Adjutant General's Office (Regular Army)

War Department. Adjutant General's Office Administrative History Note

 * Letters Received, 1805-1889. NARA Microfilm Publications,M566, M567,M619,M666,M689

National Archives Record Groups

 * Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917
 * Record Group 407 Records of the Adjutant General's Office 1917-
 * National Archives Catalog Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1905-1981, RG 407 NAID 703

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Historical information relating to military posts and other installations ca. 1700-1900
 * Index to general correspondence of The Adjutant General's Office, 1890-1917, NARA, M698, 1269 rolls
 * Indexes to letters received by the office of The Adjutant General (Main Series), 1846, (1846-1848), 1861-1889, NARA, M725, 9 rolls
 * Letters received by the Commission Branch of the Adjutant General's Office, 1863-1870, NARA, M1064, 477 Rolls
 * Letters sent by the Office of the Adjutant General, main series, 1800-1890, NARA, M565, 63 rolls

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Florida in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Union Regular Army in the Civil War describes Union sources, specifically about the Union Regular Army in the Civil War, and how to find them.