The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a civil war between the United States of America, called the Union, and the Confederate States of America, formed by eleven Southern states that had declared their secession from the Union. The Union won a decisive victory, followed by a period of Reconstruction. The war produced more than 970,000 casualties (3 percent of population), including approximately 560,000 deaths. The causes of the war, the reasons for the outcome, and even the name of the war itself, are subjects of much controversy, even today.
Nashville, Tennessee, fell to the Union early in 1862. Most of the Mississippi was opened with the taking of Island No. 10 and New Madrid, Missouri, and then Memphis, Tennessee. New Orleans, Louisiana, was captured in May 1862, allowing the Union forces to begin moving up the Mississippi as well. Only the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, prevented unchallenged Union control of the entire river.
Braxton Bragg's second Confederate invasion of Kentucky was repulsed by Don Carlos Buell at the confused and bloody Battle of Perryville and he was narrowly defeated by William S. Rosecrans at the Battle of Stones River in Tennessee.
The one clear Confederate victory in the West was the Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia, near the Tennessee border, where Bragg, reinforced by the corps of James Longstreet (from Lee's army in the east), defeated Rosecrans, despite the heroic defensive stand of George Henry Thomas, and forced him to retreat to Chattanooga, which Bragg then besieged.
The Union's key strategist and tactician in the west was Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who won victories at: Forts Henry and Donelson, by which the Union seized control of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers; Shiloh; the Battle of Vicksburg, cementing Union control of the Mississippi River and considered one of the turning points of the war; and the Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee, driving Confederate forces out of Tennessee and opening an invasion route to Atlanta and the heart of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis, first and only President of the Confederate States of AmericaAt the beginning of 1864, Lincoln made Grant commander of all Union armies. Grant made his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac, and put Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in command of most of the western armies. Grant understood the concept of total war and believed, along with Lincoln and Sherman, that only the utter defeat of Confederate forces and their economic base would bring an end to the war. He devised a coordinated strategy that would strike at the heart of Confederacy from multiple directions: Generals Grant, Meade, and Benjamin Butler would move against Lee near Richmond; General Franz Sigel (and later Philip Sheridan) would invade the Shenandoah Valley; General Sherman would and capture Atlanta and march to the sea; Generals George Crook and William W. Averell would operate against railroad supply lines in West Virginia; and General Nathaniel Banks would capture Mobile, Alabama.
Union forces in the East attempted to maneuver past Lee and fought several battles during that phase ("Grant's Overland Campaign") of the Eastern campaign. An attempt to outflank Lee from the south failed under Butler, who was trapped inside the Bermuda Hundred river bend. Grant was tenacious and, despite astonishing losses (over 66,000 casualties in six weeks), kept pressing Lee's Army of Northern Virginia back to Richmond. He pinned down the Confederate army in the Siege of Petersburg, where the two armies engaged in trench warfare for over nine months.
Grant finally found a commander, General Philip Sheridan, aggressive enough to prevail in the Valley Campaigns of 1864. Sheridan proved to be more than a match for Jubal Early, and defeated him in a series of battles, including a final decisive defeat at Cedar Creek, Sheridan then proceeded to destroy the agricultural base of the Valley, a strategy similar to the tactics Sherman would later employ in Georgia.
Meanwhile, Sherman marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta, defeating Confederate Generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Hood. The fall of Atlanta, on September 2, 1864, was a significant factor in the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, as President of the Union. Leaving Atlanta, and his base of supplies, Sherman's army marched with an unclear destination, laying waste to about 20% of the farms in Georgia in his celebrated "March to the Sea", and reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Savannah, Georgia in December 1864. Burning plantations as they went, Sherman's army was followed by thousands of freed slaves. When Sherman turned north through South Carolina and North Carolina to approach the Virginia lines from the south, it was the end for Lee and his men, and shortly thereafter, for the Confederacy.
Lee attempted to escape from the besieged Petersburg and link up with Johnston in North Carolina, but he was overtaken by Grant's better rested and equiped army. Consequently, Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House. In an untraditional gesture and as a sign of Lincoln's respect and anticipation of folding the Confederacy back into the Union with dignity and peace, Lee was permitted to keep his officer's sabre and his near-legendary horse, Traveler. Upon emerging from the surrender, Lee - clearly melancholy - was greeted with respectful salutations by the Union troops. Johnston surrendered his troops to Sherman shortly thereafter in Durham, North Carolina at a family farmhouse known as Bennett Place. The Battle of Palmito Ranch, fought on May 13, 1865, in the far south of Texas, was the last Civil War land battle and ended, ironically, with a Confederate victory. All Confederate land forces surrendered by June 1865.
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At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War
Of every 1,000 Federals in battle, 112 were wounded
Of every 1,000 Confederates, 150 were hit
The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, in a charge at Petersburg, Virginia, 18 June 1864, sustained a "record" loss of the war-635 of its 900 men within seven minutes.
The bloodiest battles of the War were:
Gettysburg (3 days) ....................... 51,116 casualties
Antietam (1 day) ............................ 22,726 casualties
Seven Days Battle .......................... 36,463 casualties
The Confederate regiments sustaining the greatest losses in one battle were:
26th North Carolina ................ 86 killed 588 wounded (Gettysburg)
6th Alabama ....................... 91 killed 277 wounded (Seven Pines)
4th North Carolina................. 77 killed 286 wounded (Seven Pines)
44th Georgia ..................... 71 killed 264 wounded (Mechanicsville)
There were more Northern-born Confederate generals than Southern-born Union generals.
The general with the longest name was union General Alexander Schimmelfennig
The largest cavalry battle took place at Brandy Station Virginia, June 9, 1863.
There were 100 men in a Company and 10 Companies in a Regiment.
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson often went about camp handing out Sunday school leaflets.
Approximately 3 million men served at some point between 1861 and 1865, about 900,000 for the Confederacy and 2.1 million for the Union. An estimated 300 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the ranks. About 180,000 African American men served in the Union army. By the time of the Confederate surrender in 1865, there were more African Americans in the Union army than there were soldiers in the Confederate army.
More than 3,000 horses were killed at Gettysburg
3,530 Indians who fought for the Union, 1,018 were killed
Within the Civil War soldiers Three hundred were thirteen or under-most of these fifers or drummers, but regularly enrolled, and sometimes fighters. Twenty-five were ten or under
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General Stonewall Jackson walked around with his right hand in the air to balance the blood flow in his body? Because he was right-handed, he thought that his right hand was getting more blood than his left, and so by raising his hand, he'd allow the excess blood to run into his left hand. He also never ate food that tasted good, because he assumed that anything that tasted good was completely unhealthy.
Union privates were paid $13 per month until after the final raise of 20 June '64, when they got $16. In the infantry and artillery, officer was as follows at the start of the war: colonels, $212; lieutenant colonels, $181; majors, $169; captains, $115.50; first lieutenants, $105.50; and second lieutenants, $105.50. Other line and staff officers drew an average of about $15 per month more. Pay for one, two, and three star generals was $315, $457, and $758, respectively.
The Confederate pay structure was modeled after that of the US Army. Privates continued to be paid at the prewar rate of $11 per month until June '64, when the pay of all enlisted men was raised $7 per month.
Alfred Thomas Archmedes Torbert held commissions in both USA and CSA armies simultaneously
Surgeons never washed their hands after an operation, because all blood was assumed to be the same, nor did he wash his instruments
After the Battle of Gettysburg the discarded rifles were collected and sent to Washington to be inspected and reissued? Of the 37,574 rifles recovered,
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24,000were still loaded; 6,000 had one round in the barrel; 12,000 had two rounds in the barrel; 6,000 had three to ten rounds in the barrel.
A regiment of volunteers has been commenced at Albany to be composed entirely of men over forty-five years
One of the New York regiments contains thirty schoolmasters
An Iowa regiment has a rule that any man who utters an oath shall read a chapter in the Bible. Several have got nearly through the Old Testament
Thomas Stewart, aged 92 years, of East Newtown, Ohio, was private in the 101st Ohio regiment, and took part in the battle of Perryville, where he was complimented for his bravery and soldierly bearing. He has four sons, two grandsons, and three sons-in-law at present in the army. He was born in 1770 at Litchfield, Conn., where his father now resides, aged 122
The death of Major McCook furnishes some melancholy coincidences in the history of his family in connection with the war. His youngest son, Charles, was killed at the battle of Bull Run, on the 21st day of July, 1861; his son, Col. Robert McCook, was killed on the 21st day of July, 1862, and the father himself was killed on the 21st day of July, 1863.
Some idea of the tremendous work at Gettysburg may be inferred from the fact stated that more shells were discharged in the single battle of Gettysburg than were employed in all the battles that Napoleon ever fought
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
The name "Dixie" became a universal nickname for the South long before the war. "Unlike many Southern banks, the prospering Creole financial houses of New Orleans dealt at par; their notes were traded at face value, and no deductions were made or asked in the brisk trade which came downriver into the gay Louisiana city. The most popular of these bank notes was a ten-dollar bill. Its French heritage was clear in the cheery legend on each corner: "Dix." To unlettered tradesmen, stevedores and boatman, these bills were only "Dixies," and as their soundness became known in the great river basin, the lower South became "Dixieland" . . .
On May 13, 1865, a month after Lee's surrender, Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana became the last man killed in the Civil War, in a battle at Palmito Ranch, Texas. The final skirmish was a Confederate victory. Info gathered from among the following.
The Civil War: Strange Facts by Burke Davis
2,000 Questions and Answers About the Civil War by Webb B. Garrison
Civil War Ghost Stories & Legends by Nancy Roberts
"Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War" Edited by Patricia L. Faust
Military Orders and Agreements
18 April 1865
Memorandum, or Basis of Agreement, made this 18th day of April, A.D. 1865, near Durham's Station, in the State of North Carolina, by and between General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, commanding the Confederate Army, and Major-General WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, commanding the Army of the United States in North Carolina, both present:
1. The contending armies now in the field to maintain the statu quo until notice is given by the commanding general of any one to its opponent, and reasonable time -- say, forty-eight hours -- allowed.
2. The Confederate armies now in existence to be disbanded and conducted to their several State capitals, there to deposit their arms and public property in the State Arsenal; and each officer and man to execute and file an agreement to cease from acts of war, and to abide the action of the state and Federal authority. The number of arms and munitions of war to be reported to the Chief of Ordnance at Washington City, subject to the future action of the Congress of the United States, and, in the mean time, to be used solely to maintain peace and order within the borders of the States respectively.
3. The recognition, by the Executive of the United States, of the several State governments, on their officers and Legislatures taking the oaths prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, and, where conflicting State governments have resulted from the war, the legitimacy of all shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States.
4. The re-establishment of all the Federal Courts in the several States, with powers as defined by the constitution of the United States and of the States respectively.
5. The people and inhabitants of all the States to be guaranteed, so far as the Executive can, their political rights and franchises, as well as their rights of person and property, as defined by the Constitution of the United States and of the States respectively.
6. The Executive authority of the Government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war, so long as they live in peace and quiet, abstain from acts of armed hostility, and obey the laws in existence at the place of their residence.
7. In general terms -- the war to cease; a general amnesty, so far as the Executive of the United States can command, on condition of the disbandment of the Confederate armies, the distribution of the arms, and the resumption of peaceful pursuits by the officers and men hitherto composing said armies.
Not being fully empowered by our respective principals to fulfill these terms, we individually and officially pledge ourselves to promptly obtain the necessary authority, and to carry out the above programme.
W. T. Sherman, Major-General,
Commanding Army of the United States in North Carolina.
J. E. Johnston, General,
Commanding Confederate States Army in North Carolina.
