Online Indexes
Union Index
Civil War Pension Index - Union Soldiers (fee-based - part of an Ancestry subscription)
Confederate Indexes
Arkansas Confederate Pension Records Index
Florida Confederate Pension Application Files
Georgia Confederate Pension Records (partial)
Georgia Civil War Pension Records (partial - has more counties than the above index)
Georgia Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized images
Louisiana Confederate Pension Applications Index
Oklahoma Confederate Pension Records Index
South Carolina Confederate Pension Applications
Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications
Texas Confederate Pensions
Virginia Confederate Pension Rolls Card Index
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Ordering Records
Generally you will find that Union Civil War Pension Records are available from the National Archives while Confederate Civil War Pension Records can be found in the appropriate State Archives or equivalent agency. Most Union soldiers (or their widows or other dependents) applied for a pension. Confederate pensions were usually only available to disabled or indigent soldiers or their dependents.
Union Pension Records
Confederate Pension Records
Online Civil War Records
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