U.S. Veteran Information

Individuals wanting more information on eligibility for ordering a headstone or marker, can contact their Regional Department of Veterans Affairs. Each state has a regional office. To locate your state browse the Facility Directory.

The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration's website provides general information, eligibility for headstone or marker, the standard application for headstone or marker (VA Form 13-1330), how to complete the form, and what emblems may be available at the following link:

Dept. of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration
http://www.cem.va.gov/hm.htm

The Roll of Honor is the only official memorial to the Union dead ever published. In spite of some omissions and discrepancies, it remains the most comprehensive source of information on Civil War fatalities. Originally compiled by the U.S. Quartermaster's Department, it was published volume by volume as battlefield sites were surveyed, graves exhumed, and bodies identified and reburied. Information given includes the soldier's name, rank, regiment, company, date of death, and place of burial. For convenience, a name index to all 27 volumes. It is available in hardback & usually located in larger public libraries.

Also available for purchase at GenealogyDirect.com

The Unpublished Roll of Honor by Mark Hughes is The Unpublished Roll of Honor by Mark Hughes is based largely on materials Mr. Hughes discovered at the National Archives, including records of national cemeteries omitted from the original series, records of headstone requests (often for soldiers who were buried in private cemeteries), and records of post cemeteries that eluded the original compilers. All told, approximately 8,500 men are listed here with (usually) their rank, company, and unit. The data is arranged by state and therein alphabetically by cemetery, and all names are conveniently listed in the index.

To purchase The Unpublished Roll of Honor

To search library holdings for The Unpublished Roll of Honor at WorldCat

• Author: Mark Hughes
• Publisher: Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., ©1996.
• ISBN: 0806314877

Many states such as Illinois compiled records of veteran burials. The database for the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor was indexed and compiled by Fred Delap in cooperation with the Illinois State Archives. These holdings can be searched at:
The Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) system.

The U.S. Congress directed the Pension Office to prepare a listing of individuals receiving pensions for war service. The Pension Office produced a list called "Pensioners on the Roll" as of January 1, 1883. The Roll apparently contained all pensioners, although only a small portion is presently online.

To search the pensioners files of nearby St. Louis, Missouri, search Gordon Byer's site which includes the certificate no., cause for which pensioned, amount of pension, and original date of pension. St. Louis Pensioners on the Roll, 1883

Byer also provides online listings of:

US GENWEB also hosts a site by state which includes transcribed pension and related records at their Civil War Pension Project.

Cyndi Howells also has some very helpful information on how to search and order military & pension Records from The General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.