M861, Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units

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RICHARD NIXON President of the United Spates ARTHUR F. SAMPSON Acting Administrator of General Services JAMES B. RHOADS Archivist of the United States The records reproduced in the microfilm publication are from War Department Collection of Confederate Records Record Group 109 in the National Archives Building
COMPILED RECORDS SHOWING SERVICE OF MILITARY UNITS , IN CONFEDERATE ORGANIZATIONS On the 74 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the compiled records that give histories of Confederate militaryunits. The compiled records consist of jacket-envelopes bearing the names of the units and titled "Captions and Record of Events." These jacket-envelopes typically contain (1) caption cards showing the exact captions of the muster rolls as copied and the certificate of the mustering officer verifying the accuracy of the rolls; and (2) record-of-events cards containing information relating to the stations, movements or activities of each unit or a part of it, and sometimes to its organization or composition, strength and losses, and disbandment. The amount of information contained on a card varies. Some include only date and name of station of the unit. Others give detailed accounts of the unit's operations and activities. These compiled records are part of the War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. Because some records of the Confederate Army were lost or destroyed during the war and at its close, the compiled military histories of most uni.ts are incomplete. There are no record-ofevents cards for a small number of State units that were mustered into Confederate service and for militia units that were never mustered into service. The compilation of records showing service of Confederate military units was undertaken simultaneously with compilation of service records of Confederate soldiers. The work was begun in 1903 under the direction of Brig. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, head of the Record and Pension Office in the War Department. Abstracts were made from documents in the War Department's collection of Confederate records and from documents borrowed mostly from Southern States by the War Department in an effort to obtain as complete military histories of units as possible. The original muster rolls and returns were the principal sources of information abstracted on the caption cards and lists of officers envelopes, but rosters, payrolls, hospital registers, casualty lists, Union prison registers, casualty lists, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports were also examined for this purpose. Abstracts were verified by separate comparison, and every precaution was taken to ensure their accuracy. Some of the jacket-envelopes, particularly those titled "Captions," "Rolls," "Instructions," or tr Information, 1 * do not contain card abstracts, but do contain information cards that serve as cross-references to records filed with other units. On the front of each jacket-envelope is a series of numbers that corresponds to the number on the back of each card in the jacket. The reverse side, which contains a number and a date stamp, was
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS Roll Military Units 1 ALAB
Page 7 and 8: Roll Military Units Forty-seventh I
Page 9 and 10: Roll Military Units 7 Third Infantr
Page 11 and 12: Roll Military Units Fifth Cavalry S
Page 13 and 14: Roll Military Units First Infantry
Page 15 and 16: Roll Military Units 20 KENTUCKY Cap
Page 17 and 18: Roll Military Units Capt. Borge's C
Page 19 and 20: Roll Military Units Twenty-first In
Page 21 and 22: Roll Military Units Eleventh Cavalr
Page 23 and 24: Roll Military Units Fifth Infantry-
Page 25 and 26: Roll Military Units Schnabel's Batt
Page 27 and 28: Roll M-n-itary Units Seventh Battal
Page 29 and 30: Roll Military Units Fifteenth Batta
Page 31 and 32: Roll Military Units Charleston Arse
Page 33 and 34: Roll Military Units Capt. Ramsey's
Page 35 and 36: Roll Military Units Capt. Miller's
Page 37 and 38: Roll Military Units Madison's Caval
Page 39 and 40: Roll Military Units Capt. Watts Cam
Page 41 and 42: Roll Military Units Tenth Battalion
Page 43 and 44: Roll Military Units Capt. Penick's
Page 45 and 46: Roll Military Units Twenty-second I
Page 47 and 48: Roll Mllitary Units One Hundred and
Page 49 and 50: Roll Military Units Capt. Madison's

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