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Categories of Information in Civil War Genealogy Research
Excerpt from Mary 27, 2008 Ohio Civil War Genealogy Journal. For more information, please visit http://www.ogs.org/ or email ocwgj@ogs.org.
For either Military Service or War-related Civilian Service, five basic categories of genealogical information are needed about each person:
- Lived (before the war, up until period of military or civilian service)
- Served (what unit(s) or capacity, & when)
- Lived (if he or she survived military or civilian service, perhaps multiple locations)
- Died (when, cause, where)
- Buried (where & whether marked)
Category
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Sub-category
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Further Sub-category
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Lived (before the war, up to time of military service or war-related civilian service)
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Lived in Ohio, but moved out of Ohio before service.
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Born in Ohio.
Born elsewhere and moved to Ohio.
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Lived in Ohio up to service.
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Born in Ohio.
Born elsewhere and moved to Ohio.
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Military Service:
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Ohio unit
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Infantry, artillery, cavalry
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Other states' volunteer units
Regular Army
US Navy
US Colored Troops
Other (examples)
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Infantry, artillery, cavalry
Infantry, artillery, cavalry
USCI, USCLA, USCHA, USCC
US Marines, US Volunteers, Physicians, Hospital Attendants, et al.
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War-related Civilian Service:
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Elected government officials (twp, county, state, Federal)
Government employees, non-elected (twp, county, state, Federal)
Political party and community leaders
War-related business leaders and employees: manufacturing, transportation, finance, legal
County Military Committees
District Boards of Enrollment (draft boards)
Soldiers Relief Organizations: US Sanitary Commission, US Christian Commission, Ladies Aid Societies, et al.
Volunteer medical service: physicians, nurses, support (patient care, patient transportation, administration, commissaries, facilities, cooking, cleaning, et al.)
Support to traveling military personnel: "refreshment saloons", wayside houses, et al.)
Other relief organizations (government, church, fraternal organizations, et al.
State Agencies, Agents, and Representatives
Direct support to military units and personnel: sutlers, suppliers, contractors, teamsters, carpenters, construction, et al.
Journalists
Underground Railroad
Refugee support
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Lived (if he or she survived military service or war-related civilian service)
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Lived in Ohio for rest of life
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Lived in other state(s) or country
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Lived in veterans' home (military)
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NHDVS: Dayton or other locations.
Ohio Veterans Home: Sandusky.
Other state veterans home.
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Died
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Died during military or civilian service (for Ohio military casualty estimates, see OCWGJ, Question 2006-7, Vol. X, 2006, No. 3, pages 136-137)
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Killed in action with unit (military).
Died of wounds (military): battlefield, field hospital, general hospital, at home.
Died of disease: with unit, field hospital, general hospital, at home.
Died of accident and other causes: with unit, field hospital, general hospital, at home.
Unknown location.
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Survived military or civilian service, and died later.
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In Ohio: known location.
In other states: known location.
In veterans home (military): known location.
Unknown location.
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Buried
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Buried in National Cemetery (military).
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Known gravesite;
Unknown gravesite.
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Buried in other cemetery, known cemetery location (in Ohio or elsewhere).
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Known gravesite: marked (VA headstone or private), unmarked.
Unknown gravesite.
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