Virginia Civil War Sites

In November of 2017, Ancestry dumped 25 years of genealogy materials accumulated by the Rootsweb volunteers. Over the past 8 months we have monitored their blogs as they promised repeatedly that the data would be restored. I do not think that it will happen at this point as they now have Rootsweb directing to a generic Ancestry advertising page.

What that means for us is that hundreds of links on these pages are now bad. Please be patient as we try to recover the information. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to work on the genealogy data beyond our focus on the Civil War. Contact Us or friend ResearchOnLine on Facebook for periodic notes on our progress.


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New Links - September 2018:
Links Recovered - September 2018:
Links Checked - September 2018:
  • Virginia FREE Digital Library
  • Links Not Found - September 2018:
    Links Not Checked - September 2018:
  • 8th VA Cavalry
  • 24nd Virginia Infantry - William W. Bentley letter, 1862 June 13
  • 1861 Map of Battles American Civil War
  • 1881 G.A.R. Old Soldiers Reunion [includes veterans from AR, CA, CT, IA, IN, IL , KS, KY, ME, MI, MN, MO, Navy, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, Independent from Ringgold Cavalry, US Infantry, Wilderness Scout, Engineer Corp.]
  • 1883 Wilson County [KS] Veterans of the War [listed by state]
  • 1888 Pensions - Russell County, Virginia
  • 1889 Civil War Veterans Reunion, Unionville, Missouri [Putnam County][ includes states of AR, CA, IA, IN, IL, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, OH, PA, VA, WI, WV, VT and units of E.M.M., M.S.M, US Infantry, E.M.M. Mtd. Inf., MO Home Guard, U. S. V.V. Eng. and Navy.]
  • 1890 Veterans and Widow Special Census [listed by state]
  • 1890 Veterans Census for Northern Virginia - 1890 Veterans Census of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of CA, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, Washington; other titles of Surgeons, Inspector General, US Inf., Chaplin Hospital; includes many names without state identification or units.
  • 1890 Union Veterans Census for Southwest Virginia Counties
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and their Widows, Hancock County, TN.
  • 1890 Veterans Census Hancock County, WV [inclues states of IA, IN, IL, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV, and units of USA Infantry, Surgeons with no states listed, US Light Artillery, and numerous Veterans with no unit or state listed.]
  • 1890 Census Reconstruction - Coos County, Oregon Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of AR, CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VA, WI, Washington; to include many names without state identification.
  • 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans (listed by state)
  • 1900 Pensions - Russell County, Virginia
  • 1902 Civil War Pensioners from Page County
  • 1906 Confederate Veterans and Widows Enumeration for DeSoto County, MS. [includes states of AL, AR, GA, MO, MS, NC, SC, TN and VA]
  • 1907 Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in the State of Alabama: Baldwin County, AL
  • 1910 Civil War Veterans for DeSoto County, MS. [Soldiers are listed by name, place of birth, and service. List includes states of AL, AR, GA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA; also birth place of Germany and Hungary]
  • 1911 Census or Enumeration of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Widows of Deceased Soldiers, Parish of Lincoln
  • 1924 Confederate Veterans Reunion, June 17, 1924 Luray, VA.
  • Amick's Rangers Home Page - History and Living History Group
  • Amick's Rangers Company A, CSA, Muster Roll
  • Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Military Rosters This website is well worth looking at. It names the Veterans residence as well as their nationality and in some cases where buried. Of the first 3 pages I came up with more states and countries than I can list here. Nationalities of Canada, Prussia, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, England, Luxemboug, Switzerland, Wales, and more.
  • Appomattox Court House by National Historical Park Service
  • Appomattox Campaign
  • Appomattox Campaign
  • Barr's Battery, Virginia Light Artillery, CSA
  • Battle of Appomattox Court House Offical Records and Battle Description
