Research
Research Resources
- West Virginia State Archives – Online Civil War Resources
- National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
- West Virginia Encyclopedia – Civil War
- Military Events in West Virginia During the Civil War, 1861-1865
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Union and Confederate Armies
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
- Department of Veterans Affairs – Headstones and Markers
- Department of Veterans Affairs – Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 (Ancestry.com, Subscription)
Feature Articles
- Finding Great Granddad in the Civil War by Darl L. Stephenson
- Researching Your Civil War Ancestor – WV State Archives
Archives / Libraries / Special Collections
- West Virginia State Archives
- Fold3 – Original Military Records
- National Archives – Home Page
- National Archives – Civil War Records
- West Virginia and Regional History Center at West Virginia University
- Francis H. Pierpont Civil War Telegram Series, 1861-1865
- Civil War Photographs in the West Virginia Regional History Collection
- Marshall University Special Collections
- Virginia Tech Special Collections
- Virginia Military Institute Archives – Civil War Resources
- U.S. Army Military History Institute
- Library of Virginia
- Virginia Museum of History and Culture – Research Library
- Ohio History Connection
An Introduction to the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, West Virginia
