Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

What is in This Collection?

Union service records of soldiers who served in the First Battalion of Georgia Infantry. The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, inspection reports; and the originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier. 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 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917 and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M403. Index courtesy of Fold3.

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

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The records include abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in the following original records:

• Jacket name
• Soldier's full name
• Year(s) served
• Age (often estimated)
• Military Unit in which served
• 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