Question about State and National Archives

[CWBuff26]

Would the State or National Archives would have more on a soldier than what Footnote has?

 

[Pvt_McIntire]

Absolutely. Not all documents and records have been uploaded to Footnote. It's definitely worth it to check out both state and national archives.

 

[John Gross]

Would the State or National Archives would have more on a soldier than what Footnote has?

For a Union soldier, the National Archives will have both his military service record and his pension file. For Confederates, the NA will only have his military service record (if one has survived). To get the pension file on a Confederate, you need to get it from the state where he filed for the pension after the war, which should almost always be the state he lived in after the war. In other words, if a Confederate soldier served in a Georgia regiment but then lived in Tennessee after the war, he would have filed for his pension in Tennessee.

John Gross

 

[CWBuff26]

Ok thanks so much

 

[JRT3]

I had this very question. Spent hours on all the websites.

So I visit the National Archives - HAT DANG! I'm finding marriage records, battle information, next of kin, birth places, all kinds of stuff.

I couldn't believe I was holding papers that were 150+ years old.