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An index to service and pension records is on film at the Family History Library and at the National Archives. The service and pension files have not been filmed and are only available at the National Archives. | An index to service and pension records is on film at the Family History Library and at the National Archives. The service and pension files have not been filmed and are only available at the National Archives. | ||
'''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. | |||
Brief service records of Michigan soldiers have been published in: | Brief service records of Michigan soldiers have been published in: | ||
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After the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic Union veterans organization was formed. For 50 volumes of their records, see: | After the Civil War, the Grand Army of the Republic Union veterans organization was formed. For 50 volumes of their records, see: | ||
Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Michigan.. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973, 1991. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=308107&disp=Records+of+posts+and+index%2C+1876-194++ On 90 Family History Library films].) Indexed. Shows name, age, birth state, residence, occupation, service dates, and discharge cause. | Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Michigan.. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973, 1991. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=308107&disp=Records+of+posts+and+index%2C+1876-194++ On 90 Family History Library films].) Indexed. Shows name, age, birth state, residence, occupation, service dates, and discharge cause. | ||
=== Spanish American War (1898) === | === Spanish American War (1898) === | ||