the Rebellion
Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties
Illinois Women and the Civil War
Also Known as Albert D. J. Cashier: The Jennie Hodgers Story - an eBook for which proceeds will go toward the costs of producing other not-for-profit books.
Friends of the Florence Stockade - includes photos of some prisoners who spent time there
Salt Creek Civil War Round Table
Civil War maps from the Virginia Historical Society
Chaplain's Reports, Annual encampment of the Department of Kansas G.A.R.
National Graves Registration Project from the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Missouri Civil War Museum
Civil War Illinois Regimental Websites :
- 2nd Illinois Volunteer Light Artillery Battery G
- 11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company C letters
- 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
- 48th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
- 51st Illinois Volunteer Infantry
- 74th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
- 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
- 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry
- 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
- 93rd Illinois Diary and Photo
- Mr. Overman of the 103rd Volunteer Infantry
Songer War Memorial web site - from Jim Davis
Lyon Tragedy - which claimed the lives of many Illinois soldiers - from Larry Adams
Illinois Civil War Flags
Gustave Koerner House Preservation Project
Illinois Civil War Veterans living in Kansas
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll website - commanded an Illinois Cavalry Regiment, was captured and exchanged, and gave fine patriotic speeches during and after the war
Paul Janney's website - Captain Harmon Root Hubbard, 1st Illinois Cavalry, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, and 119th Illinois Infantry - writings about Andersonville prison, battle of Ft. Blakely, etc.
Illinois Family websites related to the Civil War :
- Bob's website with Civil War Information
- D. D. Hober's website
- Robin's Genealogy Page - including an account of his father's experiences with the 8th Illinois Regiment
- Gathmann Website - Louis and Emil Gathmann Research by Jim Gathmann
- Henry Clay Pike Website - he served in Company K, 117th Infantry
- Letters from Jonas H. Roe , Company M, 5th Cavalry
- John S. Green Diary , 40th Infantry
- Diary of Charles Henry Snedeker, Co H, 124th Infanatry
- Civil War Letters from Edward Kuechler
- Civil War Letters, Company K, 10th Illinois Infantry
- Civil War Letters/Diary of Captain John Cheney, Battery F, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
Forts, Camps, Battle Sites, Prisons, Cemeteries, Maps :
- Listing of all National Cemeteries in the United States
- Nationwide gravesite locator
- Listing of 12,769 known Union soldiers buried at the Nashville National Cemetery
- Andersonville Civil War Prisoner Database - once there, click on "Andersonville National Cemetery and Historic Site" and then "Prisoner Lookup by Name"
- Camp Douglas:
- Cairo
- Mound City National Cemetery
- Camp Butler Civil War Camp and National Cemetery
- Camp Fuller
- Quincy National Cemetery
- Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal and Prison Barracks
- Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania N.M.P. page of links to historical and genealogical research sites
- Battle of Point Pleasant (Rev. War Battle)
- Civil War Maps from the History Department of the US Military Academy
- Union Civil War Soldiers Buried at Florence National Cemetery
- Grant's Mississippi Central Railroad Campaign - emphasis on the battle of Coffeeville
- Names listed on the Mt. Carroll, Illinois Civil War Monument
- Salisbury, North Carolina Civil War Prison
Civil War Uniform s
- Reenactment clothing from Sutlers
- Photos of original uniforms
Many links including military and naturalization records
Virginia Leddy's Civil War Rosters Arranged by State
Civil War Flags in NPS Collections
American Civil War Map Exhibits
Civil War maps from the Library of Congress
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Colonel Friedrich K. Hecker Camp #443, Sons of Union Veterns of the Civil War (Belleville, Illinois)
Using Photographs to Locate Military Unit or Date of Service
Civil War Publications - death roll transcriptions for Illinois and Indiana, etc.

For corrections or additions, please contact Special Project Coordinator: Kimberly Morgan

Last Edited: 04 Mar 2025