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Making ample use of record facsimiles and other illustrations, Segars discusses the principal public records bearing on Confederate veterans, such as compiled military service records, pension records, cemetery, hospital and P.O.W. war data, as well as the principal repositories where they can be found. Succeeding chapters treat printed sources on the Civil War, published and unpublished, in and out of print; the organization of Confederate military units, from the company on up, and the sources related to them; and what to look for in Southern state archives and libraries. The definitive guide to finding one's Confederate heritage.