SOURCE: Reprinted in William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, vol. 2 (New York, 1875), pages 884-845.
Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
June 27, 1863
 The commanding general has observed with marked satisfaction the conduct of the troops on the march, and confidently anticipates results commensurate with the high spirit they have manifested.
No troops could have displayed greater fortitude or better performed the arduous marches of the past ten days.
Their conduct in other respects has with few exceptions been in keeping with their character as soldiers, and entitles them to approbation and praise.
There have however been instances of forgetfulness on the part of some, that they have in keeping the yet unsullied reputation of the army, and that the duties expected of us by civilization and Christianity are not less obligatory in the country of the enemy than in our own.
The commanding general considers that no greater disgrace could befall the army, and through it our whole people, than the perpetration of the barbarous outrages upon the unarmed, and defenceless [sic] and the wanton destruction of private property that have marked the course of the enemy in our own country.
Such proceedings not only degrade the perpetrators and all connected with them, but are subversive of the discipline and efficiency of the army, and destructive of the ends of our present movement.
It must be remembered that we make war only upon armed men, and that we cannot take vengeance for the wrongs our people have suffered without lowering ourselves in the eyes of all whose abhorrence has been excited by the atrocities of our enemies, and offending against Him to whom vengeance belongeth, without whose favor and support our efforts must all prove in vain.
The commanding general therefore earnestly exhorts the troops to abstain with most scrupulous care from unnecessary or wanton injury to private property, and he enjoins upon all officers to arrest and bring to summary punishment all who shall in any way offend against the orders on this subject.
R. E. Lee
General
SOURCE: Reprinted in Clifford Dowdey, editor, The Wartime Papers of R. E. Lee (New York: Bramhall House, 1961), pages 533-534.
Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, In the field, Atlanta, Georgia, September 12, 1864. James M. Calhoun, Mayor E. E. Rawson and S. C. Wells, representing City Council of Atlanta
Gentlemen: I have your letter of the 11th, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all the inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give full credit to your statements of the distress that will be occasioned, and yet shall not revoke my orders, because they were not designed to meet the humanities of the case, but to prepare for the future struggles in which millions of good people outside of Atlanta have a deep interest. We must have peace, not only at Atlanta, but in all America. To secure this, we must stop the war that now desolates our once happy and favored country. To stop war, we must defeat the rebel armies which are arrayed against the laws and Constitution that all must respect and obey. To defeat those armies, we must prepare the way to reach them in their recesses, provided with the arms and instruments which enable us to accomplish our purpose. Now, I know the vindictive nature of our enemy, that we may have many years of military operations from this quarter; and, therefore, deem it wise and prudent to prepare in time. The use of Atlanta for warlike purposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families. There will be no manufactures, commerce, or agriculture here, for the maintenance of families, and sooner or later want will compel the inhabitants to go. Why not go now, when all the arrangements are completed for the transfer, instead of waiting till the plunging shot of contending armies will renew the scenes of the past month? Of course, I do not apprehend any such thing at this moment, but you do not suppose this army will be here until the war is over. I cannot discuss this subject with you fairly, because I cannot impart to you what we propose to do, but I assert that our military plans make it necessary for the inhabitants to go away, and I can only renew my offer of services to make their exodus in any direction as easy and comfortable as possible. You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace. But you cannot have peace and a division of our country. If the United States submits to a division now, it will not stop, but will go on until we reap the fate of Mexico, which is eternal war.
The United States does and must assert its authority, wherever it once had power; for, if it relaxes one bit to pressure, it is gone, and I believe that such is the national feeling. This feeling assumes various shapes, but always comes back to that of Union. Once admit the Union, once more acknowledge the authority of the national Government, and, instead of devoting your houses and streets and roads to the dread uses of war, I and this army become at once your protectors and supporters, shielding you from danger, let it come from what quarter it may. I know that a few individuals cannot resist a torrent of error and passion, such as swept the South into rebellion, but you can point out, so that we may know those who desire a government, and those who insist on war and its desolation.
You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.
We don't want your negroes, or your horses, or your houses, or your lands, or any thing you have, but we do want and will have a just obedience to the laws of the United States. That we will have, and, if it involves the destruction of your improvements, we cannot help it.
You have heretofore read public sentiment in your newspapers, that live by falsehood and excitement; and the quicker you seek for truth in other quarters, the better. I repeat then that, by the original compact of Government, the United States had certain rights in Georgia, which have never been relinquished and never will be; that the South began war by seizing forts, arsenals, mints, custom-houses, etc., etc., long before Mr. Lincoln was installed, and before the South had one jot or tittle of provocation.
I myself have seen in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, hundreds and thousands of women and children fleeing from your armies and desperadoes, hungry and with bleeding feet. In Memphis, Vicksburg, and Mississippi, we fed thousands upon thousands of the families of rebel soldiers left on our hands, and whom we could not see starve. Now that war comes home to you, you feel very different. You deprecate its horrors, but did not feel them when you sent car-loads of soldiers and ammunition, and moulded shells and shot, to carry war into Kentucky and Tennessee, to desolate the homes of hundreds and thousands of good people who only asked to live in peace at their old homes and under the Government of their inheritance. But these comparisons are idle. I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect and early success.
But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
Now you must go, and take with you the old and feeble, feed and nurse them, and build for them, in more quiet places, proper habitations to shield them against the weather until the mad passions of men cool down, and allow the Union and peace once more to settle over your old homes at Atlanta. Yours in haste,
W. T. Sherman, Major-General commanding.
SOURCE: Reprinted in William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, vol. 2 (New York, 1875), pages 600-602.
Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, In the Field, Kingston, Georgia, November 9, 1864 From William T. Sherman 1.
For the purpose of military operations, this army is divided into two wings viz.: The right wing, Major-General O. O. Howard commanding, composed of the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps; the left wing, Major-General H. W. Slocum commanding, composed of the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps. 2. The habitual order of march will be, wherever practicable, by four roads, as nearly parallel as possible, and converging at points hereafter to be indicated in orders. The cavalry, Brigadier - General Kilpatrick commanding, will receive special orders from the commander-in-chief. 3. There will be no general train of supplies, but each corps will have its ammunition-train and provision-train, distributed habitually as follows: Behind each regiment should follow one wagon and one ambulance; behind each brigade should follow a due proportion of ammunition - wagons, provision-wagons, and ambulances. In case of danger, each corps commander should change this order of march, by having his advance and rear brigades unencumbered by wheels. The separate columns will start habitually at 7 a.m., and make about fifteen miles per day, unless otherwise fixed in orders. 4. The army will forage liberally on the country during the march. To this end, each brigade commander will organize a good and sufficient foraging party, under the command of one or more discreet officers, who will gather, near the route traveled, corn or forage of any kind, meat of any kind, vegetables, corn-meal, or whatever is needed by the command, aiming at all times to keep in the wagons at least ten days' provisions for his command, and three days' forage. Soldiers must not enter the dwellings of the inhabitants, or commit any trespass; but, during a halt or camp, they may be permitted to gather turnips, potatoes, and other vegetables, and to drive in stock in sight of their camp. To regular foraging-parties must be intrusted the gathering of provisions and forage, at any distance from the road traveled. 5. To corps commanders alone is intrusted the power to destroy mills, houses, cotton-gins, etc.; and for them this general principle is laid down: In districts and neighborhoods where the army is unmolested, no destruction of such property should be permitted; but should guerrillas or bushwhackers molest our march, or should the inhabitants burn bridges, obstruct roads, or other -wise manifest local hostility, then army commanders should order and enforce a devastation more or less relentless, according to the measure of such hostility. 6. As for horses, mules, wagons, etc., belonging to the inhabitants, the cavalry and artillery may appropriate freely and without limit; discriminating, however, between the rich, who are usually hostile and the poor and industrious, usually neutral or friendly. Foraging-parties may also take mules or horses, to replace the jaded animals of their trains, or to serve as pack-mules for the regiments or brigades. In all foraging, of whatever kind, the parties engaged will refrain from abusive or threatening language, and may, where the officer in command thinks proper, give written certificates of the facts, but no receipts; and they will endeavor to leave with each family a reasonable portion for their maintenance, 7. Negroes who are able-bodied and can be of service to the several columns may be taken along; but each army commander will bear in mind that the question of supplies is a very important one, and that his first duty is to see to those who bear arms. 8. The organization, at once, of a good pioneer battalion for each army corps, composed if possible of negroes, should be attended to. This battalion should follow the advance-guard, repair roads and double them if possible, so that the columns will not be delayed after reaching bad places. Also, army commanders should practice the habit of giving the artillery and wagons the road, marching their troops on one side, and instruct their troops to assist wagons at steep hills or bad crossings of streams. 9. Captain O. M. Poe, chief-engineer, will assign to each wing of the army a pontoon-train, fully equipped and organized; and the commanders thereof will see to their being properly protected at all times. By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman, L. M. Dayton, Aide-de-Camp. SOURCE: William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, vol. 2 (New York, 1875), pages 651-653.
Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi,
In the Field, Savannah, Georgia, January 16, 1865
From William T. Sherman
1. The islands from Charleston south, the abandoned rice-field along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. John's River, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now made free by the acts of war and the proclamation of the President of the United States.
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At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville, the blacks may remain in their chosen or accustomed vocations; but on the islands, and in the settlements hereafter to be established, no white person whatever, unless military officers and soldiers detailed for duty, will be permitted to reside; and the sole and exclusive management of affairs will be left to the freed people themselves, subject only to the United States military authority, and the acts of Congress. By the laws of war, and orders of the President of the United States, the negro is free, and must be dealt with as such. He cannot be subjected to conscription, or forced military service, save by the written orders of the highest military authority of the department, under such regulations as the President or Congress may prescribe. Domestic servants, blacksmiths, carpenters, and other mechanics, will be free to select their own work and residence, but the young and able-bodied negroes must be encouraged to enlist as soldiers in the service of the United States, to contribute their share toward maintaining their own freedom, and securing
their rights as citizens of the United States.
Negroes so enlisted will be organized into companies, battalions, and regiments, under the orders of the United States military authorities, and will be paid, fed, and clothed, according to law. The bounties paid on enlistment may, with the consent of the recruit, go to assist his family and settlement in procuring agricultural implements, seed, tools, boots, clothing, and other articles necessary for their livelihood.
3. Whenever three respectable negroes, heads of families, shall desire to settle on land, and shall have selected for that purpose an island or a locality clearly defined within the limits above designated, the Inspector of Settlements and Plantations will himself, or by such subordinate officer as he may appoint, give them a license to settle such island or district and afford them such assistance as he can to enable them to establish a peaceable agricultural settlement. The three parties named will subdivide the land, under the supervision of the inspector, among themselves, and such others as may choose to settle near them, so that each family shall have a plot of not more than forty acres of tillable ground, and, when it borders on some water-channel, with not more than eight hundred feet water-front, in the possession of which land the military authorities will afford them protection until such time as they can protect themselves, or until Congress shall regulate their title. The quartermaster may, on the requisition of the Inspector of Settlements and Plantations, place at the disposal of the inspector one or more of the captured steamers to ply between the settlements and one or more of the commercial points heretofore named, in order to afford the settlers the opportunity to supply their necessary wants, and to sell the products of their land and labor.
4. Whenever a negro has enlisted in the military service of the United States, he may locate his family in any one of the settlements at pleasure, and acquire a homestead, and all other rights and privileges of a settler, as though present in person. In like manner, negroes may settle their families and engage on board the gunboats, or in fishing, or in the navigation of the inland waters, without losing any claim to land or other advantages derived from this system. But no one, unless an actual settler as above defined, or unless absent on Government service, will be entitled to claim any right to land or property in any settlement by virtue of these orders.
