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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Missouri|Missouri]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Missouri_Military_Records|Military Records]]''  
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Missouri|Missouri]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Missouri_Military_Records|Military Records]]''  


Many military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. United States Military Records provides more information on the federal military records and search strategies.  
Many military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. [[United States Military Records]] provides more information on the federal military records and search strategies.


== Revolutionary War (1775-1783) ==
=== Forts  ===
 
'''Civil War Forts:'''
 
*[http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/CapeGir.htm Cape Girardeau ]- Acutally contained 4 forts (A, B, C and D),
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hovey_(Fort_Curtis) Curtis], aka Hovey,
*[http://www.missouricivilwar.net/fort-davidson/index.htm Davidson],
*[http://www.rollanet.org/areainfo/nwhist.html Dette],
*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/hamer/messages/431.html Hamer],
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Insley Insley],
*[http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/index.aspx?NID=131 New Madrid],
*[http://crowcreeklongriders.blogspot.com/2008/07/2008-ride-recap.html Thompson],
*[http://mocivilwar150.com/attraction/156 Wyman]
 
'''Other Forts:'''
 
*[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/bellefontaine/fort.htm Fort Bellefontaine ]-- 1805- 1826   First United States fort west of Mississippi river.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Carondelet Fort Carondolet]
*Fort Celeste -- 1789-
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Orleans Fort Orleans]-- 1723-1728/9
*[http://lewisandclarktrail.com/section1/mocities/kansascity/fortosage/index.htm Fort Osage] --1808-1827; originally named Fort Clark
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Barracks_Military_Post Jefferson Barracks ]-- St. Louis Public Library owns the portion of the NARA microfilm set, ''Returns From U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916'', that includes Jefferson Barracks. Textual records of this fort, 1827-1909, 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).
 
For Missouri the following sources are also very helpful. Most are available at:
 
'''Office of the Adjutant General'''<br>1717 Industrial Drive<br>Jefferson City, MO 65101 <br>
 
Copies of many of the records are also available at the Family History Library and the St. Louis Public Library.
 
=== Revolutionary War (1775-1783) ===


An alphabetical list of soldiers, their birth dates, death dates, and military service is Alice Kinyoun Houts, ''Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Missouri'' (Family History Library {{FHL|148117|title-id|disp=book 977.8 M2ha}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2625615 Worldcat]).  
An alphabetical list of soldiers, their birth dates, death dates, and military service is Alice Kinyoun Houts, ''Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Missouri'' (Family History Library {{FHL|148117|title-id|disp=book 977.8 M2ha}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2625615 Worldcat]).  
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48124 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. IV] (Ancestry) ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48124 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. IV] (Ancestry) ($)


== War of 1812 (1812-1815) ==
=== War of 1812 (1812-1815) ===


St. Louis Public Library owns NARA's microfilm set, ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812''.  
St. Louis Public Library owns NARA's microfilm set, ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812''.  
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The St. Louis Public Library website provides a bibliography, [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/ldclaim.htm Bounty and Public Land Claims, 1788-1855: a Selected Bibliography of Items in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library].  
The St. Louis Public Library website provides a bibliography, [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/ldclaim.htm Bounty and Public Land Claims, 1788-1855: a Selected Bibliography of Items in the Collection of St. Louis Public Library].  


The [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI] is a database from the Missouri State Archives that provides information from service cards created by the Missouri Adjutant General's Office. The service cards include more than 576,00 Missouri soldiers who served in conflicts from the War of 1812 to World War I. The Missouri State Archives has a [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/abstract.asp brief description] of Missouri troops in the War of 1812.  
The [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI] is a database from the Missouri State Archives that provides information from service cards created by the Missouri Adjutant General's Office. The service cards include more than 576,00 Missouri soldiers who served in conflicts from the War of 1812 to World War I. The Missouri State Archives has a [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/abstract.asp brief description] of Missouri troops in the War of 1812.


== Civil War (1861-1865) ==
=== Mexican War (1846-1848) ===
 
The [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI] is a database from the Missouri State Archives that provides information from service cards created by the Missouri Adjutant General's Office. The service cards include more than 576,00 Missouri soldiers who served in conflicts from the War of 1812 to World War I. The Missouri State Archives has a [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/abstract.asp brief description] of Missouri troops in the War with Mexico.
 
=== Civil War (1861-1865) ===


[[Image:{{Battle of Wilson's Creek}}]]<br>See [[Missouri in the Civil War|Missouri in the Civil War]] for information about Missouri Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Missouri regiments involved in the Civil War.  
[[Image:{{Battle of Wilson's Creek}}]]<br>See [[Missouri in the Civil War|Missouri in the Civil War]] for information about Missouri Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Missouri regiments involved in the Civil War.  
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*[[Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Missouri, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]


