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With the first permanent settlement at Plymouth, militias were formed to protect the early settlers. The most famous is the Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Bay established in 1637. This guide is an overview, war-by-war, of histories and published records for those who served. There were other skirmishes of a lesser degree not listed here. To learn about the myriad involvements, consult the wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wars United States Wars]. | With the first permanent settlement at Plymouth, militias were formed to protect the early settlers. The most famous is the Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Bay established in 1637. This guide is an overview, war-by-war, of histories and published records for those who served. There were other skirmishes of a lesser degree not listed here. To learn about the myriad involvements, consult the wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wars United States Wars]. | ||
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| <center>[[#mil04|Loyalist Resources]]</center> | | <center>[[#mil04|Loyalist Resources]]</center> | ||
| <center>[[#mil05|Revolutionary War<br>(1776-1783)]]</center> | | <center>[[#mil05|Revolutionary War<br>(1776-1783)]]</center> | ||
| <center>[[#mil06| | | <center>[[#mil06|Shaysl Rebellion<br>(1786-1787)]]</center> | ||
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| <center>[[#mil07|War of 1812<br>(1812-1815)]]</center> | | <center>[[#mil07|War of 1812<br>(1812-1815)]]</center> | ||
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<center>'''Revolutionary War'''</center> | <center>'''Revolutionary War'''</center> | ||
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*''Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. A compilation from the archives'' (Boston, 1896-1908), 17v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12601336 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|213956|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M23m v.# or film 238343 (1st of 17) or fiche 6046890}}.<br>Note: Entries are under the exact spelling in the record; therefore, always look for variant spellings. The most common spelling with have an entry listing all the other variants found in the records.<br>Digital database with all volumes found at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7726 Ancestry] ($). Select the digital link for individual volumes from the table below.<br> | *''Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. A compilation from the archives'' (Boston, 1896-1908), 17v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12601336 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|213956|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M23m v.# or film 238343 (1st of 17) or fiche 6046890}}.<br>Note: Entries are under the exact spelling in the record; therefore, always look for variant spellings. The most common spelling with have an entry listing all the other variants found in the records.<br>Digital database with all volumes found at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7726 Ancestry] ($). Select the digital link for individual volumes from the table below.<br> | ||
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*Craig R. Scott, ''The "Lost" Pensions: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838'' (Lovettsville, Va., 1996), [xi], 374 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34633606 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|767486|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2sL}}.<br> | *Craig R. Scott, ''The "Lost" Pensions: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838'' (Lovettsville, Va., 1996), [xi], 374 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34633606 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|767486|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2sL}}.<br> | ||
*Craig R. Scott, ''Revolutionary War Genealogy Research'' ([Baltimore], 2011), [4] pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746833636 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1948013|item|disp=FHL book 973 M27scr}}.<br> | *Craig R. Scott, ''Revolutionary War Genealogy Research'' ([Baltimore], 2011), [4] pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746833636 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1948013|item|disp=FHL book 973 M27scr}}.<br> | ||
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<center>'''Shays' Rebellion'''</center> | |||
The [http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/index.html Shays' Rebellion], named after one of the leaders, Daniel Shays, was an armed uprising in western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. Court records and newspapers chronicle this event, but there were no military records.<br> | |||
'''History:''' | |||
*Rock Brynner, "'Fire Beneath Our Feet': Shay's Rebellion and its Constitutional Impact," Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia Univ., 1993, vii, 320 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29673691 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br> | |||
*Bernard Donovan, "The Massachusetts Insurrection of 1786," Ph.D. Dissertation, Boston College, 1938.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37397577 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br> | |||
*Robert A. Feer, ''Shays's Rebellion'' (New York, 1988), vi, 597 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270712480 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br> | |||
*George Richards Minot, ''The History of the Insurrections in Massachusetts, in the year MDCCLXXVI, and the Rebellion Consequent thereon'' (Boston, 1788; 2nd ed., 1810; rep. New York, 1970+), iv, 192 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/historyofinsurre00min Internet Archive] (1810 ed.) and [http://books.google.com/books?id=dY4-AAAAYAAJ Google Books] (1819 ed.).<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85888081 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br> | |||
*Leonard L. Richards, ''Shays's Rebellion: the American Revolution's final battle'' (Philadelphia, 2002), x, 204 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48707026 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1123571|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2rL}}.<br> | |||
*Jonathan Smith, "The Depression of 1785 and Daniel Shays' Rebellion" in ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd Ser., 5 [1948]: 77-94.<br>Digital version at [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1920948 Jstor] (free online).<br> | |||
[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1920948 Jstor (free)].<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1607858 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|435110|item|disp=FHL book 973 H25w ser. 3 v. #}}.<br> | |||
*David Peter Szatmary, ''Shays' Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection'' (Amherst, Mass., 1980), xiv, 184 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5564258 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br> | |||
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