5. In order to carry out this system of settlement, a general officer will be detailed as Inspector of Settlements and plantations whose duty it shall be to visit the settlements, to regulate their police and general arrangement, and who will furnish personally to each head of a family, subject to the approval of the President of the United States, a possessory title in writing, giving as near as possible the description of boundaries; and who shall adjust all claims or conflicts that may arise under the same, subject to the like approval, treating such titles altogether as possessory. The same general officer will also be charged with the enlistment and organization of the negro recruits, and protecting their interests while absent from their settlements; and will be governed by the rules and regulations prescribed by the War Department for such purposes.
6. Brigadier-General R. Saxton is hereby appointed Inspector of Settlements and Plantations, and will at once enter on the performance of his duties. No change is intended or desired in the settlement now on Beaufort Island, nor will any rights to property heretofore acquired be affected thereby.
By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman,
L. M . Dayton, Assistant Adjutant-General.
SOURCE: Reprinted in William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, vol. 2 (New York, 1875), pages 730-732
9 and 10 April 1865
 I had known General Lee in the old army, and had served with him in the Mexican War; but did not suppose, owing to the difference in our age and rank, that he would remember me; while I would more naturally remember him distinctly, because he was the chief of staff of General Scott in the Mexican War. When I had left camp that morning I had not expected so soon the result that was then taking place, and consequently was in rough garb. I was without a sword, as I usually was when on horseback on the field, and wore a soldier's blouse for a coat, with the shoulder straps of my rank to indicate to the army who I was. When I went into the house I found General Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. I had my staff with me, a good portion of whom were in the room during the whole of the interview. What General Lee's feelings were I do not know. As he was a man of much dignity, with an impassable face, it was impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or felt sad over the result, and was too manly to show it. Whatever his feelings, they were entirely concealed from my observation; but my own feelings, which had been quite jubilant on the receipt of his letter [proposing negotiations], were sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse. I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us. General Lee was dressed in a full uniform which was entirely new, and was wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely the sword which had been presented by the State of Virginia; at all events, it was an entirely different sword from the one that would ordinarily be worn in the field. In my rough traveling suit, the uniform of a private with the straps of a lieutenant-general, I must have contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high and of faultless form. But this was not a matter that I thought of until afterwards. We soon fell into a conversation about old army times. He remarked that he remembered me very well in the old army; and I told him that as a matter of course I remembered him perfectly, but from the difference in our rank and years (there being about sixteen years' difference in our ages), I had thought it very likely that I had not attracted his attention sufficiently to be remembered by him after such a long interval. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting. After the conversation had run on in this style for some time, General Lee called my attention to the object of our meeting, and said that he had asked for this interview for the purpose of getting from me the terms I proposed to give his army. I said I meant merely that his army should lay down their arms, not to take them up again during the continuance of the war unless duly and properly exchanged. He said that he had so understood my letter. Then we gradually fell off again into conversation about matters foreign to the subject which had brought us together. This continued for some little time, when General Lee again interrupted the course of the conversation by suggesting that the terms I proposed to give his army ought to be written out. I called to General [Ely S.] Parker, secretary on my staff, for writing materials, and commenced writing out the following terms: Appomattox C. H., Va., Ap'l 9th, 1865 Gen. R. E. Lee, Comd'g C. S. A. Gen.: In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th inst., I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of N. Va. on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate. One copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside. Very respectfully, U.S. Grant, Lt.-Gen. When I put my pen to the paper I did not know the first word that I should make use of in writing the terms. I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly, so that there could be no mistaking it. As I wrote on, the thought occurred to me that the officers had their own private horses and effects, which were important to them, but of no value to us; also that it would be an unnecessary humiliation to call upon them to deliver their side arms. No conversation, not one word, passed between General Lee and myself, either about private property, side arms, or kindred subjects. He appeared to have no objections to the terms first proposed; or if he had a point to make against them he wished to wait until they were in writing to make it. When he read over that part of the terms about side arms, horses and private property of the officers, he remarked, with some feeling, I thought, that this would have a happy effect upon his army. Then, after a little further conversation, General Lee remarked to me again that their army was organized a little differently from the army of the United States (still maintaining by implication that we were two countries); that in their army the cavalrymen and artillerists owned their own horses; and he asked if he was to understand that the men who so owned their horses were to be permitted to retain them. I told him that as the terms were written they would not; that only the officers were permitted to take their private property. He then, after reading over the terms a second time, remarked that that was clear. I then said to him that I thought this would be about the last battle of the war -- I sincerely hoped so; and I said further I took it that most of the men in the ranks were small farmers. The whole country had been so raided by the two armies that it was doubtful whether they would be able to put in a crop to carry themselves and their families through the next winter without the aid of the horses they were then riding. The United States did not want them and I would, therefore, instruct the officers I left behind to receive the paroles of his troops to let every man of the Confederate army who claimed to own a horse or mule take the animal to his home. Lee remarked again that this would have a happy effect. He then sat down and wrote out the following letter: Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865 Lieut.-General U. S. Grant. General: --I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. R. E. Lee, General While duplicates of the two letters were being made, the Union generals present were severally presented to General Lee. The much talked of surrendering of Lee's sword and my handing it back, this and much more that has been said about it is the purest romance. The word sword or side arms was not mentioned by either of us until I wrote it in the terms. There was no premeditation, and it did not occur to me until the moment I wrote it down. If I had happened to omit it, and General Lee had called my attention to it, I should have put it in the terms precisely as I acceded to the provision about the soldiers retaining their horses. General Lee, after all was completed and before taking his leave, remarked that his army was in a very bad condition for want of food, and that they were without forage; that his men had been living for some days on parched corn exclusively, and that he would have to ask me for rations and forage. I told him "certainly," and asked for how many men he wanted rations. His answer was "about twenty-five thousand": and I authorized him to send his own commissary and quartermaster to Appomattox Station, two or three miles away, where he could have, out of the trains we had stopped, all the provisions wanted. As for forage, we had ourselves depended almost entirely upon the country for that. Generals Gibbon, Griffin and Merritt were designated by me to carry into effect the paroling of Lee's troops before they should start for their homes -- General Lee leaving Generals Longstreet, Gordon and Pendleton for them to confer with in order to facilitate this work. Lee and I then separated as cordially as we had met, he returning to his own lines, and all went into bivouac for the night at Appomattox. Soon after Lee's departure I telegraphed to Washington as follows: Headquarters Appomattox C. H., Va., April 9th, 1865, 4:30 p.m. Hon. E. M. Stanton: Secretary of War, Washington. General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia this afternoon on terms proposed by myself. The accompanying additional correspondence will show the conditions fully. U. S. Grant, Lieut.-General When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall. I determined to return to Washington at once, with a view to putting a stop to the purchase of supplies, and what I now deemed other useless outlay of money. Before leaving, however, I thought I would like to see General Lee again; so next morning I rode out beyond our lines towards his headquarters, preceded by a bugler and a staff-officer carrying a white flag. Lee soon mounted his horse, seeing who it was, and met me. We had there between the lines, sitting on horseback, a very pleasant conversation of over half an hour, in the course of which Lee said to me that the South was a big country and that we might have to march over it three or four times before the war entirely ended, but that we would now be able to do it as they could no longer resist us. He expressed it as his earnest hope, however, that we would not be called upon to cause more loss and sacrifice of life; but he could not foretell the result. I then suggested to General Lee that there was not a man in the Confederacy whose influence with the soldiery and the whole people was as great as his, and that if he would now advise the surrender of all armies I had no doubt his advice would be followed with alacrity. But Lee said, that he could not do that without consulting the President first. I knew there was no use to urge him to do anything against his ideas of what was right. I was accompanied by my staff and other officers, some of whom seemed to have a great desire to go inside the Confederate lines. They finally asked permission of Lee to do so for the purpose of seeing some of their old army friends, and the permission was granted. They went over, had a very pleasant time with their old friends, and brought some of them back with them when they returned. When Lee and I separated he went back to his lines and I returned to the house of Mr. McLean. Here the officers of both armies came in great numbers, and seemed to enjoy the meeting as much as though they had been friends separated for a long time while fighting battles under the same flag. For the time being it looked very much as if all thought of the war had escaped their minds. After an hour pleasantly passed in this way I set out on horseback, accompanied by my staff and a small escort, for Burkesville Junction, up to which point the railroad had by this time been repaired. SOURCE: U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (New York, 1885), pages 555-560.
I. All orders effecting prisoners of war and the general discipline of the entire command, will be issued only by the officer commanding; and orders proceeding from any other source will not be regarded by officers on duty at the prisons.
II. There will be roll-call daily of the prisoners at 7 A. M. and at 5 P. M.. and the officer of the guard must be present at each.
III. No prisoner, whatever his rank, will be allowed to leave the quarters to which he is assigned, under any pretext whatever, without special permission from the officer commanding; nor shall any prisoner be fired upon by a sentinel or other person, except in case of revolt or attempted escape.
IV. No letters, packages, or parcels of any kind, can be passed into the prison or hospital without first being examined by the officer commanding, or the Surgeon of the post.
V. Prisoners are not allowed to have any communications with persons outside of the prison, and no visitor will be allowed an interview with a prisoner without permission from the ???? commanding ????? has been marked out.
VI. Prisoners are not allowed to converse with the sentinels; nor must they congregate about the windows after dark.
VII. The firing of one gun at night, or two during the day, will be the signal for the immediate assembling of the guard.
VIII. Under no circumstances will the sentinel be allowed to sit down upon post, or to rest their guns on the ground.
IX. At 9 o'clock P. M., the lights throughout the prison, except in the hospital and officers' quarters, must be immediately extinguished; and it shall be the duty of the Officer of the Guard to inspect the prison at that hour to see that the lights are put out, fire secured, and that everything is quiet. X. No conversation, intercourse, or trading with the prisoners, in any manner whatever, will be allowed.
XI. The Officer of the Guard must not be absent at any time from his post - ("for a period exceeding one hour" has been marked out here). XII. The guard off post must remain constantly at the guard-house ready for instant service, and their guns must be kept on the rack.
XIII. Every guard room must be policed each morning by the old guard, and will not be received, by the officer of the new guard unless in good order. Both the officers of the old and new guard will be held responsible for the execution of this order, and also for the safe keeping of all articles left in the guard house.
XIV. These rules and regulations must be read to the new guard every morning before posting the first relief.
Signed TH. P. TURNER Major ?????marked out Comd'g. Approved, John H. Winder Brig. Gen. Comd'g Dept. Henrico.
The specific political crisis that culminated in secession and civil war stemmed from a dispute over the expansion of slavery into new territories. Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Congress had agreed to admit Missouri as a slave state, but bar slavery in the territory west and north of Missouri.
The acquisition of vast new lands during the Mexican War (1846–1848), however, reopened the debate. Free-state politicians such as David Wilmot, who personally had no sympathy for abolitionism, feared that unpaid slaves would provide too much competition for free labor, and thus effectively keep free-state migrants out of newly opened territories.
Slaveholders felt that any ban on slaves in the territories was a discrimination against their peculiar form of property, and would undercut the financial value of slaves, the institution itself, and their national political dominance. In Congress, the end of the Mexican War was overshadowed by a fight over the Wilmot Proviso, a provision that Wilmot tried (and failed) to enact to bar slavery from all lands acquired in the conflict.
The dispute led to open warfare in the Kansas Territory after it was organized in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. This act repealed the prohibition on slavery there under the Missouri Compromise, and put the fate of slavery in the hands of the territory's settlers, a process known as "popular sovereignty."
