| Introduction to the Revised Edition | 1 | ||
| Foreword Why Search for Confederate Ancestors? | 4 | ||
| Chapter 1 How to Begin | 9 | ||
| Chapter 2 Search for Federal Population Census Records | 18 | ||
| Chapter 3 Discovering Confederate Records | 38 | ||
| Chapter 4 Notable Sources for Confederate History | 56 | ||
| Chapter 5 Your Ancestor's Confederate Military Unit | 74 | ||
| Chapter 6 Conducting Research in Southern State Archives and Libraries | 88 | ||
| Chapter 7 Beyond the Discovery of Confederate Ancestors | 101 | ||
| Epilogue | 121 | ||
| Acknowledgments | 125 |