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=== Forts  ===
=== Forts  ===


{{wpd|Fort Caswell|Fort Watauga}}  
*{{wpd|Fort Caswell|Fort Watauga}}  
 
*Post of Chattanooga -- Textual records of this fort, 1864-1879, 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).  
Post of Chattanooga -- Textual records of this fort, 1864-1879, 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).  
*[http://fortloudoun.com/ Fort Loudoun] (1756-1760)  
 
*[http://lskingphotography.blogspot.com/2007/09/fort-marr.html Fort Marr]  
[http://fortloudoun.com/ Fort Loudoun] (1756-1760)  
*[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=F045 Fort Patrick Henry]  
 
*[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=F048 Fort San Fernando]  
[http://lskingphotography.blogspot.com/2007/09/fort-marr.html Fort Marr]  
 
[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=F045 Fort Patrick Henry]  
 
[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=F048 Fort San Fernando]  


=== Colonial Period (1600–1775)  ===
=== Colonial Period (1600–1775)  ===
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Some services offered by [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/bymail.htm mail and by e-mail].  
Some services offered by [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/bymail.htm mail and by e-mail].  


'''Cherokee Wars (Removal) (1836–1839)'''
'''Cherokee Disturbances and Removal (1836–1839)'''
 
*Douthat, James L. ''Volunteer Soldiers in the Cherokee War, 1836–39''. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1995. (Family History Library book {{FHL|6038272|disp=FHL 6038272}}].) This record contains a listing of the volunteer soldiers from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.


*Douthat, James L. ''Volunteer Soldiers in the Cherokee War, 1836–39''. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1995. (Family History Library book {{FHL|755956|title-id|disp=}}].) This record contains a listing of the volunteer soldiers from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
*"Indexes to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the Cherokee Disturbances and Removal in Organizations From the State of Tennessee and the Field and Staff of the Army of the Cherokee Nation" (NARA M908) ({{FHL|1205384|disp=FHL film 1205384}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17249016 Worldcat]) The Cherokees were removed to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The compiled military service records have not been microfilmed.
*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Indexes to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Cherokee Disturbances and Removal in Organizations from the State of Tennessee, and the Field and Staff of the Army of the Cherokee Nation.'' Washington D.C.: National Archives, 1972. (Family History Library film {{FHL|302008|title-id|disp=1205384}}). The record is in alphabetical order by surname. Entries include the soldier’s name, rank, regiment, and company.


=== Mexican War (1846–1848)  ===
=== Mexican War (1846–1848)  ===
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