Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida
Source Information
- Content Source:The National Archives Publication Number: M251
- Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate :Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida
- Content Source: NARA
- National Archives Catalog ID: 586957
- National Archives Catalog Title: Carded Records Showing :Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations , compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865
- Record Group: 360
- State: Florida
- Short Description: NARA M251. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Florida units, labeled with each soldier's name, rank, and unit, with links to revealing documents about each soldier.
- Roll: 0001
- Military Unit: First Cavalry (A-E)
Individuals in this Source
- Micajah Crews ca. 1843
- Givenname: Micajah
- Surname: Crews
- Age: 19
- Year: 1862
- Surname Starts With: C
Description
by Craig R. Scott, CG
The creation of compiled military service records for Confederate soldiers began in 1903 under the direction of Brig Gen Fred C. Ainsworth, head of the Record and Pension Office in the War Department. They are abstracts of original records found in the War Department Collection of Confederate Records and from documents borrowed by the War Department for the purpose of obtaining as full a service record as possible on these soldiers.
The compiled service records are arranged by unit, usually a regiment, and then alphabetically by soldiers’ surname. Preceding the individual soldiers jacket-envelopes are empty envelopes which list the officers of the unit. Following these are jacket-envelopes that contain caption cards for muster-in and muster-out rolls, and record-of-events cards, indicating the activities of the unit during specific periods.
Notes
- After further research, this doesn't appear to be any of the Micajah Crews' in my faimily tree as of 30 Mar 2013.