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                                      Military Records

Records can be kept at War & Navy Departments or state agencies. Most records are kept at the National Archives.

               Types of Records

Muster Rolls

Payrolls

Rosters

returns

Correspondence

Prisoner of War

Solider's Homes

Burials

                   Types of Wars

Revolutionary War 1775-1783

Post Revolutionary War 1784-1811

War of 1812 1812-1815

Indian Wars 1816-1858

Civil War Union 1861-1865

Civil War Confederate 1861-1865

Spanish War 1898-1899

Philippine Insurrection 1899-1902

Patriot War 1838

Mexican War 1846-1848

World War I 1917-1918

World War II 1941-1945

I hope this will help in your search of your ancestor's who served our country.