April 12, 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the first shot fired during the Civil War. I still remember how in awe I was the first time I held the discharge paper for a several Greats Grandfather. It amazed me that my ancestor fought and lived through the Civil War. It shouldn't surprise me since there were nearly 3.5 million soldiers and 600,000 deaths.
The Civil War affected nearly every family in the young nation. On wiki.familysearch.org they have listings of all the regiments from each state.
