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The first steps to finding a Civil War ancestor -- Companies and regiments: Civil War army units -- Prewar and postwar military records -- Non-regimental and "untypical" soldiers -- Emergency troops, militia and home guard -- Ensigns and engineers: ancestors in the navies -- US colored troops and African-American sailors -- Southern loyalists and "galvanized Yankees" -- To Helmira and back: prisoners of war -- Medical records and hospital personnel -- Military pay resources -- The Civil War and the census -- The 1865 parole lists: to the very end -- Finding your ancestors' flags -- Buried in history: Civil War cemeteries -- Civil War pension records and wartime relief -- Confederate state pension resources -- Soldiers', sailors', and widows' homes -- Civil War veterans' groups -- Wartime civilian records -- Amnesty papers and Southern claims -- Spies, smugglers and "disloyal citizens" -- Finding Civil War income tax records -- A gift from the past: Civil War newspapers -- A picture in time: Civil War era photographs -- Best of the best: classic Civil War resources -- National Archives records -- Finding your way through the Civil War with maps

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