Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database

The Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls database is a transcription of each soldier's entry in the record series, Muster and Descriptive Rolls. The database contains information about over 285,000 soldiers from Illinois who served in the Union Army during the War of the Rebellion. Each entry includes all of the information that was recorded by the Illinois Adjutant General in the original Muster and Descriptive Rolls. Entries for each roll include soldier's name; rank; age; height; colors of eyes, hair, and complexion; occupation; marital status; birthplace; residence; date, place, and term of enrollment; name

Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Civil War Veterans' Memorial at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield of individual who enrolled soldier; date and place of muster into service; name of mustering officer; date and place of muster out; name of mustering-out officer; and remarks concerning transfers, promotions, injuries, or special duty.

You can find this website - and other Illinois Civil War information - at the Illinois State Archives website.

NewsBank Hot Topics, April 2007

If you are interested in Intenational Relations, check out this month's Hot Topics search hints from NewsBank. Find news articles from around the US and around the world for environmental, health, education, crime and politics.

Hot Topics makes a great starting point for your reseach into our contemporary world. NewsBank is the provider of the Access World News and America's Newspapers databases. These can be found with the library's Databases & Websites under "Magazines & Newspapers".