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Georgia Confederate Military Information

Confederate Military Information

A partial listing of Confederate military information contained on microfilm at the Georgia State Archives in Atlanta, Georgia.

The listings below follow the form XXX-YYY where XXX is the Drawer number and YYY is the number of the first roll of film containing the information. For example 253-1 is Drawer 253, film roll 1. The information contained at each listing is titled with descriptive information following the title, the method for the arrangement of the material in each file is listed (alphabetic, etc.) and additional notes have been added where necessary This is not a comprehensive listing. There may be additional microfilm information which has inadvertently been left off this list. Book, journal and loose paper holdings are not included.

253-1 Georgia Confederate Pensions and Records Department. The Georgia Pension Office file used by its staff until 1960 to locate any information available concerning a Georgia Confederate soldier's service in the War Between the States. This index contains the soldier's military unit, company, and county of residence. Some of the index cards are cross-referenced to additional information, such as the Civil War Miscellany files (see 283-16). Listed alphabetically (see 261-13, 271-1, and 277-13 below, the information in these files is not mutually inclusive).

253-77 Compiled Service Records, Georgia Troops, CSA. Records are listed by unit, then alphabetically.

258-5 Compiled Service Records, Georgia State Militia. Records are listed by unit, then alphabetically. These records start with roll 258-5 and go to roll 258-13, then skip to 258-36. Due to the records having been partially destroyed in 1864, they are not complete.

258-58 Compiled Service Records of Troops Raised Directly by the Confederate Government. These records are for units raised directly by the Confederate government, such as the 1st Confederate Cavalry, instead of units raised by the Confederate States, such as the 32nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Listed by unit, then alphabetically.

259-23 Compiled Service Records, Indian Units. These records are listed by unit, then alphabetically.

259-38 Compiled Service Records, Engineers. Listed by unit, then alphabetically. These records start with roll 259-38 and go to 259-47, then skip to 259-76.

259-85 Compiled Service Records, Nitre and Mining Bureau. These records are listed by unit, then alphabetically.

259-88 Compiled Service Records, Sappers. These records are listed by unit, then alphabetically.

259-90 Compiled Service Records, Signal Corps. These records are listed by unit, then alphabetically.

259-96 Compiled Service Records, Bands, Ordnance Scouts and Guards, and Infantry School of Practice. The Infantry School of Practice, CSA was established at Baton Rouge Barracks, La. early in 1861, for men who had enlisted in the Regular Confederate Army. The men were formed into temporary companies and subsequently assigned to various organizations. The Infantry School of Practice was composed primarily of men from Louisiana and Tennessee with a few men from Alabama and Mississippi. Most of the men are reported to have taken the Oath of Allegiance to the U.S. Listed by unit, then alphabetically.

259-97 Compiled Service Records, Invalid Corps, Morgan's Cavalry, President's Guard CSA, and Miscellaneous Records. The Invalid Corps listing contains two men, Lt. J. Barton and Capt. Theo. C. Cone. The miscellaneous records are a bewildering compilation of information including in part; the California Battalion Cavalry CSA, the Ambulance corps, a few conscripts, a wheelwright, and a balloonist to name just a few. Listed by unit, then alphabetically.

259-98 Compiled Service Records, Confederate General and Staff Officers, Corps, Division and Brigade Staff, Noncom Staffs, Medical Officers, Surgeons, Bands and nonregimental enlisted men. Listed alphabetically. These records start with roll 259-98 and go to 259-109, then skip to 277-19.

261-13 Cross-referenced Index to Georgia Confederate Pensions. This is a cross-referenced list of names that appear in pension applications, either as applicant, deceased spouse or witness. Not all the pensions listed in this file can be found in the pension lists (See 253-1 and 271-1). Includes notes on the county of residence, military unit and company. This is an alphabetic list.

261-53 Index to Compiled Service Records (Georgia Troops). This is an alphabetic list.

271-1 Georgia Confederate Pension Applications. Pensions for Confederate soldiers were started in 1879 and the law was changed to include widows of soldiers in 1891. This is a file of pension applications awarded or not. Useful information can be obtained from disallowed applications. Listed by county of residence - pensions within each county are listed alphabetically.

277-13 Supplemental Georgia Confederate Pension Records. Additional pension records identified subsequent to the formation of the original series of records (see 271-1). These are few in number but may be useful. Listed by county - pensions within each county are listed alphabetically for the most part, but randomly in some cases. The index for these records is found in a loose-leaf notebook under the U.S. census indices. This work is entitled the "Index to the Confederate Pension Application Supplement". The index is divided into four sections. 1) An alphabetic listing of the soldiers for whom the county of residence is known. 2) An alphabetic listing of soldiers for whom the county of residence could not be determined. 3) An alphabetic listing of all other individuals appearing in the pension applications and supporting documents. 4) An alphabetic listing of the applications by county name.

279-34 Compiled Service Records, Volunteer Union Soldiers in Organization from the State of Georgia. This is not Northern soldiers in Southern units, but Georgians serving in U.S. units such as the 1st Georgia Infantry, U.S.A. Records are listed alphabetically.

279-35 Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government and of Confederate General and Staff Officers, and Nonregimental Enlisted Men. The compiled service records for this index are found in 258-58 and 259-98 above.

279-61 Georgia Confederate Military Records. Company muster rolls listed by unit. Units are listed alphabetically, then numerically.

279-97 Records Related to Confederate Naval and Marine Personnel Hospital and Prison Records . This is an index to records about Naval and Marine personnel. This is an alphabetic listing.

279-101 Records Related to Confederate Naval and Marine Personnel. This is an index to records about Naval and Marine personnel. References are made to Special Orders and payrolls. Records are listed alphabetically.

279-104 Reference File Related to Confederate Organizations from Georgia. This file lists unit names, nicknames, points of origin and company commanding officers. Listing is numerical by unit.

279-105 Reference file relating to Medical Officers. This file lists the Officer's unit. In some cases reference is made to Special Orders and additional sources of information. Records are listed alphabetically.

279-108 Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Headquarters Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, General Orders 1861-1865. In this work each year's orders is indexed by subject. The orders are listed chronologically.

279-109 Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Confederate States, Special Orders (7 Mar 1861 to 1 Apr 1865). Contains information relating to furloughs, reassignments and resignations. Personnel are listed by rank and the unit in which they served. Some military units and companies are included. In this work each year's orders is indexed alphabetically. Military Units and companies are listed by name instead of number (e.g., the Benjamin Infantry instead of Company E, 10th Georgia Infantry and Phillips' Legion). The orders are listed chronologically.

283-16 Civil War Miscellany, Personal Papers. This file contains the personal papers of some Georgia soldiers (20 rolls). Included in these papers are personal reminisces, unit histories, rosters and advertisements for deserters. Listed alphabetically.

283-46 Civil War Miscellany, Subject File. This file contains miscellaneous information on a number of topics. Listed alphabetically by subject.

283-58 Civil War Miscellany, Unit File. This file contains information on Georgia Military Units, including histories and muster rolls. This is not a duplication of information found in 283-16, above. Information is listed by unit, and units are listed first alphabetically, then numerically.

290-17 Confederate Service Records, Military and Naval. This is an index to pay vouchers. The index is an alphabetic listing.

290-19 Miscellaneous, Military Commands and Confederate Navy. Similar information as 290-17 above, but contains additional miscellaneous information. Usefulness doubtful. Indexed alphabetically.

This is only the MICROFILM holdings. Additional loose records are also in the Archives, but it would be nearly impossible to give a summary of what they contain--letters, unit histories, unit rosters, organizational charts, hard copies of some of the microfilmed records, etc.

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