Proslavery Missourians expected that Kansas, due west of their state, would naturally become a slave state, and were alarmed by an organized migration of antislavery New Englanders. Soon heavily armed "border ruffians" from Missouri battled antislavery forces under John Brown, among other leaders. Hundreds were killed or wounded. Southern congressmen, perceiving a Northern conspiracy to keep slavery out of Kansas, insisted that it be admitted as a slave state. Northerners, pointing to the large and growing majority of antislavery voters there, denounced this effort. By 1860, sectional divisions had grown deep and bitter.
This page is intended to inform people about Canadian solders
A swedish General In The ACW The Info Is Send From Bill Gillespie But The Info Came From The Book Generals In Blue.
Soldiers from Swedish that was in the American civil war 1861-1865
Pages for Scandinavians who fought for the Confederate States during the War Between the States. The subject has been a forgotten part of the history of the War.
Little have been known about many of the units they fought and who they were. These pages will try to enlighten some of the Scandinavians "in rebel ranks" that did fight for their new homeland. Since the war ended, almost everything related in the Scandinavian community has envolved around their participation on the Union side, and that`s natural, since 97% of the soldiers did fight on this side of the conflict.
This page is intended to inform people about Canadian (British North American) men who served and died during the American Civil War (1861-65). Canadians who fought in the war did so for various reasons; some went voluntarily, while others were pressed into service by shady recruiting tactics (crimping). Many more Canadians found themselves in a position where they were fighting for their "adopted country," having left Canada to reside in the States at some time in their lives, often when they were young. All in all, it is believed that between 40,000 to 60,000 Canadians served during the Civil War, the majority likely coming from the then independent Maritime provinces and Canada East (now Quebec). That this great of a number fought in the war is somewhat debatable, although I have read that someone has already managed to compile a fairly extensive list of names. Unfortunately, it looks as though this information will not be made available in the near future. For this reason, my intention is to make as much information available so as to provide all interested people with a wealth of knowledge on this oft neglected aspect of Canadian history.
I have a compiled the soldiers name in a alphabetical orderlist. Currently, the number of names stands at 3303
This list is a revision, expansion, and (I hope) an improvement upon the previous lists that I have compiled. My intention is to list every Canadian who served in the Civil War for whom there is some sort of documentation. Unfortunately, much of the relevant materials is not readily available, and therefore this list will never be an accurate reflection of the number of Canadians who served in the war. Nevertheless, I hope that the list will bring more attention to the role that these men played and, hopefully, assist some genealogically-minded people in tracking down a long lost ancestor. Please keep in mind that the list is currently a "work in progress". I have pieced much of it together from other lists that I have previously compiled, using different formats. I hope to have this lack of uniformity rectified as soon as possible.
ABAR, Joshua--born: Canada; regiment: not stated; sources: [14]
ABBEY, Orrin--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ABERNATHY, Robert--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery; sources: [5]
ABLAR, Triffle--born: Canada--7th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
ACKERMAN, David I/J.--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; sources: [5]
Adams, Henry--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Adams, Jans H.--Canada--15th Infantry [MSSM]
Adams, John--London, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
ADAMS, Jonathan M.--born: Prince Edward Island; regiment: 5th Wisconsin Infantry; town: Mitchell; sources: [10]
ADAMS, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
ADAMS, Martin--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
Addison, Charles H.--Canada--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
ADLER, John--born: Canada West; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Agler, Nathaniel--St. John, N.B.--12th Infantry (also in US Navy)[MSSM]
AKINS, Alexander P.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ALDRICH, Joshua--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Aldrich, Loammi C.--Canada--58th Infantry [MSSM]
ALDRIDGE, Joseph--born: Canada West; ship: see source; sources: [6]
ALDRIDGE, Nicholas--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Alexander, Edward--Nova Scotia--22nd Infantry [MSSM]
ALEXANDER, Edward--born: Nova Scotia, Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Alexander, John--Canada--2nd Infantry [MSSM]
Alexander, Robert nativity: Providence, Canada; unit(s): Sixth Infantry [8]
ALLAN, Edward W.--nativity: N.B.; regiment: 1st Nebraska Regiment; sources: [11]
ALLARD, John B.--born: Canada; regiment: 96th New York Infantry; town: Chester; sources: [26]
ALLARD, Joseph--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ALLARD, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 96th New York Infantry; town: Chester; sources: [26]
ALLEN, Andrew H.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
ALLEN, Augustus--born: Windsor, Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Allen, Charles J.--Halifax, N.S.--12th Infantry (also with 3rd NY Cav.) [MSSM]
ALLEN, David H.--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Battalion Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
ALLEN, E. J.--born: New Brunswick; regiment: 74th Illinois Infantry & 8th Iowa; town: Watertown; sources: [10]
Allen, Erasmus--Shefford, Canada East--1st Light Artillery [MSSM]
Allen, John--Canada--13th Infantry [MSSM]
ALLEN, Jonathan D.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ALLEN, William--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
ALLEN, William H.--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
ALLISON, William--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
ALMANE, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 8th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Amidon, Clement H.--Woodstock, N.S.--2nd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
AMY, E. P.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Colorado; town: Caninosta; sources: [10]
ANDERSON, Anthony--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ANDERSON, Augustus--born: British America; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Anderson, Charles--Montreal, Canada-- 22nd and 32nd Infantry [MSSM]
ANDERSON, Cornelius--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ANDERSON, John--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Anderson, John--Quebec, Canada--2nd Infantry (also in US Navy) [MSSM]
ANDERSON, Malcom--born: Nova Scotia; 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery; sources: [5]
ANDERSON, Orren--origin: St. Stephen, New Brunswick; regiment: Maine Light/Mounted Artillery; sources: [13]
ANDERSON, Thomas--born: New Brunswick, Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
ANDRES, Hiram--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd New York Infantry; sources: [31]
ANDREWS, Edwin--born: Canada; regiment: Hatch's Independent Battalion; sources: [5]
ANDREWS, Thomas--residence: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32] [MSSM]
ANDRUS, Freeman--born: Canada; regiment: Tenth Infantry; sources: [5]
ANGE, Fulgence--born: Canada; regiment: 4th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
ANGER, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
Angle, Francis--Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Annick, John H.--Toronto, Canada West--54th Infantry [MSSM]
Annis, John--Nova Scotia--56th Infantry [MSSM]
ANO, John--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
ANTWINE, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
AORELL, Tordis--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd Minnesota Light Artillery; sources: [5]
APPLEGARTH, Henry W.--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
APPLEGATE, Reuben G.--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
APPLEGATE, William H.--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
ARCHAMBEAU, Zephrine--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
ARCHIBALD, Charles--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
ARCHIBALD, Jonathan--born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ARCHIBALD, Robert--Nova Scotia--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
ARMINGTON, Charles--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
ARMSTRONG, Nelson--born: Canada; regiment: 8th New York Heavy Artillery; town: Yankton; sources: [10]
ARMSTRONG, Thomas--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ARMSTRONG, William--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
ARMSTRONG, William C.--residence: London, Cn.; regiment: 9th Michigan Infantry; sources: [9]
ARSHUMBAUT, Charles--born: Montreal, Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ARSHUMBAUT, Joseph--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ASTEN, Charles--born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
ASTROPE, Henry--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
ATKINS, Alexander F.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Iowa Infantry (Veteran); sources: [7]
ATKINSON, J. B.--Kingston Cove, Canada--1st and 6th Minnesota Infantry, and 2nd Minnesota Cavalry [MCWV]
Atkinson, John--Danville, Canada East--12th Infantry [MSSM]
Atkinson, Sidney S. nativity: Canada; unit(s): First Infantry [8]
ATWATER, William--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
ATWOOD, Alfred D.--born: East Canada; regiment: 10th Kansas Infantry; town: Hot Springs; sources: [10]
AUDETT, George W.--born: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
AUGAS, David--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
AUGE, James--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
AUGER, Peter--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
AUGI, Joseph K.--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
AUSTIN, Paul--residence: Canada West; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32] [MSSM]
AVERY, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Aytoun, James F.--Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
This list is a revision, expansion, and (I hope) an improvement upon the previous lists that I have compiled. My intention is to list every Canadian who served in the Civil War for whom there is some sort of documentation. Unfortunately, much of the relevant materials is not readily available, and therefore this list will never be an accurate reflection of the number of Canadians who served in the war. Nevertheless, I hope that the list will bring more attention to the role that these men played and, hopefully, assist some genealogically-minded people in tracking down a long lost ancestor. Please keep in mind that the list is currently a "work in progress". I have pieced much of it together from other lists that I have previously compiled, using different formats. I hope to have this lack of uniformity rectified as soon as possible.
