| UNION RECORDS: 2,821,664 | CONFEDERATE RECORDS: 1,435,524 | ||||||||||
| AL* 2,057 | KS 20,087 | NV* 1,287 | US Army* 82,995 | AL*136,090 | CS Army* 46,079 | ||||||
| AR 9,237 | KY 78,450 | NY 401,412 | US Navy 29,645 | AR* 73,784 | CS Navy 1,755 | ||||||
| AZ* 369 | LA* 9,748 | OH 299,645 | USCT# 189,872 | FL 21,495 | |||||||
| CA 14,552 | MA 109,636 | OR* 2,084 | US Vols 4,274 | GA#158,392 | |||||||
| CO* 4,886 | MD 32,981 | PA 356,206 | IT* 7,860 | ||||||||
| CT 41,048 | ME 56,768 | RI 19,907 | KY 30,981 | ||||||||
| DC* 7,560 | MI 80,345 | TN* 37,005 | LA* 85,643 | ||||||||
| DE* 11,587 | MN 24,227 | TX* 2,479 | MD* 4,039 | ||||||||
| DT* 194 | MO*146,275 | UT* 95 | MO* 48,372 | ||||||||
| FL 1,241 | MS* 663 | VA 336 | MS*123,123 | ||||||||
| GA* 157 | NC* 3,418 | VT 27,553 | NC#135,779 | ||||||||
| IA 72,160 | NE 3,212 | WA* 1,032 | SC* 99,393 | ||||||||
| IL 232,656 | NH 30,498 | WI 80,736 | TN*136,119 | ||||||||
| IN 188,086 | NJ 60,998 | WV* 34,357 | TX*111,983 | ||||||||
| IT 0 | NM* 8,021 | VA#214,174 | |||||||||
(NOTE: the list above is for state served -- a soldier's resident state may be different than the state served.)
* List: These "rosters" are completed, however, generally only names and units of soldiers,
most are lacking both dates & events. We will be adding to these records as sources and time permit.
# Combination of "Rosters" and "Lists"
** HDS has completed 100% of the 14 NC Volumes which have been published
*** USCTroops are 32% "Rosters" and 68% "List"
The American Civil War Research Database contains over 94,000,000 datapoints covering the military records of over 4.2 million soldiers as listed in the states' Adjutant-General's Reports and Index to Service Records. Our work is currenly being accessed over 40,000 times every day. The Database contains few Navy records. Check the 'Data Field'chart below for a listing of information supplied by each state. We have invested over 90,000 hours during 15 years to reach this milestone and anticipate nearly 90,000 more hours of work before the database is "complete". Our goal is to include every soldier with as much information as possible - if the data is available - we do not publish a work schedule. We are progressing as quickly as we can. Please do NOT subscribe in anticipation of work not yet complete.
The American Civil War Research Database is generally updated bimonthly. With each update we include new soldiers as well as any additional information we receive about soldiers already in the database. The exact number of new soldiers entered each update will vary based on the detail and complexity of the information we are working with.
Progress on entering information on CSA soldiers is slower than for Union soldiers. The reasons for this are threefold:
- method of record keeping,
- media the records are kept on, and
- availability of records.
The following chart shows the data generally supplied by each state in their official War records. See the Bibliography section for more detail. HDS's mission: Continue to do what we have spent over 45 people years doing -- build the Civil War database, fill the missing pieces of data from other sources, supplement what is already available, and provide our subscribers the most complete database of American Civil War information.
| DataField | CA | CT | FL | IA | IL | IN | KS | KY | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | NE | NJ | NH | NY | OH | PA | RI | VT | WI |
| Name | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Age | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Residence | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Enlist Rank | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Enlist Date | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Enlist Place | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Occupation | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Last Address | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Birth Place | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Military Events | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Promotions | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Physical Description | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Confederate Regiments | ||||||
| DataField | GA | NC | VA | KY | FL | LA |
| Name | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Age | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Residence | N | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Enlist Rank | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Enlist Date | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Enlist Place | N | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
| Occupation | N | S | Y | N | N | N |
| Last Address | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Birth Place | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| Military Events | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Promotions | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Physical Description | N | N | S | N | N | N |