Index to Illinois Civil War Soldiers



Three state wide indexes to Illinois Soldiers are available for searching for individual soldiers.

Illinois State Archives


Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System



Index to Illinois Civil War Soldiers Found Elsewhere


This NEW index contains references to records of Illinois Civil War Soldiers found in other state archives, cemetery records, books, websites, census records, etc. It contains 12,000 entries.




Search the Illinois Soldiers Index



Last Name: 
First Name:  


This index contains over 352,000 records. To search the index, enter the exact spelling for the Last name. For First names, a partial match is allowed.

Be sure and check alternate spellings as names are often misspelled in the records. For example "Hammond" returns 29 records while "Hammonds" returns 8, "Hammon" returns 5 records, and "Hammons" shows 1 record.

This index is available in PDF format or in paperback which allows you to browse the records to spot alternate and close match spellings.


Illinois Civil War Soldiers Index

John C. Rigdon, Editor
362,000 names
3 Vols. - $35.00 ea.
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CD-ROM - $15.00
EBOOK - $15.00
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For Additional Research


The Official Records of the American Civil War

128 Volumes - PDF Format
This DVD contains the full text - over 100,000 pages including the index volume in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

DVD - $35.00
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COMBO - $75.00

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SAVE $30 when you purchase The Official Records, the Official Naval Records, and the Atlas to the Official Records together.


A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

by Frederick H. Dyer
3 Vols. PDF Format
CD-ROM - $35.00
Combo - $50.00
EBOOK - $15.00

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SAVE $20 when you purchase The Official Records and Dyers Compendium together.

Confederate Military History - Causes of the War

Curry LL.D., Hon. J. L. M.
498 pgs.
HARDBACK - $65.00
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The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

Annie Heloise Abel, Phd.
397 pages
HARDBACK - $65.00
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