Maryland, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865

What is in This Collection?

The collection consists of Confederate service records of soldiers who served in organizations from Maryland for the years 1861 to 1865.

For each military unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname. The Military Unit field may also display the surname range (A-G) as found on the microfilm. This collection is a part of RG 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M321. Index courtesy of Fold3.com (previously Footnote.com).

Service records were kept for each Confederate soldier. Those records, or their abstracts, were compiled into individual files. Each envelope/jacket contains information and cross references to original records relating to the soldier.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The index to these records contains the following:

• Name and age of soldier
• Year(s) of service
• Rank and military unit in which served
• Physical description
• Occupation
• Town, county and state of residence
• Prison registers
• Parole rolls

OR

• Jacket name
• Soldier’s full name
• Year
• Age (often estimated)
• Military unit served in
• Type of records in file
• NARA publication number, title, and roll number

The records are in individual files which usually include the following:

• A jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, rank, and the unit in which he served
• A card (or cards) with abstracts of entries from original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports
• The originals of any papers relating only to the particular soldier