BABCOCK, Ludwig--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BABKIRK, H. S.--born: New Brunswick; regiment: 1st Wisconsin Cavalry; town: Yankton; sources: [10]
Babo, Henry--Montreal, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
BACKUS, John--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BACON, Elias--born: Canada; regiment: 8th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BAGELY, Murray--Canada--Eighth Infantry [5]
BAGLEY, Hollis A.--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Bailey, Augustus--Amesbury, Canada West--5th Cavalry [MSSM]
BAILEY, Gideon H. Stump--born: Canada; regiment: 6th United States Colored Troops; sources: [29]
BAILEY, Edward G.--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
Bailey, James--Amesbury, Canada West--5th Cavalry [MSSM]
Bailey, John--Nova Scotia--17th Infantry and 2nd He. Art. [MSSM]
BAILEY, John--origin: Fredericton, New Brunswick; regiment: 7th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
BAILEY, John H.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
BAILEY, Merrill A.--Canada--Sixth Infanty [5]
BAILEY, Otis B.--Canada--Fourth and Eleventh Infantry [5]
BAILEY, Robert M.--Canada--Eeleventh Infantry [5]
Bailey, William--Amesbury, Canada West--5th Cavalry [MSSM]
BAILEY, William E.--born: Canada East; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
BAIRD, Samuel--born: Nova Scotia; regiment: 8th Illinois Infantry; sources: [31]
Baker, Charles--Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
BAKER, Joseph--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BAKER, Judson A.--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Iowa Cavalry; sources: [28]
BALDWIN, Alexander--Canada--Second Light Artillery [5]
BALDWIN, George W/H.--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
BALDWIN, Jacob E.--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
BALDWIN, James--born: Canada; regiment: 149th New York Infantry; sources: [22]
BALDWIN, Joseph--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
BALLOU, Philetus--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
BAMFIELD, William H.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Banfill, Richard H.--Canada--15th Light Artillery [MSSM]
BANKS, Horatio--born: Canada; regiment: 74th Illinois Infantry; town: Vermillion; sources: [10]
BANKSTER, Abraham--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BANNING, Benjamin--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Illinois Cavalry; town: Miller & St. Lawrence; sources: [10]
BARBEAU, Peter--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
BARBOUR, Harris S.--New Brunswick--Cavalry [5]
BARCLAY, Thomas--residence: Montreal, Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
BARD, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Barge, Henry--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
BARKER, Henry--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
BARKER, James--born: Montreal, Can.; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
BARKER, Thomas--born: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Barkley, Thomas--St. John, N.B.--13th Infantry [MSSM]
BARLOW, Stanley B.--Canada--Cavalry [5]
BARNARD, John--origin: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; regiment: 26th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
BARNES, Edward--born: West Canada; regiment: 84th & 57th Pennsylvania Infantry; town: Pierre & Redfield; sources: [10]
BARNES, George W.--born: Barnston, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 8th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BARNEY, William--born: New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BARNUM, George L.--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
BARNUM, Wheeler--Canada W.--Eighth Infantry [5]
BARRA, Toussaint--Canada--Eighth Infantry [5]
BARRETT, Hamilton E.--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
BARRETT, John Edward--born: Canada; regiment: 156th Illinois Infantry; sources: [29]
BARRETT, Patrick--born: Melbourne, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 3rd Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BARRIE, Onesime--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
BARRIGER, James T.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Barry, Andrew--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
Barry, George--Halifax, N.S.--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Barry, John--St. John, N.B.--24th Infantry [MSSM]
Bartlett, Benjamin S.--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Bartlett, Miron W.--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
Barton, Peter--Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Bashford, Wilfred--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
BASSETT, Joseph--residence: Windsor, Canada; regiment: 1st Michigan Cavalry; sources: [9]
BASSETT, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Bastian, Joseph--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
BATES, Abraham--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BATES, William Allen--born: English Canada; regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers; sources: [29]
BATLEY, Robert--born: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 8th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BAUCHEMIN, John B.--born: Canada; regiment: 13th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Bauman, Franklin--Canada--First Infantry [5]
BAXTER, Archibald--born: Canada; regiment: 193rd New York Infantry; sources: [22]
BAYARD, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Iowa Cavalry; town: Pierre; sources: [10]
Bayless, Charles M.--Canada--First Light Artillery [5]
BAYLIS, Peter--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BAYLISS, John--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BAYNARD, Levine T.--born: New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BAXTER, Samuel--nativity: Canada; regiment: Curtis' Horse; sources: [11]
Beal, Oliver F.--Canada E.--Sixth Infantry [5]
Beals, Edward--Hamilton, Canada West--19th Infantry [MSSM]
BEARDSHAW, Alexander--nativity: Canada; regiment: 1st Nebraska Cavalry; sources: [11]
BEARDSLEY, John--origin: Grand Falls, New Brunswick; regiment: 10th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
BEATY, Charles--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Beaudette, Joseph--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Beaupre, James--Red River--Fifth Infantry [5]
Beaureauby, Feausont--Canada--58th Infantry [MSSM]
BEAUREGARD, Joseph--residence: Canada; regiment: 1st Michigan Light Artillery; sources: [9]
BEAUDRY, Amable--born: Quebec, Canada East; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Beaver, Frank--Montreal, Canada--3rd Cavalry [MSSM]
Bebeau, Oliver--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Bebo, Edward--Canada--Cavalry [5]
BECKER, George W.--born: Canada; regiment: 92nd New York Infantry; town: Mitchell; sources: [10]
Bedal, Elias--Canada--Brackett's Battalion [5]
Bedal, Isaac--Canada--Brackett's Battalion [5]
Bedal, Sylvester--Canada W.--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
BEDREAU, Alexander--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BEELER, Chester--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
Beithome, Roch--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
Beledo, Peter--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
BELGARD, Gregoire--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
BELL, James--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Bell, John[?]--Halifax, N.S.--12th Infantry (also in US Navy) [MSSM]
Bell, John--Toronto, Canada--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
BELL, Richard--born: Halifax, N. S.; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
BELL, William Wallace--born: Canada; regiment: 18th United States Infantry; sources: [31]
Belland, Edward--Canada E.--Ninth Infantry [5]
Belmont, Charles H.--Montreal, Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
BELLWARE, John--born: Canada; regiment: 17th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BELROSE, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BELTON, Robert A.--residence: Canada; regiment: 2nd Michigan Infantry; sources: [9]
BELTREAU, Gusta--born: Montreal, CE; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BELWAY, George--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BENJAMIN, Abraham--born: Canada East; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
BENJAMIN, David--born: Nova Scotia; regiment: 1st Dakota Cavalry; town: Beresford; sources: [10]
Benjamin, Etne--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
Benjamin, Perez--Nova Scotia--Sixth Infantry [5]
BENNETT, David--origin: Richmond, Canada East; regiment: Maine Light/Mounted Artillery; sources: [13]
BENNETT, Gideon--born: Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada; regiment: ; sources: [14]
Bennett, J. G.--Canada--First Battalion [5]
Bennett, John--Canada E.--Sixth Infantry [5]
Bennett, Octave--Canada East--19th Infantry [MSSM]
BENNORGA, Michael--nativity: Canada; regiment: Curtis' Horse; sources: [11]
BENOIS, Joseph--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th MAssachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BENOIT, Israel--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BENROY, Thomas--born: Canada; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BENS, Walter M.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Benson, David--New Brunswick--Fifth Infantry [5]
BENSON, Dexter--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Bentley, George G.--Cornwallis, N.S.--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
BENWAY, Augustus--born: Sovel, Canada; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
Berger, Charles--Canada--12th Infantry [MSSM]
BERNARD, Samuel--born: Prince Edward Island; regiment: 4th Independent Battery; town: Aberdeen; sources: [10]
Bernier, Peter--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
BERRY, Aylmer M.--born: Potton, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BERRY, Charles--born: Nova Scotai; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BERRY, Charles--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BERRY, James--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Bertham, Francis--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Bertheaume, Rock--Canada--Cavalry [5]
BERTHIAUME, Louis--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Bertrand, Desere--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
Bertrand, Eli--Canada E.--Ninth Infantry [5]
BERTRAND, Moses--born: Montreal, CE; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Besondy, Charles--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
BETTER, Levi--born: Canada; regiment: 22nd New York Infantry; town: Johnsburg; sources: [26]
BETTIE, Isaac--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Beyergeant, Eli--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
BEYERS, David--born: Canada; regiment: 37th Illinois Infantry; town: Huron; sources: [10]
BICKFORD, Andrew--residence: Canada; regiment: 1st Michigan Cavalry; sources: [9]
Bickford, Daniel--Stanbridge, Canada East--18th Infantry [MSSM]
BIGELOW, George Henry--born: Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 12th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BIGELOW, George M.--born: Stanstead, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 9th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BIGELOW, Lucius--born: Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Billadeaux, Thomas--Canada East--12th Infantry [MSSM]
BILLARGON, Francis--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BILLOWS, John--born: St. Johns, N. B.; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
BINGHAM, Horatio S.--born: Canada; regiments: 1st Minnesota Infantry and 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; sources: [5] [31]
BIRCHALL, Thomas--residence: Canada; regiment: 5th Michigan Infantry; sources: [9]
Bird, Charles--New Brunswick--First Heavy Artillery [5]
BIRD, Frank--born: Canada; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Birdsall, Seth--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
Birdsell, James--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
BIRDSELL, John A.--born: Canada; regiments: 10th Minnesota Infantry and 46th Illinois Infantry; town: Parkston; sources: [5] [10]
BITDSELL, William H.--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; town: Cavour & Huron; sources: [5] [10]
Birmingham, John--New Brunswick--16th Infantry [MSSM]
Birney, James--Nova Scotia--12th Infantry [MSSM]
BISCONNER, Jeremiah--born: Canada; regiment: 13th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BISCONNER, Oliver--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Bishop, Albert--Cape Breton, N.S.--12th Light Artillery [MSSM]
BISHOP, Leonard N.--born: Standstead, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Cavalry; sources: [14]
Bissett, George--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
Black, Robert--Kingston, Canada West --2nd Infantry [MSSM]
Blackman, Zenas--Canada--Eighth Infantry [5]
BLACKSTONE, Charles--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BLAINE, Thomas R.--origin: Fredericton, New Brunswick; regiment: 11th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Blake, Christopher--Canada--Second Independent Battery, Light Artillery [5]
Blake, George--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
BLAKE, George--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd New York Cavalry; sources: [22]
Blake, John--New Brunswick--Eighth Infantry [5]
Blakely, John M.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
BLANCHARD, Charles--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BLANCHARD, Henry--born: ; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
BLANCHARD, Louis--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BLANCHARD, William--born: Potton, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BLANCHETTE, Prudent--born: Saint Pie de Bagot, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Cavalry; sources: [14]
BLAND, Augustus--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BLANKMAN, George--residence: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 4th Michigan Infantry; sources: [9]
BLASS, Henry--born: New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BOARDMAN, Robert A.--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Bogart, Michael nativity: Canada; unit(s): Fourteenth Infantry [8]
Bohanon, Horace W.--New Brunswick--Eleventh Infantry [5]
BOIS, Frank--born: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 10th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [29]
Bolduc, Belanie--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
BONE, J.--born: Canada; regiment: 144th New York Infantry; town: Mitchell; sources: [10]
Bonner, Godfrey--Canada--56th Infantry [MSSM]
BONNER, William--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Bonin, Joseph--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Bonjour, John--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
BONNELL, Thomas--origin: Fredericton, New Brunswick; regiment: 9th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
BONNER, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Bonojur, John--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
Boomhover, David--Canada East--Tenth Infantry [5]
BOOTER, Anson--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BOOTH, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 22nd New York Infantry; town: Horicon; sources: [26]
Borbeau, Antoine--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Borland, James nativity: Canada; unit(s): Washington Artillery [8]
Borthwick, Aleck J.--Prince Edward Island--Ninth Infantry [5]
Borthwick, Robert C.--Prince Edward Island--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Bostean, Felix--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Botteneau, Charles--British America--Fifth Infantry [5]
Botteneau, Peter--British America--Fifth Infantry [5]
Botsett, John--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
BOUCHER, Charles W.--residence: Canada West; regiment: 1st Michigan Infantry; sources: [9]
Boudin, John B.--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
BOUDREY, Andrew--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BOUGEE, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Bouldice, Joseph--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Boulen, William ??--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
BOULETTE, Fortuna--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BOURDON, Augustus--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Bourdon, John--Canada--Brackett's Battalion [5]
BOURK, Clement--born: Canada; regiment: 8th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Boutsette, Edwin--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Boutsette, Louis--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Boutsiett, Louis--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
BOUVIER, Joseph--born: Saint Hugues de Bagot, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 7th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BOVAT/BEAUVAIS, Lewis--born: Chambly, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BOVAT/BEAUVAIS, Peter (Felix)--born: Chambly, Quebec, Canada (1844); regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BOVAT, Peter--born: Chambly, Quebec, Canada (1839); regiment: 13th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BOWEN, Michael--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
BOWLEY, Sumner D.--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Bowman, Jacob--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Bowman, William H.--Canada--Brackett's Battalion [5]
BOX, William--born: Canada; regiment: 108th New York Infantry; town: Yankton; sources: [10]
Boyce, James--Canada--12th Infantry [MSSM]
