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
Recent Military Records
The following posts have references to military records or people who served in the military.
History of the town of Durham New Hampshire by Everett Stackpole is the primary source for genealogists with families who settled Oyster River New Hampshire,…
During the Indian wars various kinds of fortifications were built by the settlers along the Saco river. Some of these were put up by individuals…
Our grandfathers have related this old fireside story with much animation and circumstantiality. It has been handed down to us upon the historic page attended…
The Arnold family of Abington, one of the oldest in southeastern Massachusetts, is ably and worthily represented at the present time by Capt. Moses N.…
Aka Withers’ Light Artillery Company A — Ridley’s Battery, aka Jackson Light Artillery (raised in Hinds & Madison Counties, MS) Company B — Herrod’s Battery,…