Arizona Military Records: Difference between revisions

*[http://www.wmonline.com/attract/ftapache.htm Fort Apache ]-- Textual records of this fort, 1870-1920, 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_Barrett Fort Barrett] -- Textual records of this fort, 1862, 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 Bear Springs  

*Fort Bonito  

*[http://www.arizonabeautiful.com/tucson-southern/fort-bowie-bowie-arizona.html Fort Bowie ]-- begun in 1862 as a post for the U.S. Army in its battles against the Chiricahua Apaches, led by Cochise and Geronimo. One of its major functions was to protect the spring at Apache Pass. The fort was abandoned in 1894. It is currently a [http://www.legendsofamerica.com/AZ-FortBowie.html National Historic Site]. Textual records of this fort, 1862-1894, 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).  

*[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-fortbreckinridge.html Fort Breckinridge ]1860 - was first called Fort Arivaypa, but soon changed to Fort Breckinridge.  It was later called Fort Stanford.Then in the Civil War it was called Fort Grant.  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Buchanan Fort Buchanan ]1856  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_de_Calabasas Camp Calabasas]  

*[http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftcrittenden.html Fort Crittenden]  

*[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-fortdefiance.html Fort Defiance] 1851 (Fort Camby) -- (For additional history of this fort, see [http://www.lapahie.com/Fort_Defiance.cfm its history online].)  

*[http://1-22infantry.org/history/harryjones.htm Camp Douglas ]or Camp Harry J. Jones   

*Camp Emmet Crawford (1886)  

*[http://www.ida.net/users/lamar/historicfort.html Fort Fauntleroy] -- Original name of Fort Lyon. Also known as Fort Wingate.  

*Fort Goodwin  

*[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-fortbreckinridge.html Fort Grant ]-- Textual records of this fort, 1869-1905, 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://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/shmmilit&CISOPTR=302&CISOBOX=1&REC=20 Camp Hualapai]  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Huachuca Fort Huachuca] -- built in 1877 to counter the attacks upon settlers by the Chiricahua Apaches, led by Geronimo (1877-1886). It was a forward post during the Pancho Villa Expedition in 1916-1917. It was the home for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers] for twenty years. The fort remains in service as a post of the U.S. Army. (For additional history of this fort, see the [http://www.huachuca.army.mil/site/Visitor/index.asp?pages=History Fort Huachuca Historical Museum] site and [http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amsw/sw3.htm its National Parks site].) Textual records of this fort, 1878-1913, 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://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-forts2.html Fort Lowell] -- Textual records of this fort, 1865-1891, 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://www.ida.net/users/lamar/historicfort.html Fort Lyon ]- Also Fort Fauntleroy and Fort Wingate.  

*[http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftmcdowell.html Fort McDowel] -- in California  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mason Fort Mason]  

*[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-forts2.html Fort Mojave] 1859 -- Textual records of this fort, 1859-1890, 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). Letters sent from Fort Mojave, 1859-1880, have been microfilmed on 2 rolls and are part of National Archives Microcopy T838.<br>

*[http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/cclhadc&CISOBOX1=Newell Camp Newell ]- also known as Camp Naco.  

*Post of San Carlos -- Textual records of this fort, 1874-1900, 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_Thomas,_Arizona Fort Thomas] -- Textual records of this fort, 1876-1891, 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://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftlowell.html Camp Tucson] - Renamed to Camp&nbsp;Lowell  

*[http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftverde.html Fort Verde ]-- Textual records of this fort, 1866-1891, 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). These records have been microfilmed on 11 rolls and are part of National Archives Microcopy M1076.<br>Available through the Family History Library Film 169552 (first film of 11)  

*Fort Wallen  

*[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-forts2.html Whipple Barracks] -- Textual records of this fort, 1863-1898, 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_Wingate Fort Wingate] -- in New Mexico  

*[http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftyuma.html Fort Yuma] -- in California  

*United States. Selective Service System. ''Arizona, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1987-1988. (On Family History Library {{FHL|746966|title-id|disp=1473300}}) These cards have been digitized and are searchable online. See [[United States World War I Draft Records|WWII Draft Records]] for more information.