== Spanish-American War (1898) ==
=== Spanish-American War (1898) ===


In addition to the federal records, the Missouri Adjutant General's office has muster rolls and an index to volunteers (Family History Library {{FHL|426861|title-id|disp=films 1021099-100}}).&nbsp; St. Louis Public Library owns the NARA microfilm set, ''General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection''.&nbsp;SLPL also provides on its website&nbsp;[http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/spanwar.htm a bibliography of items&nbsp;the&nbsp;Library&nbsp;owns about the Spanish-American War], including rosters, general histories, and regimental and battle histories.  
In addition to the federal records, the Missouri Adjutant General's office has muster rolls and an index to volunteers (Family History Library {{FHL|426861|title-id|disp=films 1021099-100}}).&nbsp; St. Louis Public Library owns the NARA microfilm set, ''General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection''.&nbsp;SLPL also provides on its website&nbsp;[http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/spanwar.htm a bibliography of items&nbsp;the&nbsp;Library&nbsp;owns about the Spanish-American War], including rosters, general histories, and regimental and battle histories.  
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The [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI] is a database from the Missouri State Archives that provides information from service cards created by the Missouri Adjutant General's Office. The service cards include more than 576,00 Missouri soldiers who served in conflicts from the War of 1812 to World War I. The Missouri State Archives has a [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/abstract.asp brief description] of Missouri troops in the Spanish-American War.  
The [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI] is a database from the Missouri State Archives that provides information from service cards created by the Missouri Adjutant General's Office. The service cards include more than 576,00 Missouri soldiers who served in conflicts from the War of 1812 to World War I. The Missouri State Archives has a [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/abstract.asp brief description] of Missouri troops in the Spanish-American War.  


== World War I (1917-1918) ==
=== World War I (1917-1918) ===


The Missouri Adjutant General's office has service files and bonus application papers. The latter often contain family information.  
The Missouri Adjutant General's office has service files and bonus application papers. The latter often contain family information.  
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The [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI] is a database from the Missouri State Archives that provides information from service cards created by the Missouri Adjutant General's Office. The service cards include more than 576,00 Missouri soldiers who served in conflicts from the War of 1812 to World War I. The Missouri State Archives has a [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/abstract.asp brief description] of Missouri troops in World War I.  
The [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers Missouri Soldier's Database: War of 1812 - WWI] is a database from the Missouri State Archives that provides information from service cards created by the Missouri Adjutant General's Office. The service cards include more than 576,00 Missouri soldiers who served in conflicts from the War of 1812 to World War I. The Missouri State Archives has a [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/abstract.asp brief description] of Missouri troops in World War I.  


== World War II (1941-1945) ==
=== World War II (1941-1945) ===


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== Forts  ==
<br>  
 
'''Civil War Forts:'''
 
[http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/CapeGir.htm Cape Girardeau ]- Acutally contained 4 forts (A, B, C and D),
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hovey_(Fort_Curtis) Curtis], aka Hovey,
 
[http://www.missouricivilwar.net/fort-davidson/index.htm Davidson],
 
[http://www.rollanet.org/areainfo/nwhist.html Dette],
 
[http://genforum.genealogy.com/hamer/messages/431.html Hamer],
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Insley Insley],
 
[http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/index.aspx?NID=131 New Madrid],
 
[http://crowcreeklongriders.blogspot.com/2008/07/2008-ride-recap.html Thompson],
 
[http://mocivilwar150.com/attraction/156 Wyman]
 
'''Other Forts:'''
 
[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/bellefontaine/fort.htm Fort Bellefontaine ]-- 1805- 1826&nbsp;&nbsp; First United States fort west of Mississippi river.
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Carondelet Fort Carondolet]
 
Fort Celeste -- 1789-
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Orleans Fort Orleans]-- 1723-1728/9
 
[http://lewisandclarktrail.com/section1/mocities/kansascity/fortosage/index.htm Fort Osage] --1808-1827; originally named Fort Clark
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Barracks_Military_Post Jefferson Barracks ]-- St. Louis Public Library owns the portion of the NARA microfilm set, ''Returns From U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916'', that includes Jefferson Barracks. Textual records of this fort, 1827-1909, 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).
 
For [[Missouri]] the following sources are also very helpful. Most are available at:
 
'''Office of the Adjutant General'''<br>1717 Industrial Drive<br>Jefferson City, MO 65101 <br>
 
Copies of many of the records are also available at the Family History Library and the St. Louis Public Library.


== Additional Records  ==
=== Additional Records  ===


[http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/cvwara.htm Divided State: Missouri Military Organizations in the Civil War] is an index on the St. Louis Public Library website&nbsp;of books and periodical articles about Missouri military organizations, Union and Confederate.&nbsp;There is also an article on the website about [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/mocivilwar.htm Missouri Union Militia Organizations].Further information about Missouri Civil War soldiers, regiments, and battles can be discovered in The Civil War In Missouri: a Selected, Annotated Bibliography (available on the website of St. Louis Public Library).&nbsp;  
[http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/cvwara.htm Divided State: Missouri Military Organizations in the Civil War] is an index on the St. Louis Public Library website&nbsp;of books and periodical articles about Missouri military organizations, Union and Confederate.&nbsp;There is also an article on the website about [http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/mocivilwar.htm Missouri Union Militia Organizations].Further information about Missouri Civil War soldiers, regiments, and battles can be discovered in The Civil War In Missouri: a Selected, Annotated Bibliography (available on the website of St. Louis Public Library).&nbsp;  
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The Family History Library has 214 microfilms of records in various collections created by the Missouri Adjutant General's office for service in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Seminole War, Mormon War, Heatherly War, Iowa War, Mexican War, and Civil War. The records include burial information, state militia rolls, and county enrollments.  
The Family History Library has 214 microfilms of records in various collections created by the Missouri Adjutant General's office for service in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Seminole War, Mormon War, Heatherly War, Iowa War, Mexican War, and Civil War. The records include burial information, state militia rolls, and county enrollments.  


== Web Sites  ==
=== Web Sites  ===


*[http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/browse.asp?id=13 Missouri Digital Heritage]  
*[http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/browse.asp?id=13 Missouri Digital Heritage]  
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*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/revolutionary/ Access Genealogy]
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/revolutionary/ Access Genealogy]


== References  ==
=== References  ===


''Missouri Research Outline.'' (Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President,  
''Missouri Research Outline.'' (Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President,  
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