Confederate papers

Question

I find an ancestor listed at Family Search with this:

Name:    Nimrod Long
Document Type:    Citizen
Document Number:    81
Affiliate Publication Title:    Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms
Affiliate Publication Number:    M346
Affiliate Film Number:    598
"United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW1S-2H3 : 4 December 2014), Nimrod Long, 1861-1865; from "Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-1865,"

What is ʻConfederate Papersʻ? Does it indicate he was a Confederate Soldier? In another citation he is Iowa Infantry - I need to learn about that, right?

Answer 1

The papers reproduced in this publication were created or received by the Confederate War and Treasury departments. Most are alphabetized vouchers that came into the custody of the US War Department after the Civil War. After being assembled in 1891-92, they were used to facilitate post-war claims cases filed by Southern citizens. The vouchers show goods furnished or services rendered by private citizens and firms to the Confederate government, establishing the disloyalty of Southern claimants.

Answer 2

You could read more about it here https://www.fold3.com/title/60/confederate-citizens-file#description. Even download the papers

Answer 3

From the info you gave it Looks like he wss a soldier in the Union Army
BATTLE UNIT NAME:
13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
SIDE:
Union
COMPANY:
I
SOLDIER'S RANK IN:
Private
SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:
Private
ALTERNATE NAME:
FILM NUMBER:
M541 ROLL 16
PLAQUE NUMBER:
NOTES:
none

Comments

Thank you for all the help, Alex.