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=== Forts ===
Fort Washington
=== Colonial Wars (1607-1763)  ===
=== Colonial Wars (1607-1763)  ===


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The Confederate pension records from 1888 to 1928 are only at the Virginia State Library.  
The Confederate pension records from 1888 to 1928 are only at the Virginia State Library.  


Further Library of Virginia online databases include:  [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas11&local_base=CLAS11 Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts], [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas16&local_base=clas16 Robert E. Lee Soldier's Home Applications for Admission], [http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/notes/CivilWarbib.pdf Selected Civil War Resources in the Personal Papers and Military Records Collections...], the [http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil/connavy/index.htm Confederate Navy Index], and the [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas65&local_base=CLAS65 Index to the Confederate Magazine].
Further Library of Virginia online databases include:  [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas11&local_base=CLAS11 Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts], [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas16&local_base=clas16 Robert E. Lee Soldier's Home Applications for Admission], [http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/notes/CivilWarbib.pdf Selected Civil War Resources in the Personal Papers and Military Records Collections...], the [http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil/connavy/index.htm Confederate Navy Index], and the [http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas65&local_base=CLAS65 Index to the Confederate Magazine].  


'''Published Sources'''  
'''Published Sources'''  
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For records of national old soldier homes, including the home in Richmond, Virginia, see:  
For records of national old soldier homes, including the home in Richmond, Virginia, see:  


United States. Veterans Administration. ''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1937''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 282 FHL films.) Includes general indexes for twelve homes, but some volumes are indexed separately. These Historical Registers may list the soldier's name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, place of birth, age, physical description, religion, occupation, previous residence, marital status, nearest relative, pension, soldier home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, or cause of death. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
United States. Veterans Administration. ''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1937''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 282 FHL films.) Includes general indexes for twelve homes, but some volumes are indexed separately. These Historical Registers may list the soldier's name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, place of birth, age, physical description, religion, occupation, previous residence, marital status, nearest relative, pension, soldier home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, or cause of death. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
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=== World War I (1917-1918)  ===
=== World War I (1917-1918)  ===
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For a list of 8,777 war dead, see:  
For a list of 8,777 war dead, see:  


Hemphill, W. Edwin, ed. ''Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War.''''''''''''''Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia World War II History Commission, 1947. (FHL book 975.5 M2g; film 1698052 item 7.) County-by-county list of the soldier's name, rank, service branch, and nearest surviving relative.  
Hemphill, W. Edwin, ed. ''Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War.''''''''''''''Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia World War II History Commission, 1947. (FHL book 975.5 M2g; film 1698052 item 7.) County-by-county list of the soldier's name, rank, service branch, and nearest surviving relative.'''


[http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.com] has World War II enlistment records. ($)  
[http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.com] has World War II enlistment records. ($)  
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http://www.cyndislist.com/va.htm#Military  
http://www.cyndislist.com/va.htm#Military  


http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/revolutionary/<br>  
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