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An index to the six volumes is found in: | An index to the six volumes is found in: | ||
*''Index to Iowa Soldiers''. 7 vols. N.p.: Idaho State Historical Society Genealogical Library, 1979. ( | *''Index to Iowa Soldiers''. 7 vols. N.p.: Idaho State Historical Society Genealogical Library, 1979. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|27|title-id|disp=book 977.7 M2i index; film 1033761 items 3–9; fiche 6051153}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Index+to+roster+and+record+of+Iowa+soldiers+in+the+war+of+the+rebellion Worldcat]) | ||
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*''A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846–1847''Daniel Tyler. ''A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846–1847''. (Waynesboro, Virginia.: M R Books, 1964.) {{FSC|284596|item|disp=FS Library film 928153 item 5; book 973 M2td}} | *''A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846–1847''Daniel Tyler. ''A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846–1847''. (Waynesboro, Virginia.: M R Books, 1964.) {{FSC|284596|item|disp=FS Library film 928153 item 5; book 973 M2td}} | ||
*Carl V. Larson, 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). {{FSC|572581|item|disp=FS Library film 1592751 item 5; book 973 M2Lar}} A second edition was published in 1997 {{FSC|720801|item|disp=FS Library 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. | *Carl V. Larson, 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). {{FSC|572581|item|disp=FS Library film 1592751 item 5; book 973 M2Lar}} A second edition was published in 1997 {{FSC|720801|item|disp=FS Library 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. | ||
*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). ( | *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). (FamilySearch Library{{FSC|36152|item|disp=FS Library films 480129–49}}) The files are generally in alphabetical order. | ||
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::An index to the six volumes is found in: | ::An index to the six volumes is found in: | ||
*''Index to Iowa Soldiers''. 7 vols. N.p.: Idaho State Historical Society Genealogical Library, 1979. ( | *''Index to Iowa Soldiers''. 7 vols. N.p.: Idaho State Historical Society Genealogical Library, 1979. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|27|title-id|disp=book 977.7 M2i index; film 1033761 items 3–9; fiche 6051153}}) ([http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Index+to+roster+and+record+of+Iowa+soldiers+in+the+war+of+the+rebellion Worldcat]) | ||
== Spanish-American War (1898)<br> == | == Spanish-American War (1898)<br> == | ||
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== Military Discharge Records, 1860s–1950s == | == Military Discharge Records, 1860s–1950s == | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has microfilms of county military discharge records for men and women who served in the Civil War and in later wars (to the 1950s). These records are filed by the county where the soldier took the discharge papers to be recorded. They usually give the soldier’s name, the town and state of birth, age or exact birth date, date and place of enlistment, occupation, extensive military service history and physical description. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4114270 Iowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1976] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/4114270 Iowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1976] | ||
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== Militia Records, 1860s–1900s == | == Militia Records, 1860s–1900s == | ||
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 | 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 FamilySearch Library: | ||
*Iowa. Adjutant-General’s Office. ''Persons Subject to Military Duty, ca. 1862-1910''. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978). {{FSC|388617|item|disp=FS Library films 1024847(first of 94)}} The records are arranged by county and then by year. | *Iowa. Adjutant-General’s Office. ''Persons Subject to Military Duty, ca. 1862-1910''. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978). {{FSC|388617|item|disp=FS Library films 1024847(first of 94)}} The records are arranged by county and then by year. | ||
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Copies of the records are at the State Historical Society in Des Moines. | Copies of the records are at the State Historical Society in Des Moines. | ||
== | == FamilySearch Library == | ||
Military records for Iowa are listed in the Locality Search of the [[The | Military records for Iowa are listed in the Locality Search of the [[The FamilySearch Library|The FamilySearch Catalog]] under: | ||
::*IOWA - MILITARY RECORDS <br> | ::*IOWA - MILITARY RECORDS <br> | ||
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