Boyce, Richard--Canada--22nd Infantry [MSSM]
Boyd, Charles--Quebec, Canada East--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
Boyd, George--New Brunswick--First Infantry [5]
Boyd, George jr.--New Brunswick--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Boyd, Jehial W.--Canada--First and Sixth Infantry [5]
Boyd, John--Montreal, Canada --21st Infantry [MSSM]
Boyd, John--St. John, N.B.--7th Light Artillery [MSSM]
Boyle, Owen--Halifax, N.S.--12th Light Artillery [MSSM]
Boyle, Robert--Kingston, Canada West--19th Infantry [MSSM]
BOYDZETT, Eugene--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Boynton, David--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Bozeman, John B.--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
BRACE, E. H.--born: Canada; regiment: not stated; sources: [14]
BRADEAU, Alfred--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Masschusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Bradley, Henry--Canada--Forth Infantry [5]
Bradley, William--Canada--Forth Infantry [5]
Brady, James--Montreal, Canada--2nd and 33rd Infantry [MSSM]
BRADY, Patrick--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 5th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Brady, Patrick--Canada--12th Infantry [MSSM]
Brasson, Mitchell--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
BRAY, Henry Michael--born: Granby, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 17th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BRAY, Thomas Edward--born: Granby, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 17th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BRAZEAU, Antoine--born: Montreal, CE; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BREAU, Peter--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Brenan, Clark--Toronto, Canada--2nd Infantry [MSSM]
Brennan, Edward--Halifax, N.S.--2nd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
Brennan, Thomas L.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Breset, Christian--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Breton, Lewis--Quebec, Canada--2nd and 33rd Infantry [MSSM]
BREWSTER, Ebenezer--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BREWSTER, William--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
BREWSTER, William A.--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BRIGHAM, Charles L.--born: Canada; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BRILL, Albert E.--born: Canada; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Brockway, Isaac D.--New Brunswick--Eighth Infantry [5]
Brooks, Israel--Canada--First Battalion [5]
Brooks, John--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
BROOKS, Stephen--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROTGERS, Lewis--born: Montreal, CE; 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BROTHERS, Andrew--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Brotherson, Andrew J.--Halifax, N.S.--24th Infantry [MSSM]
Brouillette, Michael--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Brousseau, Antoine--Canada--58th Infantry [MSSM]
BROWELETTE, Joseph--born: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 9th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BROWN, Aaron M.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Brown, Abraham--Toronto, Canada West--54th Infantry [MSSM]
Brown, Albert--Montreal, Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Brown, Alvah--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Brown, B. F. H.--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Brown, Charles H.--Canada--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
Brown, Charles R.--Yarmouth, N.S.--1st Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
BROWN, David--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, E. R.--born: Canada; regiment: 44th Wisconsin Infantry; town: Banger; sources: [10]
Brown, Edward--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Brown, Frank--Nova Scotia--13th Infantry [MSSM]
Brown, George--Canada--13th and 39th Infantry [MSSM]
BROWN, George--born: Nova Scotia, Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
BROWN, George H.--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Harrison--nativity: Nova Scotia; regiment: 2nd Nebraska Cavalry; sources: [11]
Brown, Henry--Toronto, Canada -- 22nd and 32nd Infantry [MSSM]
Brown, Henry H.--Canada--Tenth Infantry [5]
BROWN, Henry J.--born: Canada; regiment: 193rd New York Infantry; sources: [22]
Brown, Horace--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Brown, James--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Brown, John--Fort Erie, Canada--54th Infantry [MSSM]
Brown, John--Halifax, N.S.--3rd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
BROWN, John--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BROWN, John [II]--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BROWN, John--origin: St. Stephens, New Brunswick; regiment: 6th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
BROWN, John A.--origin: Woodstock, New Brunswick; regiment: 2nd Maine Cavalry; sources: [13]
BROWN, John B.--born: Canada; regiment: 13th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BROWN, Jonathan--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BROWN, Larson--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Nathaniel H.--born: Canada; regiment: 17th New York Independent Light Artillery; sources: [16]
BROWN, Nelson--nativity: Canada; regiment: Curtis' Horse; sources: [11]
Brown, Robert--Toronto, Canada-- 22nd and 32nd Infantry [MSSM]
BROWN, Robert S.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Stephan J.--nativity: Canada; regiment: 1st Nebraska Regiment; sources: [11]
Brown, Thomas--Canada--33rd Infantry [MSSM]
Brown, Thomas--Canada West--12th Light Artillery [MSSM]
BROWN, Thomas--born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Thomas [II]--born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Thomas--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Thomas M.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Thomas W.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, Thomas W. [II]--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, William--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BROWN, William H.--born: Canada; regiment: 52nd Illinois Infantry; sources: [29]
BRUETTE, Maurice--nativity: Canada; regiment: 2nd Nebraska Cavalry; sources: [11]
BRUNDAGE, Hiram W.--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Iowa Cavalry; sources: [28]
Brunell, Edward--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
Brungelson, Andrew P.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
BRUYA, Charles--born: Saint Cesaire, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 14th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BRYAN, John--origin: Halifax, Nova Scotia; regiment: 6th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
BRYANT, Chandler A.--born: Canada; 5th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
BRYANT, George--born: Canada; regiment: 118th New York Infantry; town: Wessington; sources: [10]
BRYANT, Thomas--born: Quebec, Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Bryden, William--Nova Scotia--59th Infantry [MSSM]
BUCHANAN, Thomas B.--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
Buck, Hiram A.--Canada--Brackett's Battalion [5]
Buck, Philip A.--Canada--First Infantry and Battalion [5]
Buck, William--Canada--13th Infantry [MSSM]
Buckley, William nativity: Canada; unit(s): Ninth Infantry [8]
BUGARD, John--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BULLE, Isadore--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
BULLETT, Joseph--born: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 3rd Battery, Vermont Light Artillery; sources: [14]
BULLIS, David--born: Canada; regiment: 10th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
BULLIS, Jabez--born: Farmersville, CW; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Bullis, Timothy R.--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
Bullock, Franklin H.--born: Canada East; regiment: 6th Minnesota Infantry; town: Alcester & Redfield; sources: [5] [10]
BULLOCK, Lyman (Jr.)--born: Abbotsford, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 10th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BULLOCK, Lyman (Sr.)--born: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 10th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BURBRIDGE, James E.--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Burden, John--Pictou, N.S.--19th Infantry [MSSM]
BURDETT, John--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BURDICK, James H.--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Michigan Light Artillery; town: Yankton; sources: [10]
Burk, Owen--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
BURKE, Henry--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Buriel, Xavia--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
BURK, Culbert--born: Somerset, Canada; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
BURKE, John--origin: Woodstock, Nova Scotia; regiment: 6th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
BURLEY, Freeman--born: New Brunswick, Canada; regiment: 62nd Ohio Infantry; sources: [29]
BURN, Patrick--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
Burnell, Joseph--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
BURNHAM, Nelson--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
BURNO, Charles--born: Montreal, CE; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Burns, James nativity: Canada; unit(s): Seventh Infantry [8]
Burns, Luke--New Brunswick--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Burns, William--Canada--15th Infantry [MSSM]
Burrill, William--Canada West--11th Infantry [MSSM]
BURROUGHS, Nelson--born: Canada; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BURROUGHS, William H.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Bursan, William--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
BURUS, Charles D.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BURUS, John--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BUSCHIER, Peter--born: Montreal, CE; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
BUSH, George--home: Stanstead, Canada East; regiment: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; sources: [12]
BUSH, Nelson H.--born: Canada; regiment: 12th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Bush, Sylvester--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Bush, William H.--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
Bushard, John B.--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion and Second Infantry [5]
Bushe, Louis--Canada--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
BUSHLAW, Philip--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BUSHWAY, Edward--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd New York Cavalry; sources: [22]
BUTLER, Edward R.--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Butler, Edwin--Liverpool, N.S.--3rd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
BUTLER, James--home: Canada; regiment: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; sources: [12]
BUTLER, William H.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
BYAM, Charles L.--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
BYRES, William--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Byrne, C. W. nativity: Canada; unit(s): Washington Artillery [8]
BYRNES, John--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
BYRNES, Pat H.--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
Byron, William--Pembroke, Canada--1st Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
Byron, Zepheron--Pembroke, Canada --1st Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
This list is a revision, expansion, and (I hope) an improvement upon the previous lists that I have compiled. My intention is to list every Canadian who served in the Civil War for whom there is some sort of documentation. Unfortunately, much of the relevant materials is not readily available, and therefore this list will never be an accurate reflection of the number of Canadians who served in the war. Nevertheless, I hope that the list will bring more attention to the role that these men played and, hopefully, assist some genealogically-minded people in tracking down a long lost ancestor. Please keep in mind that the list is currently a "work in progress". I have pieced much of it together from other lists that I have previously compiled, using different formats. I hope to have this lack of uniformity rectified as soon as possible.
CABANA, John--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CABLE, Thomas--born: Hereford, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 10th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CABLES, George--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CADEN, Isaac--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CADET, Edmund--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CADRET, Andrew--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
CADUE, John--born: St. Denis aux Richelieu, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 17th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Caffery, Daniel--New Brunswick--11th and 16th Infantry [MSSM]
CAIN, James--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Cain, James nativity: Canada; unit(s): First Infantry [8]
CAIRNS, John--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Caldwell, James--Nova Scotia--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
CALLAGHAN, Patrick--born: Canada; regiment: 193rd New York Infantry; sources: [22]
Callaghan, William J.--Montreal, Canada--6th Light Artillery and 3rd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
Callitte, Samuel--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
Callowell, Charles--Canada East--12th Infantry [MSSM]
CALMAN, Timothy--nativity: New Brunswick; regiment: 1st Nebraska Regiment; sources: [11]
Calouhoun, Archibald--Nova Scotia--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Calvert, Robert A.--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
Calvert, Samuel D.--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
CAMARON, Hugh--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
Cameron, Daniel--Nova Scotia--Ninth Infantry [5]
CAMERON, Dougald--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Cameron, Edward--St. John, N.B.--58th Infantry [MSSM]
Camirand, Edward--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
CAMPBELL, Archibald--origin: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; regiment: 3rd Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Campbell, Charles--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
CAMPBELL, Charles E.--born: Prince Edward Island; regiment: 83rd New York Infantry; sources: [31]
Campbell, Daniel--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
CAMPBELL, Daniel--born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CAMPBELL, David (Jr.)--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Campbell, George K.--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Campbell, Henry--New Brunswick--Second Cavalry [5]
Campbell, Henry--Montreal, Canada-- 21st Infantry [MSSM]
Campbell, Hugh--Cape Breton, N.S.--60th Infantry [MSSM]
CAMPBELL, James--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CAMPBELL, Peter--born: Canada; regiments: 33rd New York Infantry and 14th New York Artillery; sources: [31]
CAMPBELL, William--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 8th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
CAMPS, Andrew--born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CANADA, Thomas--born: Canada; regiment: 24th New York Cavalry; sources: [17]
CANE, Thomas--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Canfield, John--St. John, N.B.--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Canfield, Levi A.--Canada--Tenth Infantry [5]
CANIFORD, Thomas--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CANNON, Barney--born: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CAPELMAN, John--nativity: Canada West; regiment: Curtis' Horse; sources: [11]
CAPLES, George--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Cappistrant, L.--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
Carbeau, Edward--St. Johns, Newfoundland--13th Infantry [MSSM]
CARBILLE, Joseph--born: Montreal, Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Carel, Patrick--Canada W.--First Heavy Artillery [5]
CAREY, Anson--born: Canada (English); regiment: not stated; notes: according to the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, there was an Anson Carey who served with the 6th Michigan Cavalry, Co. K--this is the only Anson Carey in the database--there is a "Carey, A" of the same regiment residing in Grand Island at the time of the 1895 Veterans Census in Nebraska; sources: [2]
Cariveau(x), Felix--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd and 9th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5] [10]
Cariveau, Francis A.--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Carle, John B.--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
Carle, Louis--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Carmezie, William--Canada--Tenth Infantry [5]
Carmichael, George H.--Pictou, N.S.--7th Light Artillery [MSSM]
CARMICHAEL, John W.--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Carmody, Michael--Montreal, Canada--11th and 16th Infantry [MSSM]
Carnale, John--Canada-- 22nd and 32nd Infantry [MSSM]
CARNEY, James--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CARNEY, James [II]--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Carney, William--Toronto, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Caron, Octave--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Carpenter, David--Canada E.--Second Independent Light Artillery [5]
