Comments on: Are Muster Rolls New to You, Too?

By: Annette

Annette — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:22:27 +0000

Meant to add that you can get some digital information on the website for the Missouri State Archives — not the whole record, but a view of a card that gives the Reg and the company, as well as the date of enlistment, and, sometimes, the age of the veteran.

By: Annette

Annette — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:56:26 +0000

Civil War records for Missouri are indexed on the ancestry site and other sites as well — but if Brenda Dodson wants the actual record on-line I have not yet found a site that has that information. Check the National Archives website and Footnotes, the latter is putting many of the Archives records on line. Otherwise, you’ll probably have to pay your $25.00 to the National Archives for a photocopy of the record.

By: CHARLIE

CHARLIE — Wed, 19 May 2010 23:41:02 +0000

I AM NEW TO THIS SITE. IT HAS BEEN DOWN 2 TIMES IN ONE WEEK..NOT GOOD. THINKING ABOUT STOPPING IT…EVERY TIME I GET READY TO GET ON AND DO SOME RESEARCH IT IS DOWN.

VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER…IF THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME MAYBE OK…BUT 2 TIMES IN ONE WEEK IS NOT GOOD.

By: Peggy Patick

Peggy Patick — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:59:04 +0000

I am new at this research, so bear with me. My great grandfather enlisted, at age 16, in the Union Army in 1866. I found his enlistment paper. But I find it hard to read the script and decipher the “remarks” column that uses a lot of abbreviations. It looks like”des” and then a date, then that is repeated twice more with different dates. Is there a guide to reading these documents? Thanks

By: Carol Matlock

Carol Matlock — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:48:00 +0000

Have you tried the National Parks adminstration site Soldiers and Sailors (civil war) or search engine the relatives county and civil war. Or even their name, county and civil war. I use the search engine Dogpile.com and have had a lot of luck finding ancestors.
Good Luck!

By: Brenda Billups Dodson

Brenda Billups Dodson — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:47:25 +0000

Are there muster rolls for Missouri and Virginia as well? Does anyone know how to identify a particular military unit with a particular county. I am finding that my family’s habit of using the same name creates problems when searching these records. During the Civil War my family had at least 8 men, in just one branch of the family, enlisted ,some on both sides, all with the same name and I haven’t been able to figure out a way to weed out just the one I am searching for. Any hints would be appreciated.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:14:05 +0000

I found my Confederate great grandfather easily in these Muster Rolls, and was able to figure out which unit he fought with. This was really great since there were two people with very similar names in the previously available index and I wasn’t absolutely sure which one was my guy. Having more info and the actual documents was a great help.

I also have Union ancestors & I’d love to see their records too – can we expect more soon?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:12:31 +0000

Yes, the “about these records” does provide this information; however I was reading this blog and it doesn’t mention if it is union, confederate or both and it would be even more helpful if the Title were a little more precise!

By: Sharon Dickinson Van Daele

Sharon Dickinson Van Daele — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:14:35 +0000

I have tried to access information and was successful so far, but in entering data for the World Archives Project, I found the instructions to be confusing, whether military or other. They need to not only be more interactive, with windows you can open when you hit a snag, but also give more “WHAT IF” examples.

By: BobNY

BobNY — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:36:26 +0000

Margaret,

That is why ancestry includes a description of the dataset.

“About these Records

These rolls are for Confederate units formed in Alabama during the Civil War—though many operated outside of the state over the course of the war.”