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Many military records are found at the Family History Library and the National Archives and other federal and state archives. The [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/resolveuid/5b064d1a23681998ba8ead6420975101 United States Research Outline] provides more information regarding these records. | Many military records are found at the Family History Library and the National Archives and other federal and state archives. The [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/resolveuid/5b064d1a23681998ba8ead6420975101 United States Research Outline] provides more information regarding these records. | ||
The [http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/military/index.htm Kansas Historical Society] has a detailed description of its military records. | The [http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/military/index.htm Kansas Historical Society] has a detailed description of its military records. | ||
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== Forts == | == Forts == | ||
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[http://www.kshs.org/places/forts/ Kansas Frontier Forts], a web site maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society. | [http://www.kshs.org/places/forts/ Kansas Frontier Forts], a web site maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society. | ||
''Encyclopedia of Indian Wars Western Battles and Skirmishes 1850-1890''. By Gregory F. Michno. Mountain Press publishing Co., Missoula, Montana. C. 2003 [[/en/index.php?title=Special:BookSources&isbn=0878424687|ISBN 0-87842-468-7]]<br> | ''Encyclopedia of Indian Wars Western Battles and Skirmishes 1850-1890''. By Gregory F. Michno. Mountain Press publishing Co., Missoula, Montana. C. 2003 [[/en/index.php?title=Special:BookSources&isbn=0878424687|ISBN 0-87842-468-7]]<br> | ||
== '''Civil War (1861-1865)''' == | == '''Civil War (1861-1865)''' == | ||
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*Name | *Name | ||
*Date | *Date | ||
*Place of birth, | *Place of birth, | ||
*Date and place enlisted | *Date and place enlisted | ||
*Date and place mustered into service | *Date and place mustered into service | ||
*Physical description | *Physical description | ||
*Signature | *Signature | ||
*Occasionally a medical report. | *Occasionally a medical report. | ||
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Most counties had only one board; large cities had several. A map showing the boundaries of individual draft boards is available for most large cities. Finding an ancestor's street address in a city directory will help you in using the draft board map. There is an alphabetical list of cities that are on the map. For a copy of this map see: | Most counties had only one board; large cities had several. A map showing the boundaries of individual draft boards is available for most large cities. Finding an ancestor's street address in a city directory will help you in using the draft board map. There is an alphabetical list of cities that are on the map. For a copy of this map see: | ||
United States. Selective Service System. ''List of World War One Draft Board Maps''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=378717&disp=World+War+I+Selective+Service+System+dra%20%20&columns=*,0,0 (Family History Library film 1498803)]<br><!--{12089852414720} --> | United States. Selective Service System. ''List of World War One Draft Board Maps''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=378717&disp=World+War+I+Selective+Service+System+dra%20%20&columns=*,0,0 (Family History Library film 1498803)]<br><!--{12089852414720} --> | ||
[http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/military/index.htm Kansas Historical Society] has an online index to their "state bonus," or "bounty claims," records for World War I veterans, their widows, and orphans. These records might include name, rank, physical description, age, character, vocation, nativity, and battles or skirmishes in which the veteran participated. | [http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/military/index.htm Kansas Historical Society] has an online index to their "state bonus," or "bounty claims," records for World War I veterans, their widows, and orphans. These records might include name, rank, physical description, age, character, vocation, nativity, and battles or skirmishes in which the veteran participated. | ||
=== The Kansas State Guard<br> === | |||
Prior to 1917 the citizens of Kansas did not bestow much thought upon protecting municipal and industrial properties by organized bodies of troops. When [the United States] entered the World War the municipalities [of Kansas] assumed that in the National Guard the state offered ample protection against sabotage and destruction of property by alien sympathizers. | |||
On April 17, 1917, the State Council of Defense was organized in the Governor's office at Topeka. The object of the organization, as set out in the Council's history, edited by Prof. Frank W. Blackmar, and published in 1920, was "to mobilize all of the resources of the state for the support of the war." After organization the Council was divided into a number of departments, to one of which the Department of Public Defense was assigned the duty of organizing the Home Guards "for the protection of local property." Immediately after the meeting of the Defense Council in April, 1917, the organization of Home Guard units was begun in many communities. The first company to be enrolled was located at Kansas City, Kan., and its organization was completed in April, 1917. From this initial unit approximately 150 companies were organized throughout the state. <br> | |||
The Home Guard, or Kansas State Guard, as it became known, existed from August 6, 1917, to November 11, 1919, when it was disbanded. A complete history, including the rosters of those involved, is found at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/military/ksguard/index.html. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||