CARR, Anthony--born: Farnham, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Carroll, John--St. John, N.B.--11th and 16th Infantry [MSSM]
Carroll, Martin--Newfoundland-- Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
CARSON, Henry B.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CARTER, George--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CARTER, George [II]--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Carter, George A.--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Carter, Lyman--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
CARTER, Nelson G.--nativity: Canada; regiment: 1st Nebraska Cavalry; sources: [11]
CARTER, William--home: New Brunswick Province; regiment: 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; sources: [12]
Carts, John--Canada East--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Carture, Felix--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Case, Maxim--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
CASEY, James--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Casey, Michael--New Brunswick--Sixth Infantry [5]
Caspistrant, Stanislaus--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Cassan, Henry--Montreal, Canada--4th Cavalry [MSSM]
CASSIDY, Edward--born: Canada; regiment: not stated; remarks: substitute; sources: [22]
CASTLE, William H.--born: Sutton, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 9th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Caswell, Asahel V.--Canada--Second Independent Light Artillery [5]
Caswell, William R.--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
CATARACT, Nelson--born: Canada; regiment: 13th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CATON, James--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CATON, John--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CENTERBAR, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 95th New York Infantry; town: Thurman; sources: [26]
CHADWICK, Joseph--born: Canada; 6th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
CHADWICK, Robert--born: Canada; 6th Minnesota Infantry; sources: [5]
CHAMBERLAIN, George H.--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 30th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Chambers, Robert--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Champaux, David--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Chandler, Joseph L.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Chandler, Stephen N.--Canada E.--Ninth Infantry [5]
CHANGYON, Joseph--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
CHANGYON, Levi--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
CHANGYON, William--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Chaplin, Felix--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Chapman, Edwin O.--New Brunswick--Fourth Infantry [5]
Chapman, George--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
CHAPMAN, James E.--born: Canada; regiment: 139th Illinois Infantry; town: Hot Springs; sources: [10]
CHARLAND, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CHARLEBO, Joseph--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CHARLES, D. F.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Charron, Henry--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
Chartier, Joseph--Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Chase, Albert--New Brunswick--3rd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
CHASE, George--origin: Naswalk, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Chase, Samuel--Nova Scotia--12th Infantry [MSSM]
Chase, Stephen W.--Nova Scotia--Eleventh Army [5]
CHATFIELD, William--born: Dunham, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 3rd Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Cheeney, John--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
CHEFORTH, Victor--born: Quebec, Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CHEVER, Berry--born: Halifax, Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CHINIQUAY, Charles L.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Colorado Cavalry; town: Deadwood; sources: [10]
Chism, William--St. Stephan, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
CHISMORE, William I.--born: Canada; regiment: 6th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Chosee/Chosey, Antoine--Canada--Mounted Rangers and Second Cavalry [5]
CHRISTY, William--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
CHRYSLER, Mathias--born: Canada; regiment: 15th New York Cavalry; town: Lead; sources: [10]
Chute, Levi--Nova Scotia--Second Infantry [5]
Chute, Zacharia--Nova Scotia--Fifth Infantry [5]
Clair, Henry--Montreal, Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
CLANCEY, David--born: Canada; regiment: 17th New York Independent Light Artillery; sources: [16]
Clancy, Daniel--P.E.I.--First Infantry and Battalion [5]
CLARK, Charles--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Clark, Charles--Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Clark, Charles F.--New Brunswick--First Infantry [5]
CLARK, Cyrus--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Clark, Frank--Toronto, Canada--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
Clark, George--St. John, N.B.-- 22nd and 32nd Infantry [MSSM]
CLARK, George H.--born: New Brunswick, Canada; regiment: 1st Michigan Engineers; sources: [29]
CLARK, Henry--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CLARK, Isaac--born: St. John, New Brunswick;
CLARK, Isaac--born: New Brunswick; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CLARK, James--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Clark, James H.--Kingston, Canada West--19th Infantry [MSSM]
CLARK, James P.--born: St. John, New Brunswick; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Clark, John--Canada--12th Infantry (also with 30th Wisc. Inf.) [MSSM]
Clark, John--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Clark, John S.--Brantford, Canada West--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
Clark, Levi--New Brunswick--First Infantry [5]
CLARK, Robert--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 7th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Clark, Samuel--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
Clark, Thomas--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
CLARK, William--born: Toronto, Canada West; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Clarke, James--St. John, N.B.--2nd Light Artillery [MSSM]
Clary, Edward--New Brunswick--Brackett's Battalion [5]
CLASSON, George--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
CLASSON, Henry--born: Digby, NS; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Claude, Glande--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
CLAY, Henry--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CLAY, Henry--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CLAY, James P.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Cleary, James--New Brunswick--First Infantry [5]
Cleaves, John--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
CLEGHORN, John Fine--born: Canada; regiment: 20th Illinois Infantry; sources: [31]
CLEMAN, Edward--born: Montreal, Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Clement, Charles--East Canada--2nd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
CLENDENNY, William--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Clendening, Joseph--New Brunswick--Seventh Infantry [5]
Clinch, Edward S.--New Brunswick--Eighth Infantry [5]
Clinton, Henry--Canada-- 22nd and 32nd Infantry [MSSM]
CLOUKY, Joseph S.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Ioaw Infantry; sources: [7]
Cloutier, Bernard--Canada--Brackett's Battalion [5]
Clow, Francis A.--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Clow, John E.--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
CLOW, Malcolm C.--born: English Canada; regiment: 1st Minnesota Infantry/Battalion; sources: [5] [29]
Clow, Sherwin--Nova Scotia--Fourth Infantry [5]
COAKLEY, Michael--born: Halifax, N. S.; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
COBBAN, Simon C.--born: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 8th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Cochran, William--New Brunswick--Fifth Infantry [5]
Cochrane, James E.--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
CODERRE, Louis C.E.--born: St. Hugues, CE; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
COIL, James--origin: Fredericton, New Brunswick; regiment: Maine Light/Mounted Artillery; sources: [13]
Colburn, Peter--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
Colby, George W.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Colby, Rufus A.--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
COLE, Cyrus--nativity: Canada; regiment: 2nd Nebraska Cavalry; sources: [11]
COLEGATE, Samuel--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
COLEMAN, James K.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd New York Cavalry; town: Northville; sources: [10]
Collins, Levi--Newfoundland--11th Infantry [MSSM]
Collins, Peter nativity: Canada; unit(s): Fourteenth Infantry [8]
COLLINS, T. D.--born: Canada; regiment: 8th New York Cavalry; town: Kimball; sources: [10]
COLLINS, Thomas--born and residence: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32] [MSSM]
Colt, John--Hamilton, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Colter, George--New Brunswick--Sixth Infantry [5]
Colter, Joseph--New Brunswick--Third Infantry [5]
Colton, William--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Columbus, Peter F.--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Comayer, Felix--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Comayer, Joseph--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Comstock, Edgar B.--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
CONARS, William--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CONDON, Michael--origin: St. Stephen, New Brunswick; regiment: 6th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Conklin, Lanson--Canada--Mounted Rangers and Second Cavalry [5]
CONLEY, Stephen D.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
CONNELL, John--origin: Halifax, Nova Scotia; regiment: 6th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Connell, Timothy--Montreal, Canada--1st Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
Connelly, Alonzo P.--New Brunswick--Sixth Infantry [5]
Conners, James--Nova Scotia--12th Infantry [MSSM]
Connor, John--Canada--1st Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
Conover, George H.--St. John, N.B.--5th Cavalry [MSSM]
CONSTANTINE, Suppliant/Cyprien--born: Canada; regiment: 7th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
CONTINE, Abram--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Cook, Alexander H.--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Cook, George--Halifax, N.S.--11th Infantry [MSSM]
COOK, Henry--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Cook, Rudolph--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
COOK, William H.--born: New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
COOKE, William Winer--born: Canada; regiment: 24th New York Cavalry; sources: [31]
COOL, Richard--born: Canada (English); regiment: not stated; sources: [2]
COOPER, Emanuel--born: New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Cooper, George--Windsor, Canada--54th Infantry [MSSM]
Cooper, James--Fairfax, N.S.--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Cooper, James--Fairfax, N.S.--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Cooper, William H.--Malden, Canada--55th Infantry [MSSM]
Copley, Michael--New Brunswick--First Heavy Artillery [5]
COPP, Turton Joshua--born: Canada; regiment: not stated; sources: [31]
CORBLEY, Jacob L.--born: Nova Scotia; regiment: 6th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
CORCORAN, James--born: Canada; regiment: Mounted Rangers; sources: [5]
Cormickel, David--New Brunswick--Eighth Infantry [5]
Corrison, James--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
COTA, Charles H.--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Cavalry; sources: [14]
Cota, Joseph--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Cote, David--Montreal, Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
COTTER, William--residence: Canada West; regiment: 1st Michigan Infantry; sources: [9]
Coulhart, William--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Coulthard, David W.--Canada--Second Independent Light Artillery [5]
Cousins, Henry--Prince Edward Island-- 22nd and 32nd Infantry [MSSM]
Cox, Hugh A.--New Brunswick--Tenth Infantry [5]
COX, Jacob Dolson--born: Canada; regiment: not stated; sources: [31]
Cox, William--Prince Edward Island--2nd Infantry [MSSM]
Craig, Francis H.--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
CRAIG, George H.--born: Canada (English); regiment: not stated; sources: [2]
Craig, Henry--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
Craig, James--Toronto, Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Craig, John E.--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
CRAIG, Myron--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Cavalry; sources: [14]
Cramer, Douglas.--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
CRAMFORD, James--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Crammond, James--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
CRANDON, Thomas Franklin Philip--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Maryland Cavalry; sources: [31]
Crane, Timothy F.--St. John, N.B.--3rd Cavalry (also 6th MA Inf.) [MSSM]
Crapeau, Francis H.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Crapo, Joseph--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Crappeau, Remi--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
CRAWFORD, Alexander Douglas--born: Ontario, Canada; regiment: 75th Illinois Infantry; town: Mitchell; sources: [10] [29]
Creamer, Daniel--St. John, N.B.--2nd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
CREELMAN, Matthew--born: Nova Scotia, Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Crevier, Petee--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Crocker, George--Nova Scotia--Mounted Rangers [5]
Cronan, Jerry nativity: Canada; unit(s): Tenth Infantry [8]
Cronin, John--St. John, N.B.--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Cronkite, James--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
CROOKS, William A.--born: Canada; regiment: 40th Wisconsin Infantry; town: Sioux Falls; sources: [10]
Crosby, Atwood--Nova Scotia--Tenth Infantry [5]
Crosby, James--Nova Scotia--Third Infantry [5]
Crosby, Lemuel--Nova Scotia--Tenth Infantry [5]
CROW, Patrick--residence: St. John, NB; regiment: 1st Michigan Infantry; sources: [9]
CROWLEY, John W.--born: Fredericton, NB; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
CROWLEY, William--origin: Fredericton, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Cruickshanks, Andrew--Nova Scotia--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Cruickshanks, Ronald--Nova Scotia--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
CRUIKSHANKS, Ronald--born: Nova Scotia; regiment: 6th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
CRYSLER, William P.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CUFEY, Robert--born: Quebec, Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CUFF, James--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
CUFFEE, Robert--born: Upper Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Cullen, James nativity: Canada; unit(s): Seventh Infantry [8]
CULPITT, William--born: Canada; regiment: 14th Wisconsin Infantry; sources: [29]
Culver, Charles--Canada--16th Infantry [MSSM]
Cummings, Michael--Prince Edward Island--4th Cavalry [MSSM]
Cundy, William E.--New Brunswick--First Infantry [5]
Cunningham, F. R. nativity: Canada; unit(s): Eighth Infantry [8]
CUNNINGHAM, James F.--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
CURRAN, Charles--born: St. Johns, N. B.; regiment: 9th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [30]
CURRAN, Patrick--born: Compton, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Cavalry; sources: [14]
CURREN, Charles E.--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
CURRIN/CURRIER, Robert--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Curry, John--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Curran, John--Halifax, N.S.--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
Currie, James--Canada--13th Infantry [MSSM]
CURTICE, Charles E.--born: New Brunswick; regiment: 4th Wisconsin Infantry; sources: [31]
Curtis, Charles C.--Canada E.--Tenth Infantry [5]
Curtis, George H.--Canada--Tenth Infantry [5]
CURTIS, Oliver--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Curtis, Manly M.--Canada--First Infantry [5]
CURTIS, Robert--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
CURTIS, William C.--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Cutler, Chancellor--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
CUTWAY, Frank--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
This list is a revision, expansion, and (I hope) an improvement upon the previous lists that I have compiled. My intention is to list every Canadian who served in the Civil War for whom there is some sort of documentation. Unfortunately, much of the relevant materials is not readily available, and therefore this list will never be an accurate reflection of the number of Canadians who served in the war. Nevertheless, I hope that the list will bring more attention to the role that these men played and, hopefully, assist some genealogically-minded people in tracking down a long lost ancestor. Please keep in mind that the list is currently a "work in progress". I have pieced much of it together from other lists that I have previously compiled, using different formats. I hope to have this lack of uniformity rectified as soon as possible.
