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[http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=a617c2c1-5369-47f1-89dc-6643842851bd&gid=3 Fort Sidney] -- Originally established in 1867 as Sidney Barracks as a temporary camp to protect Union Pacific Railroad workers. It was relocated and renamed Fort Sidney in 1870. The fort closed in 1894. The site is memorialized by a Nebraska Historical Marker. Textual records of this fort, 1869-1894, 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). The remains of soldiers buried at Fort Sidney were relocated to [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/ftmcpherson.asp Fort McPherson National Cemetery] on August 10, 1922. | [http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=a617c2c1-5369-47f1-89dc-6643842851bd&gid=3 Fort Sidney] -- Originally established in 1867 as Sidney Barracks as a temporary camp to protect Union Pacific Railroad workers. It was relocated and renamed Fort Sidney in 1870. The fort closed in 1894. The site is memorialized by a Nebraska Historical Marker. Textual records of this fort, 1869-1894, 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). The remains of soldiers buried at Fort Sidney were relocated to [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/ftmcpherson.asp Fort McPherson National Cemetery] on August 10, 1922. | ||
=== War of 1812 (1812-1815) === | |||
*Nebraska. Secretary of State. ''Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion Residing in Nebraska, June 1st, 1891''. Lincoln, Nebraska: State Journal Company, 1892. (Family History Library {{FHL|12822|title-id|disp=book 978.2 M2n; film 844966 item 4; fiche 6010064}}.) | |||
=== Mexican War (1846-1848) === | |||
*Nebraska. ''Secretary of State. Roster of Veterans of the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars Residing in Nebraska, 1915''. Lincoln, Nebraska: Secretary of State, [1915]. (Not at Family History Library) | |||
*Nebraska. Secretary of State. ''Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion Residing in Nebraska, June 1st, 1891''. Lincoln, Nebraska: State Journal Company, 1892. (Family History Library {{FHL|12822|title-id|disp=book 978.2 M2n; film 844966 item 4; fiche 6010064}}.) | |||
=== Civil War (1861 to 1865) === | === Civil War (1861 to 1865) === | ||
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[[Nebraska, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Nebraska, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Nebraska, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Nebraska, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
=== Spanish-American War (1898) === | |||
The Nebraska State Historical Society has microfilmed indexes of Spanish-American War service cards and World War I Selective service cards. Several rosters of veterans living in the state have been published. These usually give the veteran's name, rank, military unit, and address. Examples are: | |||
*Nebraska. ''Secretary of State. Roster of Veterans of the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars Residing in Nebraska, 1915''. Lincoln, Nebraska: Secretary of State, [1915]. (Not at Family History Library) | |||
*Nebraska. ''Secretary of State. Roster of Soldiers-Sailors and Marines Who Served in the War of the Rebellion, Spanish-American War and World War Omaha'': Waters-Barnhart Printing Company, 1925. (Family History Library {{FHL|339765|title-id|disp=fiche 6075974}}.) | |||
=== World War I (1917-1918) === | === World War I (1917-1918) === | ||
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*United States. ''Selective Service System. List of World War One Draft Board Maps''. Washington, DC: National Archives. (Family History Library {{FHL|641275|title-id|disp=film 1498803}}.) | *United States. ''Selective Service System. List of World War One Draft Board Maps''. Washington, DC: National Archives. (Family History Library {{FHL|641275|title-id|disp=film 1498803}}.) | ||
*Nebraska. ''Secretary of State. Roster of Soldiers-Sailors and Marines Who Served in the War of the Rebellion, Spanish-American War and World War'': Waters-Barnhart Printing Company, 1925. (Family History Library {{FHL|339765|title-id|disp=fiche 6075974}}.) | |||
=== World War II (1941-1945) === | === World War II (1941-1945) === | ||
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=== Additional Military Records === | === Additional Military Records === | ||