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WPA Card File, explained in [[Indiana Land and Property]] and [[Indiana Genealogy]].  

A list of many Indiana forts and camps is found at the [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/in.html#azatlan American Forts East] website. A brief description is given for each location.<br>  

*Fort McDonald, Maxwell's Fort, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Recovery Fort Recovery] 1793-96,&nbsp;[http://sharipowell.blogspot.com/2010/09/history-fort-quiatenon-by-sharon-powell.html Fort Quiatenon],&nbsp; Fort Thurman,&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallonia,_Indiana Fort Valonia], White Oak Springs Fort (Pride's Fort),

The Revolutionary War was fought before Indiana became a territory in 1800. Many veterans of the war came to Indiana. There are many nationwide indexes of Revolutionary War soldiers. For information about these indexes, see the United States Military Records Wiki article, "[[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War]]" section.  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48124 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. IV] (Ancestry) ($)

[[Image:William Henry Harrison.jpg|thumb|right|250px|William Henry Harrison.jpg]] The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.<br> <br>  

There are helpful nationwide records for soldiers of the War of 1812. For more information, see [[United States in the War of 1812|United States in the War of 1812]]''.''  

'''Black Hawk War (1832)'''  

''Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892–1926''. See the [[United States Indian Wars, 1780-s-1890-s|U.S. Military Records]] Wiki article for the full citation.  

The Mexican War was caused by the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845. Most volunteer regiments were from southern states. Records of Mexican War veterans might exist in a state where the veteran later resided. <br>  

*Robarts, William Hugh. ''Mexican War Veterans&nbsp;: A Complete Roster of the Regular and Volunteer Troops in the War Between the United States and Mexico, from 1846-1848…'' Washington, D.C.&nbsp;: Brentano’s, 1887. {{FHL|1854496|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2rwh}} Digital version available at [http://archive.org/details/mexicanwarvetera00roba Internet Archive].<br>

''Index to Indiana Volunteers in the Mexican War.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library film {{FHL|544923|title-id|disp=1556874}}). The cards include the soldier’s name, regiment, length of service, when and where he was enrolled and mustered, his age, physical description, and when and where he was discharged and mustered out.  

*Indiana's Mexican War Veterans at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (1904)

[[Image:{{IndianaSoldiersMonument}}]] See [[Indiana in the Civil War|Indiana in the Civil War]] for information about Indiana Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about&nbsp;the Indiana regiments involved in the Civil War. The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching the families of the soldiers.  

*Veterans Who Died at Indiana State Soldiers Home, Lafayette, Indiana (1916-1917)

For the period between the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, the Indiana State Militia was active. Records for 1872 to 1896 are available from the Indiana State Archives. [[Indiana Archives and Libraries]] has the address. These records are not available at the Family History Library.  

The Spanish-American War was largely fought in Cuba and the Philippines. Spanish-American War records might exist in the state from which the soldier served or in a state where the veteran later resided.  

Click on the link to learn more about the [[Spanish-American War, 1898|Spanish American War]].  

World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. Over four million men and women served from the United States.  

*Roster of 139th Field Artillery in World War I (1917-1918) ($) [http://www.indgensoc.org Indiana Genealogical Society])

On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations related to WWII. The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the “Old Man’s Registration” or the “Old Man’s Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records.  

[[World War II United States Military Records, 1941 to 1945|World War II United States Military Records]] provides additional information.  

The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). See the [[United States Korean War 1950 to 1953|Korean War ]] wiki article for information on records and their availability.  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1033 Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957] $<br>  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8850 Korean War Prisoners of War, 1950-1954] $<br>

The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). See the [[United States Vietnam War 1964 to 1972|Vietnam War]] wiki article for information on records and their availability.  

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*Veterans at Soldiers Home, Marion, Indiana (1890) (free, [http://www.indgensoc.org Indiana Genealogical Society])

*Officers of the Indiana National Guard (1879, 1882, 1886, 1893, 1895) ($, [http://www.indgensoc.org Indiana Genealogical Society)]

*http://myindianahome.net/gen/jeff/records/military/index.html  

*http://aad.archives.gov/aad/index.jsp

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