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to the . . . .
Illinois Civil War Veterans
Database
An
Index Compiled by Fred Delap in cooperation with the Illinois State
Archives
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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:
- 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.
- To locate a soldier in a
particular unit, enter the unit designation in the
"Unit" field. For example, to return a list of
soldiers in the 10th Illinois Infantry, enter 10
IL US INF in the "Unit" field.
- To locate a soldier in a
particular company, enter the company's letter in the
"Company" field and the unit designation in the
"Unit" field. For example, to return a list of
soldiers in Company A of the 10th Illinois Infantry, enter A
in the "Company" field and 10
IL US INF in the "Unit" field.
- 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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