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Rosters of Macoupin County Men who fought in the Civil War
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - National Search site
New! Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database


Grand Army of the Republic JULY 1885 - DECEMBER 1919 Luke Mayfield Post # 516 Girard, Illinois -
      - (minutes of the meetings transcribed and donated by Albert C. �Skip� and Mary Ann Sevier Pace- this link goes to
                  Part 1 of the 4 parts and a picture.)
      - (Also see - Picture - Survivors of Luke Mayfield Post, G.A.R. and Picture - Survivors of The Grand Army of the Republic)
Descendants of Macoupin County Soldiers (Names of Soldiers and email addresses for Descendants)
Honor Roll of Veteran Burials In Macoupin County, State of Illinois, Illinois Veteran's Commission published by the State of Illinois in 1956. No deaths after 1 July 1955.
Index to U.S. War Veterans Death Record
Histories of Regiments all contributed by Norman Witherbee

Diaries/Memoirs/Stories
Stories and Histories of Civil War Soldiers in Battle
W. R. Eddington Memoirs and Picture in uniform - IL 97th Infantry Regiment, Company A
George Levi Palmer, Co. K, 7th Illinois Infantry
Peter Wiegand Diary -
 From the diary kept of his life as a Civil War Soldier in the IL 97th Infantry Regiment, Company A
�Reminiscences By Aaron L. Lanning 1845-1934  From the diary kept of his life as a Civil War Soldier in the IL 122nd Infantry Regiment, Company D, and his early pioneer days in Kansas.
Death of oldest Civil War Veteran John Slaughter.
Victor Hicken's Page
Pension application of Pinckney D. Gooch contributed by Linda Kmiecik
Draft Officers attacked by guerillas near Greasey - Rebel Prisoners and More Tidbits about Macoupin in the Civil War news story contributed by Rindy Fuchs
Civil War Letters from Macoupin men at Shiloh - contributed by Rindy Fuchs
Macoupin Men at Shiloh in the Civil War Killed, Wounded, Missing and 2 Letters from Men - contributed by Lisa Guinan
Picture of Macoupin County Civil War Veterans from the Staunton area taken 1895
Picture - 1902 Reunion in Scottville of the 122nd Inf Co B
Picture - Survivors of Luke Mayfield Post, G.A.R.
Picture - Survivors of The Grand Army of the Republic
For Sale - large 122nd Company E color or black and white roster
Collectors of Civil War History in Macoupin County
Illinois in the Civil War written by Macoupin's own Victor Hicken
The Illinois Civil War Project: A project to put Illinois Civil War Rosters, History and More on the Internet.
Alton, Illinois - Civil War Era - Confederate Prison Searchable Database
Illinois State Archives Searchable Civil War Database We thank Fred Delap of Kansas, IL, who donated  the database for all Illinois Civil War Regiments to the Illinois State Archives. Fred worked two years compiling the IL regiments from the Adjutant General's Report. The IL State Archives has made Fred's database searchable.
Also, see Other Ways for Searching the Illinois Civil War Database at the Illinois State Archives - instructions contributed by David Arnsmeyer.

Illinois Civil War Mail list!!
IL-CIVIL-WAR-L-request@rootsweb.com - mail mode subscription or unsubscription
IL-CIVIL-WAR-D-request@rootsweb.com - digest mode subscription or unsubscription (Be sure to turn off any signature files), and put only the word "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" (minus the quotes) in the body of the message. This is a closed list, and only subscribers may post to it using the address of: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com or IL-CIVIL-WAR-D@rootsweb.com

National Archives Civil War Records Information You Should Read
National Archives Records Administration (Archives) for ordering copies of old military service records, pension records, etc.


Camp Douglas, Illinois - largest training camp in Illinois
Illinois in the American Civil War
List of major updates to Illinois in the Civil War
The U.S. Civil War Center Browse the Index
The American Civil War Page
    Includes letters, battles, rosters, and many, many other links.
Search Andersonville GA Prisoners
Civil War related Web Links 3 at the Civil War Center site



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