This blog post is to provide some recommended books and Web Sites for Civil War Genealogical Research in South Carolina. Each of these recommended books I have used extensively for research. These four books are key components of my genealogical research library.
Civil War Books:
1.-Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers,
Sailors, and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the
War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865
By Randolph
W. Kirkland Jr.
Published
1995 by the SC Historical Society
2.-Roll of the Dead, South Carolina troops, Confederate States service
Complied
by William J. Rivers
The book contains 408
pages of South Carolina Civil War deaths. The Book was first commission in September 1862, by the People of South Carolina
when they requested documentation be preserved of the names of all South
Carolina soldiers who gave their all-in defense of the state. Earlier
copies of the Roll were determined to be full of errors. In 1864, the job was
given to Professor William James Rivers who dedicated his life to fulfilling
the tasks of identifying every soldier who gave his life for South Carolina. “The Roll of the Dead sat unidentified in
the National Archives until 1993...."1
Available at
the SC Archives.
LDS Family
History Library – Call Number 975.7 M2rd
by Randolph W. Kirkland Jr.
Published by the South Carolina Historical Society in 2002.
538 Pages
with names listed alphabetically.
4.- Historical
Sketch & Roster -- The SC 21st Infantry Regiment
By John V. Rigdon
243 pages
Web-Sites
1- www.fold3.com $-paid Site, contains not only the Civil War records but many
other major wars that America has been a part of along with pension records of
those soldiers.
2- National Park Service - Soldiers and Sailors Database (free)
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
The database contains the records of individuals serving in the Civil War, both Union and Confederate. It also contains a brief history of the Union and Confederate regiments.
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[1] https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/336861?availability=Family%20History%20Library
https://guides.statelibrary.sc.gov/genealogy/military
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