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Each of the former Confederate states issued pensions to ailing and aging soldiers, so no central repository holds all those records.
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Glory, Glory, Hallelujah: Civil War Soldier Index Premium
Genealogists are singing the praises of volunteers for the National Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Web site with information from millions of soldier records.
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NARA adds a free WWII enlistment database to its Web site.
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A long-closed, 200 year-old military post in New York Harbor becomes the city's newest national park
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