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The United States has kept records of the people who have served in its military since the formation of the country and it is amazing how much genealogical information these records contain. Because these records were created at the time the event happened, military records are considered primary genealogy records.
Below is a list of U.S. wars for which there are federal records:
Revolutionary War, 1775-83
Indian Wars, 1780s-1800
War of 1812, 1812-15
Mexican War, 1846-48
Civil War, 1861-65
Spanish-American War, 1898
Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1902
World War I, 1917-18
World War II, 1941-45
Korean War, 1950-53
Vietnam War, 1965-73
Gulf War, 1991
Records of military service before the Revolutionary War are kept in the
state archives. Confederate records from the Civil War are also found in state archives and you can get information on how to order
Confederate Pension Records.
Types of Records The Federal military records typically used for genealogy are:
Enlistment and service records
Pension records
Service Records According to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), service records will contain enlistment/appointment, duty stations and assignments, training, qualifications, performance, awards and medals, disciplinary actions, insurance, emergency data, administrative remarks, separation, discharge, retirement, and other personnel actions.
Most service records include your ancestor's rank, age, physical description, marital status, occupation, city of birth, and place of residence at enlistment.
Pension Records Most genealogists are interested in their ancestor's pension records because these are the records that provide the most genealogical data.
The federal government has kept a pension file on every veteran pension applicant.
Pension files contain the supporting documentation for the pension application such as marriage certificates, children's birth certificates, death certificate, interviews and physicals. Most pension records include spouse’s name, rank, military unit, length of enlistment, and residence at time of application. If you are lucky, you will also find children's names, names of deceased wives, physical description, marriage certificates and children's birth certificates. And if you are really lucky, you will find letters written by the veteran and a photograph of the veteran.
The federal government has published indexed lists of pensioners at different times in history. These lists give the soldier’s name, service information, age, death date, and even his or her heirs. The index can be used to expedite requests to NARA for the complete soldier pension records,
Pension Index for 1792-95, 1813, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1823, 1828, 1831, 1835, 1840, 1849, 1857, 1883, and 1899 are found in the U. S. Congressional Serial Set located in federal repository libraries or in the libraries of most major universities.
Pension Index for 1861-1934 (Ancestry.com) which includes the Civil War and the Spanish-American War is available online.
Free Trial.
Federal censuses of
1840,
1890 Veterans Schedule, and
1910 list veterans and pensioners. You can
view original census records online at Ancestry.com
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Other ways to determine if your ancestor served in the military and possibly received a pensionKeep in mind that sometimes a person entered under a false name, that there could be spelling variations, or that your ancestor may have crossed county or even state lines to enlist.
Locate your ancestor's obituary. Very often, a veteran's service record is listed. Write or call the local library where your ancestor died. Many libraries will do look-ups. You have to know an approximate death date.
Check the newspaper of his locality during the war. (Hint: Many
historical newspapers are now online). Sometimes during the war, there were articles about the local men and their units
Many county histories written in the late 1800's and later contain individual biographical sketches which mention military service and usually include regiment, years served, battles fought (Hint: Many
County History Books are now online).
Locate his tombstone. Again, many times a veteran's regiment is written on his tombstone.
Ask the Historical Society located in your ancestor's county.
There is the good source at the Library of Congress: 'The Index of Old Wars Pension File- 1815 - 1926, CS 68.W 477 1993'. The index covers the Civil War, Mexican War and World War I. Some large Public Libraries have this index.
Check the 1840, 1890, and 1910
federal census which lists veterans and pensioners.
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Check the Ancestry Civil War (and Spanish American War)
Pension Index. This
article describes how to use this index to get more information about your ancestor.
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - National Park Service in collaboration with others is constructing a complete and searchable database of Civil War veterans.
Carlisle Military History Institute
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Civil War Records - research aides, descriptions of records
Microfilm Publication T288. General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Microfilm Publication M123. Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War
How to request Military Service Records and Pension Records You may write to the The National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC at the following addresses: E-mail
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