Using the Summary Guide to Records of the Confederate States of America

• Select Search the Summary Guide to Records of the Confederate States of America
• Choose the Summary Guide to Records of the Confederate States of America to see the entire listing or one of the subdivisions to link to the listing of records series for that subdivision
• Records are divided into subdivisions or subgroups, which correspond to the administrative units who created, inherited, or received the record
• Within each subgroup, records are listed by regiment number
• Certain terms and abbreviations occur in the series entries
• Each series entry is composed of the:
• series/call number
• name of the records creator (branch of government)
• title of the record series
• inclusive date span of the series (i.e., the earliest date and the latest date represented in the series)
• bulk dates, where applicable (time period into which most of the records fall)
• quantity of the series (amount of cubic feet, volumes, microfilm reels, or other unit)
• statement of restriction on use or terms governing access of the series
• For container listings, see SCArchCat, the online catalog to our holdings which also gives additional information for many series and allows searching by keyword, subjects, and titles at each level (series, record group, container/folder, or item) or all levels combined
• Researchers interested in obtaining more information about record series should contact the State Archives and identify the series/call number and series title when making an inquiry

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