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| The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.<br><br> | | The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.<br><br> |
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| See the Wiki article, [[Virginia in the War of 1812|Virginia in the War of 1812]], for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant web sites, etc. for Virginia.<br> | | See the Wiki article, [[Virginia in the War of 1812|Virginia in the War of 1812]], for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant web sites, etc. for Virginia.<br> |
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| There are helpful nationwide records for soldiers of the War of 1812. For more information, see [[United States in the War of 1812|United States in the War of 1812]]''.'' | | There are helpful nationwide records for soldiers of the War of 1812. For more information, see [[United States in the War of 1812|United States in the War of 1812]]''.'' |
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| Lists of Virginia War of 1812 soldiers are available online and on microfilm:
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| #[http://lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas12&local_base=CLAS12 Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls], is a searchable name index to ''Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 and its supplement, Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812''. Approximately 40,000 names are indexed and gives the page number where a name is found. [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/1812about.htm Further description].<br>
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| #''Muster Rolls, Payrolls, and Index of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1955. (Family History Library films {{FHL|412616|title-id|disp=0029984-91}}) Published payroll and muster roll books are on Family History Library film 029991, which lists each soldier's name, rank, length of service, service dates, and county (residence). The card index on the first seven films indexes the two books.
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| #''Virginia militia in the War of 1812 : from rolls in the Auditor's office at Richmond'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., c2001) 2 Vol[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F1007929 FHL Book 975.5 M2]<br>
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| For a list of where regiments were raised and regimental and company officers, see:
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| *Butler, Stuart Lee. ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 1988. (Family History Library book {{FHL|669440|title-id|disp=975.5 M2bs}}.)
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| The Family History Library also has microfilm copies of the National Archives indexes to the federal service, pension, and bounty land files, but the actual files are only at the National Archives.
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| Veterans who were still alive in 1883 and drew pensions are identified in a book that is now widely available on the Internet:
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| *''List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance...'' Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. {{FHL|286899|item}} 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t7oqAAAAMAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/listpensionerso02buregoog Internet Archive]. [Virginia section begins on page 58.]
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| Published abstracts of the federal pension and bounty land warrant applications are in:
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| *Wardell, Patrick G. ''War of 1812: Virginia Bounty Land and Pension Applications''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987. (Family History Library book {{FHL|550196|title-id|disp=975 M2wp}}.) Gives marriage and death dates and places, spouses, and residences.
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| === Mexican War (1846-1848) === | | === Mexican War (1846-1848) === |