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*''Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa'' <ref>''Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa''. Marceline, Missouri.: Walsworth, 1978. (Family History Library {{FHL|171076|title-id|disp=book 977.7 D3d}}) </ref>This book was compiled by the Abigail Adams Chapter of the [http://www.isdar.org/chapters.htm Daughters of the American Revolution] in Des Moines, Iowa. It contains birth, marriage, and death information about soldiers, their parents, children, and grandchildren. About 42 veterans are listed.

Iowa was not settled until after the War of 1812, but many men who fought in that war settled in Iowa. See [[United States Military Records|United States Military Records]] for national indexes and records.  

*Iowa. Adjutant General’s Office. ''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa'' <ref>''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa''. Des Moines, Iowa: G. E. Roberts, State Printer, 1886. (Family History Library {{FHL|322671|title-id|disp=book 977.7 M22ig; film 982150}}) </ref>This book lists men living in Iowa in 1886 who served in the War of 1812 and later wars. It also gives each man’s name, rank, state from which he served, and sometimes, the company or regiment in which he served.

*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1586 Wisconsin soldiers who served in the Black Hawk War] (Wisconsin Historical Society) - Transcription of Wisconsin Muster Rolls from the Black Hawk War. Lists soldiers in the 18 companies of "Iowa" militia (i.e., Iowa Co, Michigan Territory), plus the Menominee and Potawatomie warriors and one militia company raised at Green Bay.

For the earliest Iowa military records, beginning about 1837 with muster rolls and military post records, see the ''Territorial Papers of Iowa, 1838–1852'', which is mentioned in the [[Iowa History|Iowa History]].  

The book mentioned above, ''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa,'' <ref>''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa''. Des Moines, Iowa: G. E. Roberts, State Printer, 1886. (Family History Library {{FHL|322671|title-id|disp=book 977.7 M22ig; film 982150}}) </ref>pages 734–751, lists 34 men from Iowa who served in the War with Mexico and who were living in Iowa in 1886. Hundreds of men from other states who served in the war are also listed by the state from which they served. In addition, each man’s name, rank, regiment, company, and post office address are listed.  

*''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Mexican War in Mormon Organizations''. <ref>United States. Record and Pension Office. ''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Mexican War in Mormon Organizations''. National Archives Microfilm Publications; M0351. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1961. (Family History Library {{FHL|316430|title-id|disp=films 471465 and 471517–18}}) </ref>These records are alphabetical by the name of the soldier and contain abstracts from company muster rolls and returns.  

*''A Database of the Mormon Battalion: An Identification of the Original Members of the Mormon Battalion'' <ref>Larson, Carl V., comp. and ed. ''A Database of the Mormon Battalion: An Identification of the Original Members of the Mormon Battalion''. Providence, Utah: Keith W. Watkins and Sons, 1987. (Family History Library {{FHL|572581|title-id|disp=book 973 M2Lar; film 1592751 item 5}}) A second edition was published in 1997 (Family History Library {{FHL|720801|title-id|disp=book 973 M2lar 1997}}) </ref>The soldiers are listed alphabetically, and the book provides birth date, birthplace, parents’ names, spouse’s name, marriage date, death date and place, place of burial, service records, pension records, and sometimes, physical description.  

*''Selected Pension Applications Files for Members of the Morman [sic] Battalion, Mexican War, 1846–48'' <ref>United States. Bureau of Pensions. ''Selected Pension Applications Files for Members of the Morman [sic] Battalion, Mexican War, 1846–48''. Washington, DC: National Archives and Record Service, 1934. (Family History Library{{FHL|36152|title-id|disp=films 480129–49}}) </ref>The files are generally in alphabetical order.

See [[Iowa in the Civil War|Iowa in the Civil War]] for information about Iowa Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Iowa regiments involved in the Civil War. The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching more about the soldiers and their families.  

For published rosters of those who served in the Apanish-American War, see pages 275-782 in volume six of:  

*''Roster and Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion'' (Family History Library {{FHL|27|title-id|disp=film 390835}}) (Cited fully under the heading Civil War on this page.)

For published rosters of those who served in the Philippine Insurrection, see pages 275-782 in volume six of:  

=== World War II (1941-1945)  ===

=== Military Discharge Records, 1860s–1950s  ===

Military records for Iowa are listed in the Locality Search of the [[The Family History Library|The Family History Library Catalog]] under:  

::*IOWA, [COUNTY] - MILITARY RECORDS

== References  ==

[[Category:Iowa|Military]]