Civil War Research in South Carolina

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.

413 pages

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

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

South Carolina State Library

3.- Dark Hours: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Were Held in Federal Prisons During the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865

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.  

 

 You can use the WorldCat to located books close to your location.

https://www.worldcat.org/

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[1] https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/336861?availability=Family%20History%20Library

[2] http://www.researchonline.net