  • Battles of the Civil War [by state]
  • Battles and Battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley
  • Battle of the Crater
  • Battle of the Crater, Petersburg
  • Battle of Five Forks Dinwiddie, VA 1 April 1865
  • Battle of Five Forks Dinwiddie, VA Confederate Order of Battles
  • Five Forks Web Index
  • Battle of Five Forks Dinwiddie, VA: Confederate taken Prisoner
  • Blacksburg during the Civil War
  • Calhoun County in the Civil War [actually West Virginia, but has some Virginia information as well.]
  • SCV Camp 1921 Staff, Officers, and Members: Tallassee Armory Guards [includes numerous states]
  • Cayce's Purcell Artillery - Page County Confederate Veterans
  • Cedar Creek Confederate Order of Battle
  • Chew's Ashby Horse Artillery Battery
  • Civil War Ancestor.com
  • Civil War Battles by State
  • Civil War and the Roanoke Valley
  • Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley
  • Civil War Ghosts: Virgnia Battlefield Photos
  • Civil War Homepage: Echoes of Gunfire: Newport News
  • Civil War In Virginia
  • Virginia's Civil War: A Guide to Manuscripts at the Virginia Historical Society
  • Civil War Manuscripts from the Virginia Military Institute Archives
  • Civil War Message Board
  • Civil War Mysteries: Home of the Unknowns
  • Civil War NewspapersMight have to search each page, but there are soldiers listed from IN, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, OH, and WI to include soldiers that were Prisoners who arrived at Fortress Monroe, VA. Well worth checking out!!
  • Civil War Order of Battle Army of Northern Virginia
  • Civil War Photo's and Regimental Rosters of Confederate Soldiers Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas & Virginia, with more to come.
  • Civil War Photographs by Library of Congress
  • Civil War Photos
  • Civil War Photographs: Confederate
  • Civil War Records - WV GenWeb Archives Includes VA and WV
  • Civil War Veteran's Reunion - Unionville, Missouri (Putnam County) September 1889
  • Civil War Virginian's of the Allegheny Highlands
  • Confederate General Hospital and Moore's Hill Cemetery [soldiers of numerous states listed]
  • Confederate Pension Rolls
  • Confederate Pensions - Basic Search
  • Confederate Reunion Dinner Committee July 21, 1908 Photo of Town
  • Confederate Reunion Dinner Committee July 21, 1908 Photo of Preparing Dinner
  • Confederate Soldiers - VA on Footnote
  • Confederate Veteran Reunion at Buckingham Courthouse July 21, 1908 [Photo of soldiers from the Virginia counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, and Nelson.]
  • Confederate Veteran Reunion - Crowds at the Confederate Reunion, 1908
  • Confederate Veteran Reunion July 21, 1908
  • Confederate Roster By County Of Origin
  • The Diary of Michael Reid Hanger - Rockbridge Rifles, Company H, 4th and 5th VA Infantry
  • Dixie Artillery
  • Dixie Research.Com
  • Eigth Star New Market Artillery [history]
  • Fairfax County Library Historical Newspaper Index Search
  • Frederick County Confederate Units Homepage
  • Garvin County, Wynnewood, OK Confederate Monument [Veteran list includes the states/units of AL, AR, AZ, GA, KY, LA, OK, MO, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, Cado Indian Battlation, Palmetto Sharpshooters, Chickasaw Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles]
  • The General Lyon Disaster
  • The Burning of the General Lyon
  • The Passenger List of the Steamer General Lyon [numerous states listed, to include list of many Illinois soldiers]
  • Sources for the Steamer General Lyon Disaster - The New York Times - April, 1865 and The Times of London, April 27, 1865
  • Gettysburg Confederate Order of Battle
  • Goodson Rifle Guards, Washington County Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865
  • Gramps and the Bushwhackers - 2nd Virginia Regiment Information - "Cheat River Casualties"
  • Grand Army of the Republic Death Rolls Books [advertisement] includes states of AR Territory, AR, CA, CO Territory, CT, Dakota Territory, DE, District of Columbia, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE Territory, NE, NH, NJ, NM Territory, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RH, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI, US Army, USCT, US Navy, Veterans Reserve Corp.


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