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Civil War Court Martial Records

I have an ancestor who was 'court martialed' during the Civil War according to his service records cards. The end result was a reduction in rank from coporal to private. He was discharged at the end of the war with the rest of his unit. Some years later his descendants filed for a pension, but it appears as if they were denied. I would like to know if or where I would be able to get court martial records for CW soldiers who served in the Union Army. Is this even a resource open to descendants?

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Permalink Reply by The Genealogy Box on November 2, 2010 at 7:23am

There is an article at NARA about court martial records that may assist.

Permalink Reply by Katie Heitert Wilkinson on November 10, 2010 at 3:12pm

I found my ggg grandfather's court martial transcript file indexed at NARA. Instead of e-mailing, I called the Archive phone # for the division that held the records in which I was interested. After speaking with an excellent contact there, I was able to get the file. Even better ...they sent it to me at no cost.

Permalink Reply by Family Griot on November 13, 2010 at 5:46pm