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=== Civil War (1861-1865) === | === Civil War (1861-1865) === | ||
A published roster that provides each volunteer's name, rank, dates of service, place of enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, and company is M.A. Pekar and Edna Mingus, comps., ''Soldiers Who Served in the Oregon Volunteers, Civil War Period, Infantry and Cavalry'' (Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon, 1961; Family History Library book | A published roster that provides each volunteer's name, rank, dates of service, place of enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, and company is M.A. Pekar and Edna Mingus, comps., ''Soldiers Who Served in the Oregon Volunteers, Civil War Period, Infantry and Cavalry'' (Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon, 1961; Family History Library book {{FHL|140631|title-id|disp=979.5 A1 No. 16}} also {{FHL|99325|title-id|disp=979.5 M2p}}; film {{FHL|141705|title-id|disp=928088 item 8}}; fiche {{FHL|99325|title-id|disp=6051234}}). | ||
A published list of deaths reported to the Oregon department of the Grand Army of the Republic is Jane Myers, ''Honor Roll of Oregon Grand Army of the Republic, 1881-1935'' (Cottage Grove, Oregon: Cottage Grove Genealogical Society, 1980; Family History Library book | A published list of deaths reported to the Oregon department of the Grand Army of the Republic is Jane Myers, ''Honor Roll of Oregon Grand Army of the Republic, 1881-1935'' (Cottage Grove, Oregon: Cottage Grove Genealogical Society, 1980; Family History Library book {{FHL|140631|title-id|disp=979.5 A1}} No. 53). | ||
The Family History Library has an index to service records of Union Army soldiers (Family History Library film | The Family History Library has an index to service records of Union Army soldiers (Family History Library film {{FHL|316984|title-id|disp=821947}}) and a nationwide index to pension records. The actual service and pension records are available only 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. | '''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. | ||
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=== Spanish-American War (1898) === | === Spanish-American War (1898) === | ||
A published roster of soldiers that provides name, age, place of birth, occupation, physical description and service is C. U. Gantenbein, ''The Official Records of the Oregon Volunteers in the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection'', 2nd ed. (Salem, Oregon: J.R. Whitney, 1903; Family History Library fiche | A published roster of soldiers that provides name, age, place of birth, occupation, physical description and service is C. U. Gantenbein, ''The Official Records of the Oregon Volunteers in the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection'', 2nd ed. (Salem, Oregon: J.R. Whitney, 1903; Family History Library fiche {{FHL|18187|title-id|disp=6051175}}). | ||
The [[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon State Archives]] has the following: | The [[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon State Archives]] has the following: | ||