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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nebraska|Nebraska]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nebraska|Nebraska]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nebraska_Military_Records|Military Records]]'' | ||
Many military records are found at the National Archives, the Family History Library, and other federal and state archives. For Nebraska the following sources are also very helpful. | Many military records are found at the National Archives, the Family History Library, and other federal and state archives. For Nebraska the following sources are also very helpful. | ||
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'''Camp Sheridan''' -- Textual records of this fort, 1874-1881, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). | '''Camp Sheridan''' -- Textual records of this fort, 1874-1881, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). | ||
[http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=a617c2c1-5369-47f1-89dc-6643842851bd&gid=3 '''Fort Sidney'''] -- Originally established in 1867 as Sidney Barracks as a temporary camp to protect Union Pacific Railroad workers. It was relocated and renamed Fort Sidney in 1870. The fort closed in 1894. The site is memorialized by a Nebraska Historical Marker. Textual records of this fort, 1869-1894, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). The remains of soldiers buried at Fort Sidney were relocated to [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/ftmcpherson.asp Fort McPherson National Cemetery] on August 10, 1922. | [http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=a617c2c1-5369-47f1-89dc-6643842851bd&gid=3 '''Fort Sidney'''] -- Originally established in 1867 as Sidney Barracks as a temporary camp to protect Union Pacific Railroad workers. It was relocated and renamed Fort Sidney in 1870. The fort closed in 1894. The site is memorialized by a Nebraska Historical Marker. Textual records of this fort, 1869-1894, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). The remains of soldiers buried at Fort Sidney were relocated to [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/ftmcpherson.asp Fort McPherson National Cemetery] on August 10, 1922. | ||
=== War of 1812 (1812-1815) === | === War of 1812 (1812-1815) === | ||
==== Explanation of the Major Record Types ==== | |||
=== Mexican War (1846-1848) === | *Pearson, Thomas A., comp. [http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/genealogicalrecordswarof1812.htm Genealogical Records of the War of 1812]: an Introduction and Selected Bibliography of Materials in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library. (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Public Library, July 2004). | ||
==== Service Records ==== | |||
*Nebraska. Secretary of State. ''Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion Residing in Nebraska, June 1st, 1891''. Lincoln, Nebraska: State Journal Company, 1892. (Family History Library {{FHL|12822|title-id|disp=book 978.2 M2n; film 844966 item 4; fiche 6010064}}) ([http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=23886 Ancestry])-($) ([http://books.google.com/books?id=skNoudSq0bYC Google Books]) | |||
=== Mexican War (1846-1848) === | |||
*Nebraska. ''Secretary of State. Roster of Veterans of the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars Residing in Nebraska, 1915''. Lincoln, Nebraska: Secretary of State, [1915]. (Not at Family History Library) | *Nebraska. ''Secretary of State. Roster of Veterans of the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars Residing in Nebraska, 1915''. Lincoln, Nebraska: Secretary of State, [1915]. (Not at Family History Library) | ||