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Introduction
Antebellum Nebraska Territory was a slavery-free region. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 had established the 40th parallel north as the dividing line between the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It had also repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries. Nebraska residents, many of them migrants from the Northern United States, chose to exclude slavery from their territory.[1]
Anti-secession feelings ran strong in the fledgling Nebraska Territory. Seward County was originally called Greene County, after a popular U.S. Army general from Missouri. But after General Greene joined the Confederacy, the county was renamed Seward for William H. Seward, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State.
As the war began in April 1861, Algernon Paddock was serving as the territorial secretary, the highest office. On May 15, Alvin Saunders, a staunch Republican and supporter of President Lincoln, was sworn in as the formal Governor of Nebraska Territory. He served in that capacity throughout the war
When the war started, U.S. Regular Army troops were withdrawn from Fort Kearny and Fort Randall to serve in more threatened areas, increasing risk to Nebraska settlers from Indian attacks. The Federal government requested that the Nebraska Territory form one volunteer regiment, with some companies supposed to stay behind to protect the territory. The territorial legislature met in special session in Omaha, and agreed to raise the requested local defense force. Thus, the 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry was formed in June and July 1861, with the future governor of Nebraska and the Wyoming Territory, John Milton Thayer, as its first colonel. However, the promise was reneged, and the regiment was sent eastward in August to fight the Confederacy.
Free Sites
Union
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: Grave Registration
Paid Sites
American Civil War Database Annual Membership $25, visitor pass $10. I haven't used this site, so cannot review.
Fold3 Annual Membership, $79.95. Coupons and discounts are available online for certain groups, including veterans. An Ancestry site. Has many military record images (not all), census records. Navagation/searches can be difficult. Record images are very good. 7 Day Free Trial could be used if you amass a number of searches and complete them at one time. NOTE: Check the project page for members who are willing to do a look up based upon their membership.
Categories Existing on WikiTree
Nebraska POW Camps
There are no recognized Civil War POW Camps in Nebraska
Cemeteries
Nebraska Units UNION
Cemeteries
National Parks Service records search for national cemeteries.
VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Conflicts in Nebraska
There are no recognized Civil War Conflicts in Nebraska
Flags
Animated flags available at: AB Flags NOTE: Disclaimer is required when used. This can be placed under comments on the photo page.
Maps
Civil War Battle Maps, listed by state
State maps available at: Digital Topo Maps. NOTE: A disclaimer is required when used. This can be placed under the comments on the photo page.
Medals
Museums
Timeline of Events in Nebraska
County Resources
Adams County
Antelope County
Arthur County
Banner County
Blaine County
Boone County
Box Butte County
Boyd County
Brown County
Buffalo County
Burt County Butler County Cass County Cedar County Chase County Cherry County Cheyenne County Clay County Colfax County Cuming County Custer County Dakota County Dawes County Dawson County Deuel County Dixon County Dodge County Douglas County Dundy County Fillmore County Franklin County Frontier County Furnas County Gage County Garden County Garfield County Gosper County Grant County Greeley County Hall County Hamilton County Harlan County Hayes County Hitchcock County Holt County Hooker County Howard County Jefferson County Johnson County Kearney County Keith County Keya Paha County Kimball County Knox County Lancaster County Lincoln County Logan County Loup County Madison County McPherson County Merrick County Morrill County Nance County Nemaha County Nuckolls County Otoe County Pawnee County Perkins County Phelps County Pierce County Platte County Polk County Red Willow County Richardson County Rock County Saline County Sarpy County Saunders County Scotts Bluff County Seward County Sheridan County Sherman County Sioux County Stanton County Thayer County Thomas County Thurston County Valley County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Wheeler County York County
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