An extensive listing of American military records found online for personal, genealogy and professional researchers, includes much free and searchable data. Because the military, being the archetype of bureaucratic organizations, has kept detailed records, these records are an invaluable source of information about servicemen and women and the families they may have left behind. Aside from the additional information to family stories, consider what these records represent in the history of the world.
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- Indian Wars 1614-1893
- Pequot Indian War, 1634-1638
- King Philip’s War Records, 1675-1676
- History of King Philip’s War
- King Philip’s War – Indian Wars
- King William’s War, 1689-1697
- Seminole Indian Wars, 1717-1835-1842-1855-1858
- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
- Dunmore’s War, 1774
- Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
- Creek Indian Wars, 1811-1814-1842
- War of 1812, 1812-1814
- Blackhawk War, 1832
- Republic of Texas, 1835-1846
- US Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Sioux Indian Wars, 1854 – 1890
- Civil War Records, 1861-1865
- Spanish American War, 1898-1902
- World War I, 1914-1919
- World War II, 1935-1945 (US entered 1941)
- Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
- Vietnam War Casualty List, 1961-1969
- Military Cemeteries
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The following posts have references to military records or people who served in the military.
St. Charles County’s Participation in the World War
Perry sesquicentennial, Erie, Pa., May 29-Sept. 10, 1963
The History of Moultrie County and Sullivan, Illinois
Robert Eden Martin has created a web site dedicated primarily to the history of Moultrie…
History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire
Garrisons, Block-Houses, and Forts in the Saco Valley
During the Indian wars various kinds of fortifications were built by the settlers along the…