Civil War

1861-1865

• The "War of the Rebellion" began on April 12, 1861 when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
• The war ended on April 9, 1865 when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General U. S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
• Although Loudon County was not officially a Tennessee County yet, her men still fought in the war.
• Genealogy Resources:
• Tennesseans in the Civil War - Volume 1 published by Nashville Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964.
• Tennesseans in the Civil War - Volume 2 published by Nashville Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964 (Lists TN Veterans of the War).
• Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications by Samuel Sistler.
• Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications by Tennessee State Library and Archives.
• Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires  Southern Historical Press, 1985.
• 1890 Civil War Veterans Census - Tennessee by Sistler & Assoc., 1978.
• Report of the Adjutant General's Office - Tennessee.
• Resources at Tennessee and the Civil War Website
• Tennesseans in the Civil War - Volume 1
• Report of the Adjutant General's Office - Tennessee
• Resources at Tennessee State Library and Archives Website
• Microfilm on the Civil War
• Tennessee Confederate Physicians
• Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Soldiers and Widows
• Index to Pension Applications filed from Loudon County
• Confederate Soldier's Home Applications. The following two veterans filed from Loudon County.
• O. P. Hill - 2nd TN Cavalry - 1903
• Tennessee Civil War Questionnaires. The following three veterans filed from Loudon County.
• Samuel T. Blair - 2nd TN Cavalry - Confederate
• John H. Wilson - 1st TN Cavalry - Confederate
• M. Finger - 5th TN - Federal
• G. W. Frank - 11th TN Cavalry- Federal
• The Tennessee State Library and Archives will provide copies of any of the above records for a fee. They will also provide copies of Union and Confederate service records for Tennessee residents only.
• The National Archives provides copies of both Confederate and Union Service Records and Union Pension Records. Form NAFT-85 can be obtained by following the instructions posted here.
• Heritage Quest has the following resources that may be rented or purchased:
• Tennessee Civil War Questionnaires on microfilm
• Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee (M231).
• ndex to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee (M392).
• Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee (M395).
• Other Links:
• Sgt. Vincent H. Kelly Camp # 1801 Sons of Confederate Veterans Middlesboro/Cumberland Gap, TN
• Robert B. Baker Civil War Research

Register Your Veteran of the Civil War War.

If you have ancestors from Loudon County who fought in the "War of the Rebellion" and would like to have them listed on the Civil War Veteran Index, please use the form below.

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Loudon County 
TNGenWeb Resources

Civil War Veteran Index
(names provided by descendants)

1890 Veteran's Census

Southern Claims Commission

Military Rosters

Loudon County and the Civil War

CW Veterans' Tombstone Photos

TNGenWeb Civil War 
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