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'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - An {{RecordSearch|1471019|Index to Pension Applications}} of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on FamilySearch. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | ||
== African-American Service Records == | === African-American Service Records === | ||
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 | ||