FAQ
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The North Carolina Museum of History provides the following resource list to assist you in researching your Civil War ancestors from North Carolina.
Archives
Books
Web Sites
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408
Phone: (202) 501-5400
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html
NARA houses many types of Civil War records, including pension records, military service records, photographs, records of events (compilations of the activities of each company), maps, and headstone records. NARA provides copies of some records by mail; others must be viewed at NARA. See http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html for details.
North Carolina State Archives
109 East Jones Street, Raleigh
Mailing address: Mail Service Center 4614, Raleigh, NC 27699-4614
Phone: (919) 733-3952
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/default.htm
The archives holds indexed military pension applications, an indexed military collection, and a private manuscript collection containing Civil War letters, journals, and other documents.
Other repositories
County and city historical societies and archives, as well as university libraries, often house private manuscript collections, which may include letters, journals, and other documents from the Civil War.
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