Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database
An Index Compiled by Fred Delap in cooperation with the Illinois State Archives
Entering Search Criteria
Enter text in any field to restrict the search to only those records which
CONTAIN your text in that field. Searches are not case sensitive: you may use any combination of upper and lower case letters. The following types of searches may be conducted:
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To locate a soldier, enter the name in the format:
last name
comma space
first name
space
middle initial
(for example, Smith, John D). The first name and middle initial may be omitted to accomplish a surname search.
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To locate all soldiers in a particular unit, choose the unit designation from the drop-down menu in the "Unit" field.
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To locate all soldiers in a particular company, choose the company's letter from the drop-down menu in the "Company" field and the unit designation from the drop-down menu in the "Unit" field. For example, to return a list of soldiers in Company A of the 10th Illinois Infantry, choose
A
in the "Company" field and
10th Illinois Infantry
in the "Unit" field.
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To search for all soldiers whose residence is given as a county, township or city, enter the name of the county, township or city in the "Residence"field.
Click the "Submit Query" button after you have typed your search term or terms. Click the "Reset" button to remove all search terms. Only the "Company" and "Unit" fields may be combined in a single search. Any other field combinations will not be valid searches.
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