DACHNO, Antoine--born: Canada; regiment: 14th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Dagg, John--St. Pre, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Daggett, Nathaniel--Grand Manan, N.B.--33rd Infantry [MSSM]
DAILY, Arson--nativity: New Brunswick; regiment: 1st Nebraska Regiment; sources: [11]
DAIRAH, Levi--born: Canada; regiment: 44th Wisconsin Infantry; town: Huron; sources: [10]
Dakin, Charles J.--Nova Scotia--Fourth Infantry [5]
Dalglish, John J.--Canada East--26th Infantry [MSSM]
Dalpe, Jean B.--Montreal, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
DALPE, Michael--born: Quebec, Canada; regiment: 2nd Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
DALTON, John--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 2nd Maine Cavalry; sources: [13]
Dalton, Michael--New Brunswick--Second Infantry [5]
Daly, Peter J.--Nova Scotia--12th Infantry [MSSM]
DAMON, George B.--born: Hatley, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 10th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
DAMON, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 27th Iowa Infantry; town: Hot Springs; sources: [10]
DANS, Frederick--origin: Moncton, New Brunswick; regiment: 6th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
DANYON, Horace--born: Sheffield, CW; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Darling, William--Toronto, Canada--58th Infantry [MSSM]
DARLINGTON, John--origin: Fredericton, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
DARSCHI, Ephraim--born: Montreal, Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
DAVENPORT, Nathan S.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
DAVIDSON, Jacob W.--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd Michigan Infantry; sources: [29]
DAVIS, James--born: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; regiment: U. S. Navy; sources: [14]
DAVIS, John--born: Ottawa, CW; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Davis, Matthew--Toronto, Canada West --56th Infantry [MSSM]
Davis, Robert H.--New Brunswick--Brackett's Battalion [5]
Davison, Charles E.--Nova Scotia--First Battalion [5]
Davison, James C.--Nova Scotia--Eighth Infantry [5]
Davy, Peter--Canada--Mounted Rangers and Second Cavalry [5]
DAWSON, James W.--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Day, Elisha--New Brunswick--Mounted Rangers [5]
Day, Thomas--Paris, Canada West--2nd Infantry [MSSM]
DAY, William--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Dayton, Aaron H. H.--Canada--Seventh Infantry [5]
Dayton, Asa H.--Canada--Tenth Infantry [5]
De La, William--Kingston, Canada West--19th Infantry [MSSM]
De Montigny, Adolphe nativity: Canada; unit(s): Tenth Infantry [8]
De Noyeau, Xavier--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
De Rosie, Basille--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
Dean, Anthony--Canada--25th Infantry [MSSM]
DEAN, Austin S.--born: Canada; regiment: not stated; sources: [31]
DEAN, Calvin--born: Canada; regiment: 1st Vermont Cavalry; sources: [14]
Dean, George--Montreal, Canada--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
Dean, William J.--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
DECOW, Henry R.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
DEERING, John--origin: St. John, New Brunswick; regiment: 15th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
DEFOE, John--born: Saint Paul Joliette, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 12th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Deforrest, Henry--New Brunswick--11th and 16th Infantry [MSSM]
Degarlais, Joel--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Degray, James--Canada--First Infantry [5]
Delaney, Andrew--Canada W.--Mounted Rangers and Second Cavalry [5]
Delaney, Jeremiah--Canada W. --Eleventh Infantry [5]
Delany, Toussaint L.O.--Chatham, Canada West--54th Infantry [MSSM]
DELANY, William--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
DELONG, Henry--born: Canada; regiment: 30th Wisconsin Infantry; town: Cavour; sources: [10]
Delonis, Francis--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
DEMAR, Joseph--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
DEMARETS, Alexander--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Demars, Charles--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Demars, Pierre--Canada E.--Ninth Infantry [5]
DEMBY, George--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
DEMERS, Henry--born: Canada East; regiment: 57th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [27]
Demers, Joseph--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
Demers, Stephen--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
DENBY, Stephen--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Denney, William J.--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Denny, Baruch--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Denny, David--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Densmore, John D.--New Brunswick--First Infantry [5]
Deregon, Cesar--Canada--Second Infantry [5]
Derex, Louis--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Derocher, John--Canada--Ninth Infantry [5]
DESCHAMPS, Joseph--born: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; regiment: 5th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Desjardins, Joseph--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Desmon, Jeremiah--New Brunswick--Ninth Infantry [5]
DESMUND, Thomas--born: S. St. John, NB; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Desputo, Peter--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Deuchini, Charles--Canada East--11th Infantry [MSSM]
Dezlar, Lewis--Canada W.--Second Cavalry [5]
DICKERSON, James H.--born: Toronto, Canada West; ship: see source; sources: [6]
DICKERSON, John--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Dickerson, William C.--New Brunswick--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Dickson, Charles--New Brunswick--First Heavy Artillery [5]
DICKSON, J. M.--born: Woodstock, Ontario, Canada; regiment: 12th Indiana Cavalry; town: Pierre; sources: [10]
Dickson, Le Baron A.--St. John, N.B.--4th Cavalry [MSSM]
DICKSON, William--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Dien, Godfield--Canada--Seond Infantry [5]
Dingman, Henry--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Disjaredin, Charles--Canada--Eighth Infantry [5]
DISMAL, Richard--born: Guysborough, Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Dissette, George T.--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Dixon, George A.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
DIXON, Henry--born: Prescot, Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Doble, Lorenze--Nova Scotia--Fourth Infantry [5]
DOHERTY, Edward P.--born: Canada; regiments: 71st New York State Militia and 16th New York Cavalry [also 155th New York Infantry]; remarks: Doherty is a very intereting individual; he served through the entire war, first as a Private in the 71st NYSM, being a participant in the first major battle of the war, First Bull Run (where he was captured) he later joined the 155th NYI as an officer; at the end of the war he was transferred to the 16th NYC so that he could lead a detachment from that unit that was detailed to track down (which they eventually did) Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth; sources: [31]
DOHERTY, George--born: Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Dolbec, Benjamin--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
DOLMAN, Israel N.--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
DONAHOE, Timothy--born: Canada; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
Donaldson, Hugh S.--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
Doner, Abram--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
Donlan, Thomas--St. John, N.B.--2nd Cavalry [MSSM]
Donnell, Andrew--St. John, N.B.--29th Infantry [MSSM]
Donnelly, Jeremiah--New Brunswick--Mounted Rangers [5]
Donnelly, John--New Brunswick--Mounted Rangers [5]
DONOHUE, Daniel--born and residence: Newcastle, N.B.; regiments: 15th and 20th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32] [MSSM]
Donovan, Albert--Montreal, Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
DOPLACE, William E.--born: Canada; regiment: 11th Vermont Infantry; sources: [14]
Dores, Jesse--Canada--Mounted Rangers [5]
DOUGHERTY, Robert--born: Toronto, Canada West; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Douglas, Carlos--Canada E.--Mounted Rangers and Second Cavalry [5]
Douglas, Charles H.--Toronto, Canada--54th Infantry [MSSM]
DOUGLAS, George--born: Hamilton, Canada West; ship: see source; sources: [6]
DOUGLAS, Henry M.--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Douglas, James--Canada West--16th Infantry [MSSM]
DOUGLAS, John--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
DOUGLASS, William J.--born: New Brunswick; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Douly, Charles M.--New Brunswick--Mounted Rangers [5]
Dow, Thomas A.--St. John, N.B.--19th and 20th Infantry [MSSM]
Dowling, Edward--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Dowling, Thomas--St. John, N.B.--2nd Heavy Artillery [MSSM]
DOWNEY, Ezikiel--born: New Brunswick; ship: not stated; sources: [4]
DOWNEY, John--origin: Windsor, Nova Scotia; regiment: 16th Maine Infantry; sources: [13]
Downing, James--Nova Scotia--Sixth Infantry [5]
DOWNS, Davenport--born: Canada; regiment: 5th Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
DOYLE, E. W.--born: Canada; regiment: 2nd Michigan Infantry; town: Oswald & Mitchell; sources: [10]
Doyle, Edward--Nova Scotia--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Draper, John--Canada--Third Infantry [5]
Drever, John--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Drinkwine, Albert--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
DRINKWINE, John--born: Canada; regiment: unknown; sources: [14]
Drought, Henry--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Drysdale, James--Canada--Fourth Infantry [5]
Dubay, Clement--Canada--Fifth Infantry [5]
Dubay, Peter--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Dubuoue, Nelson--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
DUCHESNE, Joseph N.--origin: Ottawa, C.E.; regiment: 2nd Maine Cavalry; sources: [13]
DUDLEY, Edward--born: Nova Scotia; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Dudley, Peter--Toronto, Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Duffee, Joseph A.E.--Canada--Hatch's Independent Battalion [5]
DUFFER, Peter--born: Canada; regiment: not stated; remarks: substitue; sources: [22]
DUFFIN, Lewis--born: Canada; ship: see source; sources: [6]
Duffrane, Oliver--Canada--First Independent Light Artillery [5]
Duford, Napoleon--Canada--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Dugan, Thomas--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Dugnan, Caesar--Canada--Tenth Infantry [5]
Dugolfe, Anthony--Quebec, Canada--3rd Cavalry [MSSM]
Dumas, Augustus nativity: Canada; unit(s): Washington Artillery [8]
Dumas, Jerome--Canada E.--Ninth Infantry [5]
Dumor, Mitchell--Canada--58th Infantry [MSSM]
Dumpprope, David H.--Canada--First Heavy Artillery [5]
DUNBAR, George A.--born: Canada; regiment: 3rd Iowa Infantry; sources: [7]
Dunbar, John nativity: Canada; unit(s): Fifteenth Infantry [8]
Duncan, George--Canada--20th Infantry [MSSM]
Duncan, Henry--Canada--19th Infantry [MSSM]
Duncanson, Joseph A.--Nova Scotia--Eleventh Infantry [5]
Duncanson, Leander J.--Nova Scotia--Second Cavalry [5]
Duncanson, Stephen--Nova Scotia--Nova Scotia Brackett's Battalion and Eleventh Infantry [5]
DUNN, Daniel--born: New Brunswick, Canada; regiment: 15th Massachusetts Infantry; sources: [32]
Dunn, George--Canada--Second Cavalry [5]
Dunn, Gotfried--Canada--Sixth Infantry [5]
Dunn, James--Canada--Fifth Infa