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Post at Fredericksburg -- Textual records of this fort, 1866-1869, 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 at Fredericksburg -- Textual records of this fort, 1866-1869, 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).  


Fort Harmar 1785-90  
[http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/520911.html?nav=5002 Fort Harmar] 1785-90  


Fort Monroe -- Textual records of this post, 1823-1920, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Monroe Fort Monroe] -- Textual records of this post, 1823-1920, 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).  


Fort Myer -- Textual records of this post, 1861-1919, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Myer Fort Myer ]-- Textual records of this post, 1861-1919, 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).  


Fort Nelson 1794-1824  
[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMPQC Fort Nelson] 1794-1824  


Fort Norfolk 1794-1824  
[http://www.norfolkhistorical.org/fort/ Fort Norfolk] 1794-1824  


Fort Washington  
[http://www.hikercentral.com/parks/fowa/ Fort Washington]


=== Colonial Wars (1607-1763)  ===
=== Colonial Wars (1607-1763)  ===
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For a list of regiments, where they were raised, service dates, officers, and brief unit histories, see:  
For a list of regiments, where they were raised, service dates, officers, and brief unit histories, see:  


*Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. ''A ''''Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=79781&disp=A+guide+to+Virginia+military+organizatio%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 M2s].) This book may provide information useful for obtaining pension records.
*Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. ''A ''''Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787'''''<b>. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=79781&disp=A+guide+to+Virginia+military+organizatio%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.5 M2s].) This book may provide information useful for obtaining pension records.</b>


The Library of Virginia also has various pay records, militia records, court martial records, appointments of officers, petitions, and other helpful sources.  
The Library of Virginia also has various pay records, militia records, court martial records, appointments of officers, petitions, and other helpful sources.  
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''[[Virginia]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
''[[Virginia]] Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.  
:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.
:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.


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