Title:
Confederate and Texas State Troops military rolls
Description:
This series primarily includes muster rolls, payrolls, rosters, returns, and election returns of approximately 1,500 companies of both Texas State Troops (including Rangers) and the Confederate States Army, stationed in Texas during the Civil War, dating 1861-1865, 1871, 1898, bulk 1861-1865. Based upon information contained in the abstracts, the rolls include the following information: name and rank of the soldier; name and rank of the commanding officer; designation of the organization (e.g., "Company A, Rangers for Frontier Protection, Texas State Troops;""Company A, Texas Volunteer Infantry, Col. O.M. Roberts commanding, CSA;""Reserved Company, Beat 3, Freestone County, 19th Brigade, Texas Militia"); enlistment data (date, place, and for what period); discharge data (usually pay information, including number of days, rate, and total); description (usually only age, if anything at all); and remarks. Remarks include: the number of officers and men on the roll (R and F: rank and file); name of enlisting officer; name of mustering officer; where and when stationed; and arms issued.
Collection:
Texas Adjutant General's Department Civil War military rolls
Creator:
Texas. Adjutant General's Department
Date range of creation:
1861 to 1898
Citation information:
(Identify the item), Confederate and Texas State Troops military rolls, Texas Adjutant General's Department Civil War military rolls. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records are arranged numerically. Not all numbers between 1 and 1709 were assigned; therefore the absence of a given number does not necessarily mean the absence of a military roll.
Access restrictions:
Some Civil War military rolls have been determined too fragile for retrieval; their numbers do not appear in the inventory for that series.
Size or duration:
52.76 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/30073.xml