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North Carolina Civil War Genealogical Resources

The North Carolina Museum of History provides the following resource list to assist you in researching your Civil War ancestors from North Carolina.

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    Clark, Walter, ed. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861–'65. 5 vols. Raleigh: E. M. Uzzell; Goldsboro: Nash Brothers, 1901. Reprint, Wendell, N.C.: Broadfoot's Bookmark, 1982.

    Histories and photographs of North Carolina's regiment.


    Groene, Bertram Hawthorne. Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989.

    A historian's tips on finding and interpreting military information about your Civil War ancestors.


    Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., eds. North Carolina Troops, 1861–1865; A Roster. 12 vols. Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, 1966–1998.

    The North Carolina State Archives is producing this comprehensive seventeen-volume series containing regimental histories, maps, photographs, and brief biographies of soldiers.


    U.S. War Department. War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880–1900. Reprint, Gettysburg, Pa.: National Historical Society, 1971–1972.

    Battle reports and correspondence of Union and Confederate regiments. Available on-line at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/waro.html.


    U.S. Naval War Records Office. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies. 30 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1874–1922. Reprint, Gettysburg, Pa.: National Historical Society, 1971.

    Battle reports and correspondence of Union and Confederate navies. Available on-line at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.monographs/ofre.html.



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