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| *White, Virgil D. ''Index to Mexican War Pension Files''. Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Co., 1989. (Family History Library book {{FHL|532129|title-id|disp=973 M22mw}}.) | | *White, Virgil D. ''Index to Mexican War Pension Files''. Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Co., 1989. (Family History Library book {{FHL|532129|title-id|disp=973 M22mw}}.) |
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| === Civil War (1861–1865) === | | === Civil War (1861 to 1865) === |
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| The Family History Library and the National Archives have an index to service records of Union army volunteers, ''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Wisconsin'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|317099|title-id|disp=882486–518}}). The library also has the index to the pension files (Family History Library films {{FHL|184124|title-id|disp=540757–1300}}), but the actual service and pension records are available only at the National Archives.
| | See [[Wisconsin in the Civil War|Wisconsin in the Civil War]] for information about Wisconsin Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Wisconsin regiments involved in the Civil War. The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching more about the soldiers and their families. |
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| The following regimental muster and descriptive rolls made by the Adjutant General's Office are at the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Family History Library: | | The [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiments for the soldiers. Then you can check the Wiki regiment pages to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor. <br> <br> |
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| Wisconsin Adjutant General's Office. ''Military Records, 1861–1865.'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|120679|title-id|disp=1311667-98}}.) These include such information as the soldier's name, rank, birthplace, age, and occupation. They are arranged by regiment, then company.
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| The Wisconsin Veteran's Museum has a computerized index to Wisconsin Civil War soldiers' enlistments. This is for soldiers who served in Wisconsin regiments only. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with your request for a search.
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| '''Wisconsin Veteran's Museum'''<br>30 West Mifflin Street<br>Madison, WI 53703<br>Telephone 608-267-1799<br>Internet: http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/
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| '''Regimental Lists.''' See a [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Wisconsin_-_Military list of regiments ]and links to their histories.
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| For Civil War veterans another source is:
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| *Miljat, Leslie Elizabeth. ''Admission Applications, 1867–1872, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,'' ''Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.'' Wauwatosa, Wisconsin L. E. Miljat, 1991. (Family History Library book {{FHL|569462|title-id|disp=977.595 M28m}}.) This lists Civil War soldiers from many parts of the country.
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| The applications contain family history information about each veteran, such as name of spouse, father, siblings, or children; Civil War unit; discharge or death date; and burial place. The Family History Library has the original applications and records of this home for the years, 1867–1934 (Family History Library films beginning with film {{FHL|828816|title-id|disp=1561060}}.) | |
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| '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included.
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| '''Censuses.''' The censuses taken by the state in 1885, 1895, and 1905 included separate enumerations of soldiers residing in the state. The lists of soldiers were published in alphabetical order at the end of the statistical reports.
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| 1885: Family History Library films {{FHL|176742|title-id|disp=1032703-04}}
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| 1895: Family History Library films {{FHL|176967|title-id|disp=1032705-16}}.
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| 1905: 36 Family History Library films beginning with film {{FHL|44737|title-id|disp=1020439}}.
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| The 1885 lists were published in alphabetical order, at the end of ''Tabular Statements of the Census Enumeration.'' Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co., 1886. (Family History Library book {{FHL|185900|title-id|disp=977.5 X2w}}; film {{FHL|185900|title-id|disp=962237}}.)
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| When the 1890 census was taken, a listing was made of Civil War soldiers and their widows. This has been indexed in:
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| Jackson, Ronald Vern. ''1890 Wisconsin Veterans Census Index''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1988. (Family History Library book 977.5 {{FHL|162336|title-id|disp=X22w 1890}}.)
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| An important index available on microfilm is:
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| United States Veterans Administration. ''Pension Index File, Alphabetical; of the Veterans Administration'' . . . Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration, Publications Service, 1953. (On 544 Family History Library films beginning with film {{FHL|184124|title-id|disp=0540757}}.) To obtain copies of the actual pension files, you will want to write to the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
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| Biographical sketches of soldiers are in:
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| ''Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of Biographical Record'', 2 vols. Chicago: Grand Army Pub., 1888, 1890. (Family History Library films: vol. 1 is on {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=928504}} item 2; vol. 2 is on {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=928508}}; vol. 2 also on fiche {{FHL|195809|title-id|disp=6051213}}.)
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| A useful new book for tracing Civil War ancestors is:
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| Moore, Dennis R. ''Researching Your Civil War Ancestors in Wisconsin''. Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Bivouac Publications, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|767483|title-id|disp=977.5 M28e}}.) This gives detailed listings of Civil War records available at the State Archives and explains what is included in each type of record.
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| For records of national old soldier homes including the home in Waupaca, Wisconsin, see:
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| 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. (Family History Library films beginning on {{FHL|828816|title-id|disp=1561060}}.) Includes general indexes for each of the 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.
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| === World War I (1917–1918) === | | === World War I (1917–1918) === |