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=== Civil War (1861-1865) === | === Civil War (1861-1865) === | ||
Missouri soldiers served in both the Union and the Confederate armies. Indexes to the service records are available at the Family History Library. The federal service records are available at the National Archives. St. Louis Public Library also owns a copy of the NARA indexes and compiled military service records for Missouri Union and Confederate soldiers. SLPL also owns NARA's Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops. | Missouri soldiers served in both the Union and the Confederate armies. Indexes to the service records are available at the Family History Library. The federal service records are available at the National Archives. St. Louis Public Library also owns a copy of the NARA indexes and compiled military service records for Missouri Union and Confederate soldiers. SLPL also owns NARA's ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops''. | ||
Pension records of Confederate veterans and soldier's home admission applications are alphabetized and available on FHL films 1021101-27 and at the Missouri Adjutant General's office. The Family History Library has an index to the Union army pensions, but the actual files are only at the National Archives. | Pension records of Confederate veterans and soldier's home admission applications are alphabetized and available on FHL films 1021101-27 and at the Missouri Adjutant General's office. The Family History Library has an index to the Union army pensions, but the actual files are only at the National Archives. | ||
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A special 1890 census of Union veterans is at the National Archives and on FHL films 338186-93. A published index to this census is available. | A special 1890 census of Union veterans is at the National Archives and on FHL films 338186-93. A published index to this census is available. | ||
The Missouri State Archives includes in their collection a group of papers called the [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/provost/ Provost Marshal Papers]. These are records from the Union Army War Department. Many of the records pertain to Confederate citizens and sympathizers. These records span 1861-1866 and an index to the Missouri portion of the records is available online. 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 Missouri State Archives includes in their collection a group of papers called the [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/provost/ Provost Marshal Papers]. These are records from the Union Army War Department. Many of the records pertain to Confederate citizens and sympathizers. These records span 1861-1866 and an index to the Missouri portion of the records is available online. 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. | ||
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=== Spanish-American War (1898) === | === Spanish-American War (1898) === | ||