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Additional Mormon Battalion sources include:  

*Tyler, Daniel. ''A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846–1847''. Waynesboro, Virginia.: M & R Books, 1964. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=284596&disp=A+concise+history+of+the+Mormon+Battalio%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 M2td; film 928153 item 5])  

*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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=572581&disp=A+database+of+the+Mormon+Battalion%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 M2Lar; film 1592751 item 5]) A second edition was published in 1997 (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=720801&disp=A+database+of+the+Mormon+Battalion%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 M2lar 1997]) 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.  

Iowa provided over 76,000 troops to the Civil War, of which 13,000 died. An index to the compiled military service records is:  

For lists of the soldiers by regiment, see volumes 1–5 of the following:  

For a list of the Civil War soldiers living in Iowa in 1886, see the book, ''List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Living in Iowa'', mentioned previously. The Civil War soldiers are listed by the state from which they served, then by their regiment and then alphabetically.  

After the Civil War, veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). At its peak in the 1890s, the GAR had posts and members throughout Iowa. Post records give the name, birth date, birthplace (town and state), war record (regiment, enlistment date, date mustered out), wife’s name and sometimes, the names and residences of children and parents. For the index and post records, see:  

Three guidebooks to Iowa Civil War information are:  

=== Spanish-American War, 1898, and Philippine Insurrection, 1898–1902  ===

For published rosters of those who served in these conflicts, see pages 275-782 in volume six of:  

=== World War I, 1917–1918  ===

World War I draft registration cards for men ages 18 to 45, may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For registration cards for Iowa see:  

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

The Iowa Adjutant General’s Office kept lists of men between the ages of 18 and about 50 from each county, who were subject to military (militia) service. These lists began in the Civil War and continued into the early 1900s. The lists are available for each county and are often arranged by township. They contain names, ages, and sometimes occupations. The original lists are at the State Historical Society in Des Moines. Microfilm copies are at the Family History Library:  

For information on Iowa Veterans buried out of state, see the "Cemeteries" section of this outline.