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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Revolutionary_War_Service_Records|Service Records]]''

*The Family History Library {{FSC|1004005|disp=FS Library films 1004005–008}}

*''General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers, Sailors, and Members of Army Staff Departments''. NARA M860. (FS Library films {{FSC|88284|disp=88284–98}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24024284 Worldcat]) Alphabetical index including soldiers, sailors, members of Army staff departments, and civilian employees of the Army and Navy, such as teamsters, carpenters, laundresses, and cooks. For each soldier or civilian, the index lists the name, rank, unit, and profession or office.  

*''Index to Revolutionary War Service Records'' (four volumes) by Virgil D. White (FS Library book {{FSC|973 M22wv|disp=973 M22wv}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32816867 Worldcat]). This is a transcription from film M860 listed above. Entries include name, unit, and rank.

 

*''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=American+chaplains+of+the+Revolution&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= American Chaplains of the Revolution].'' Louisville, Kentucky: National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1991. (Family History Library 973 Al no. 311.) This is an alphabetical list of chaplains in the Continental Line, State Militia, and Continental Navy. It includes information such as birth, death, marriage, where lived, and service information, both ecclesiastical and military.  

*Claghorn, Charles E.[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=Women+patriots+of+the+American+Revolution++a+biographical+dictionary&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= ''Women Patriots of the American Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary'']. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1991. (Family History Library 973 H26c.) Identifies over 5,000 women who rendered patriot service with brief biographical sketches on 600 women.  

*Greene, Robert Ewell. ''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Black+courage%2C+1775-1783++documentation+of+black+participation+in+the+American+Revolution&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Black Courage, 1775–1783: Documentation of Black Participation in the American Revolution]''. Washington, D.C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1984. (Family History Library 973 M2gb.) Contains biographical sketches which include soldier’s military unit; physical description; when enlisted; battles fought; pensioned; birth, marriage, and death dates and places; names of wives and children; and if the soldier was free or slave. An additional list of soldiers, pensioners, and prisoners of war with military unit and state is included.  

*Williams, Eugene Franklin. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Soldiers+of+God%2C+the+chaplains+of+the+Revolutionary+War&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= ''Soldiers of God: the Chaplains of the Revolutionary War'']. New York, New York: Carlton Press, 1975. (Family History Library 973 D3wil.) A history of chaplains’ service during the Revolution. Contains biographical sketches, including military unit and dates served and other genealogical data. <!--{12061290665150} --><!--{12061290665151} -->