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[[Portal:United States Military Records|Portal:United States Military Records]]>[[Washington|Washington]]  
[[Portal:United States Military Records|Portal:United States Military Records]]>[[Washington|Washington]]  


The [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military Records Research Outline]] provides more information on federal military records and search strategies.  
The [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military Records]] Wiki article provides more information on federal military records and search strategies.  


Many of the federal military records you'll want to use are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/resolveuid/5b064d1a23681998ba8ead6420975101 United States Research Outline] provides more information regarding the federal records. For Washington, the following sources are also very helpful:  
Many of the federal military records you'll want to use are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The [[United States|United States]] Wiki article provides more information regarding the federal records. For Washington, the following sources are also very helpful:  


=== Forts  ===
=== Forts  ===
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Fort Steilacoom 1849 -- Textual records of this fort, 1849-1868, 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).  
Fort Steilacoom 1849 -- Textual records of this fort, 1849-1868, 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).  


Fort Taylor
Fort Taylor  


Fort Townsend 1856 -- Textual records of this fort, 1865-1895, 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).  
Fort Townsend 1856 -- Textual records of this fort, 1865-1895, 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).  
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Fprt Walla Walla -- Textual records of this fort, 1856-1911, 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).  
Fprt Walla Walla -- Textual records of this fort, 1856-1911, 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).  


'''References'''
'''References'''  


''Encyclopedia of Indian Wars Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890''. By Gregory F. Michno. Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Mt. C 2003 ISBN 0-87842-468-7
''Encyclopedia of Indian Wars Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890''. By Gregory F. Michno. Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Mt. C 2003 ISBN 0-87842-468-7  


=== Civil War (1861-1865)  ===
=== Civil War (1861-1865)  ===


The Family History Library has the index to service records of Union volunteers from Washington Territory (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=317031&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol%20%20&columns=*,0,0 821948]) and the federal index to pension applications. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. The library also has a copy of a special census taken in 1890 of Union veterans of the Civil War (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ 338267]).
The Family History Library has the index to service records of Union volunteers from Washington Territory (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=317031&disp=Index+to+compiled+service+records+of+vol%20%20&columns=*,0,0 821948]) and the federal index to pension applications. The actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives. The library also has a copy of a special census taken in 1890 of Union veterans of the Civil War (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ 338267]).  


'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.
'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.  


=== Indian Wars (1798-1914)  ===
=== Indian Wars (1798-1914)  ===
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http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/  
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/  


http://www.archives.gov/
http://www.archives.gov/  


== References  ==
== References  ==


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Washington.ASP Washington Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
[[Washington|Washington]] Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
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