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'''Office of the Adjutant General'''<br>1717 Industrial Drive<br>Jefferson City, MO 65101 <br> | '''Office of the Adjutant General'''<br>1717 Industrial Drive<br>Jefferson City, MO 65101 <br> | ||
Copies of many of the records are also available at the Family History Library and the St. Louis Public Library. | Copies of many of the records are also available at the Family History Library and the St. Louis Public Library. | ||
=== Revolutionary War (1775-1783) === | === Revolutionary War (1775-1783) === | ||
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Bounty land in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri was issued to soldiers who served in the War of 1812. Copies of the bounty land warrants are on 14 films at the Family History Library. The names of Missouri patentees are indexed on Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=290307&disp=War+of+1812%2C+military+bounty+land+warr%20%20&columns=*,0,0 983163]. The records provide the name of the soldier and his rank, unit, date of warrant, and the date the land was located. | Bounty land in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri was issued to soldiers who served in the War of 1812. Copies of the bounty land warrants are on 14 films at the Family History Library. The names of Missouri patentees are indexed on Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=290307&disp=War+of+1812%2C+military+bounty+land+warr%20%20&columns=*,0,0 983163]. The records provide the name of the soldier and his rank, unit, date of warrant, and the date the land was located. | ||
The St. Louis Public Library website provides a bibliography, [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/ldclaim.htm Bounty and Public Land Claims, 1788-1855: a Selected Bibliography of Items in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library]. | The St. Louis Public Library website provides a bibliography, [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/ldclaim.htm Bounty and Public Land Claims, 1788-1855: a Selected Bibliography of Items in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library]. | ||
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St. Louis County Library has placed on the internet [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/usctmo/usctmosoldiers.htm An Index to Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863–1865] (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894 – 6 rolls)This index has 5,500+ entries and can be browsed either by recruits’ names or by slave owners’ names. The index provides the following information:<br>• Recruit’s last name<br>• Recruit’s first name<br>• Age<br>• Birth State<br>• County of Birth<br>• Slave Owner<br>• County of Residence<br>• State of Residence<br>• Roll<br>• Frame | St. Louis County Library has placed on the internet [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/usctmo/usctmosoldiers.htm An Index to Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863–1865] (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894 – 6 rolls)This index has 5,500+ entries and can be browsed either by recruits’ names or by slave owners’ names. The index provides the following information:<br>• Recruit’s last name<br>• Recruit’s first name<br>• Age<br>• Birth State<br>• County of Birth<br>• Slave Owner<br>• County of Residence<br>• State of Residence<br>• Roll<br>• Frame | ||
The U.S. Congress allowed slave owners whose slaves were serving in the Military Service to request compensation for that slave. The claim was based on the slave's military service. Therefore [http://www.slcl.org/sc/pdfs/slv_claim_art_1_13_soldier.pdf The Index to Slave Compensation Claims found in the Compiled Service Records of U.S. Colored Troops, 18th Regiment Infantry] also provides information on the soldier. These records were placed in the soldier's military file. | |||
'''Provost Marshal Papers'''<br>The Missouri State Archives includes in their collection a group of papers called the Provost Marshal Papers. These are records from the Union Army War Department. Many of the records pertain to Confederate citizens and sympathizers. Some of them specifically deal with the confiscation and destruction of property in Missouri by Confederate forces in 1864. These records span 1861-1866 and an index to the Missouri portion of the records is available [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/provost/ online.] | '''Provost Marshal Papers'''<br>The Missouri State Archives includes in their collection a group of papers called the Provost Marshal Papers. These are records from the Union Army War Department. Many of the records pertain to Confederate citizens and sympathizers. Some of them specifically deal with the confiscation and destruction of property in Missouri by Confederate forces in 1864. These records span 1861-1866 and an index to the Missouri portion of the records is available [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/provost/ online.] | ||
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Copies of the records can be obtained by contacting the Missouri State Archives. St. Louis Public Library owns the portion of the NARA microfilm set, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, that includes prisoners at Alton and Camp Douglas in Illinois, and Myrtle and Gratiot Street Prisons in St. Louis. | Copies of the records can be obtained by contacting the Missouri State Archives. St. Louis Public Library owns the portion of the NARA microfilm set, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, that includes prisoners at Alton and Camp Douglas in Illinois, and Myrtle and Gratiot Street Prisons in St. Louis. | ||
The Provost Marshal papers are also available on FHL films 1449483-1449494, 1527305-1527404, and 1534697-1534778. | The Provost Marshal papers are also available on FHL films 1449483-1449494, 1527305-1527404, and 1534697-1534778. | ||
=== Spanish-American War (1898) === | === Spanish-American War (1898) === | ||
In addition to the federal records, the Missouri Adjutant General's office has muster rolls and an index to volunteers (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=426861&disp=Military+records%2C+Spanish-American+W++ films 1021099-100]). St. Louis Public Library owns the NARA microfilm set, ''General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection''. SLPL also provides on its website [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/spanwar.htm a bibliography of items the Library owns about the Spanish-American War], including rosters, general histories, and regimental and battle histories. | In addition to the federal records, the Missouri Adjutant General's office has muster rolls and an index to volunteers (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=426861&disp=Military+records%2C+Spanish-American+W++ films 1021099-100]). St. Louis Public Library owns the NARA microfilm set, ''General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection''. SLPL also provides on its website [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/spanwar.htm a bibliography of items the Library owns about the Spanish-American War], including rosters, general histories, and regimental and battle histories. | ||
=== World War I (1917-1918) === | === World War I (1917-1918) === | ||