Search for Your Civil War Ancestor
Search across CivilWarIndex.com for a soldier�s name, regiment, officer, or other keyword. Results will show rosters, regimental pages, battle descriptions, and related records drawn from the entire site.
Welcome to CivilWarIndex.com
For more than a decade, CivilWarIndex.com has helped families, historians, genealogists, teachers, and reenactors explore the people and events that shaped the American Civil War. Whether you�re searching for an ancestor, researching a regiment, or studying a particular battle, this site is designed to help you find information quickly and easily.
We are currently updating and expanding the site to make it easier than ever to locate regiments, rosters, battles, and primary sources, while keeping the simple, research-focused layout that long-time visitors are familiar with.
Regiments & Rosters
Our regimental pages are the heart of CivilWarIndex.com. Many include:
- Company-level rosters
- Officer lists and promotions
- Service history and organization
- Engagements and campaigns
- References to primary sources and Official Records citations
You can browse units by state, branch, and side, including Union infantry, cavalry, and artillery, as well as Confederate infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
Battles & Campaigns
Explore key battles and campaigns of the Civil War through our growing collection of battle pages. Each entry is being expanded to include:
- Dates and locations
- Commanders and orders of battle
- Units engaged on each side
- Casualty information where available
- Links to Official Records reports and other primary sources
As we continue updating the site, more battles will be added and cross-linked to the regiments that participated in them, making it easier to follow a unit through the course of the war.
Official Records & Primary Sources
CivilWarIndex.com connects you to the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion and other primary documents. Where available, battle and regiment pages include:
- Volume and page references from the Official Records
- Links to digitized volumes on the Internet Archive and other collections
- Notes on key reports and correspondence related to each engagement or unit
These references make it easier to move from a brief summary on this site to the original reports and documents used by historians and researchers.
Learn more about the Official Records »
Articles & Research Guides
Coming soon: a collection of articles and research guides to help you get the most out of Civil War records, including:
- How to research a Civil War ancestor
- Understanding regimental organization and company structure
- How to use the Official Records effectively in your research
- State-by-state overviews of Civil War units and formations
These will be published in our new Civil War Index Blog.