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*Gandrud, Pauline Jones. ''Alabama Soldiers: Revolution, War of 1812, and Indian Wars''. 20 volumes. Hot Springs, Arkansas: B.J. McLane, 1975–. {{FHL|25741|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 M2g.}} Volume one starts with surnames beginning with A. Volume 20 ends with the surnames M. The series will continue through surnames with Z. The books often list service, pension, census, land ownership, and probate information, with names of children and sometimes grandchildren.

During the war and especially at its close, some Loyalists went to Britain or other colonies, but many fled to Canada. There is no master list of all the names of American Loyalists who came to Canada. Historians do not agree on the total number. Some sources say fewer than 20,000, others say more than 40,000. A head count in peninsular Nova Scotia in 1784 showed about 17,000 members of Loyalist families in that area alone, but some Loyalists had already left there for other places in British North America, and a few hundred more were to arrive in Nova Scotia in 1785.  

*Gandrud, Pauline Jones. ''Alabama Soldiers: Revolution, War of 1812, and Indian Wars''. 20 volumes. Hot Springs, Arkansas: B.J. McLane, 1975–. {{FHL|30708|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 M2g.}} Volume one starts with surnames beginning with A. Volume 20 ends with the surnames M. The series will continue through surnames with Z. The books often list service, pension, census, land ownership, and probate information, with names of children and sometimes grandchildren.

*''War of 1812 Pensioners Living in Alabama During the 1880s''. Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1982. {{FHL|477052|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 M2w.}} This book gives the name of the soldier or his widow, the certificate number, and residence.  

*''Indian war service, 1812-1814 Alabama'' {{FHL|632744|item|disp=FHL film 1462786 item 3}}

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Texas War with Mexico, 1835–1836''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|632750|item|disp=FHL film 1462788 item 2}} These cards list, in alphabetical order, the names of Alabama soldiers who served in the War of Texas Independence. The cards contain information about rank, company, regiment, and sometimes enlistment place, dates served, wounds, age, death date, and land grant entitlement. They include the source of information.

== Mexican War (1846-1848) ==

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Mexican War Service, 1846–1847.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|632752|item|disp=FHL films 1462788 item 3 (A–L}}, and {{FHL|632752|item|disp=FHL film 1462789 (M–Z)}} The cards may include name, rank, muster date and place, regiment, company, and sometimes muster out or medical discharge information.

*''Alabama Volunteers in the Mexican War, 1846–1848''. Richardson, Texas: Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, 1996. {{FHL|769490|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 M2bs}} This contains the names of the soldiers, plus historical information about the war and the Alabama companies.

*Gandrud, Pauline Jones. ''Alabama Soldiers: Revolution, War of 1812, and Indian Wars''. 20 volumes. Hot Springs, Arkansas: B.J. McLane, 1975–.([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14357900 Worldcat]) and {{FHL|30708|item|disp=FHL book 976.1 M2g}} Volume one starts with surnames beginning with A. Volume 20 ends with the surnames M. The series will continue through surnames with Z. The books often list service, pension, census, land ownership, and probate information, with names of children and sometimes grandchildren.

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Indian War Service, 1812–1814''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|632744|item|disp=FHL film 1462786 item 3}} This includes alphabetically arranged, typed cards for the Indian wars of 1813–1814 and the War of 1812. The films include each soldier’s name, age, residence, rank, and date enrolled and the date and amount of his pension payments (usually for the years of 1833–1834). Includes records of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina soldiers, as well as Indian names.

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Indian War, 1836''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. {{FHL|632748|item|disp=FHL film 1462787 item 2 (A–L)}} and {{FHL|632748|item|disp=FHL film 1462788 (M–Z)}} These cards list the soldier’s name, rank, and company; information from muster rolls and petitions; letters from authorities, death reports, requisitions, minutes of meetings, accounts of battles, and enrollments. The county of residence also may be mentioned.

*''Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Creek War in Organizations from the State of Alabama'' (NARA M244) {{FHL|0880845|item|disp=FHL films 0880845–46}} ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9991300 Worldcat]) The records to which the index refers have not been microfilmed.

*"Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Florida War in Organizations From the State of Alabama" (NARA M245)([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1804201 Worldcat])and {{FHL|0880847|item|disp=FHL film 0880847}} A transcription of this index is:

:*Achee, Benjamin. ''Index for Compiled Service Records, Alabama Units—Florida War''. N.p., 1971. ({{FHL|186391|item|disp=FHL film 908132 item 2;  book 976.1 A1 no. 6}} ([http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26465 Ancestry])-($) This book generally lists the soldier’s name, company, battalion, rank, and Alabama county.

*"Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Cherokee Removal in Organizations From the State of Alabama" (NARA M243) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10670603 Worldcat] and {{FHL|331707|item|disp=FHL film 0368685}} The Cherokees were removed to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The compiled military service records have not been microfilmed.

*Alabama. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Muster Rolls of Alabama Volunteers in the Spanish-American War of 1898''. 1899. Reprint, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1989. {{FHL|666676|item|disp=FHL film 1404249}} This lists soldiers in the three Alabama Regiments. The lists are alphabetical by company and give mustered-in date (city and state), mustered-out date, rank, and names of those who died.

'''Draft Records'''  

*United States. Selective Service System. ''Alabama, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918.'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987–1988. {{FHL|746964|item|disp=FHL films 1509347 (first of 87 films}} These cards have been digitized and are searchable online. See [[United States World War I Draft Records|WWI Draft Records]] for more information.

'''Service records'''  

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''World War I Service Records, 1918–1919''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. {{FHL|522878|item|disp=FHL fiche 644084 (first of 33 microfiche}} These records are arranged alphabetically and usually contain the person’s name, race, residence, place of birth (city and state), age or date of birth, enlistment or induction date, service and rank information, wounds, date of service overseas, discharge date, disability, and remarks.

*Haulsee, W. M. ''Soldiers of the Great War''. Three Volumes. Washington, D.C.: Soldiers Record Pub. Association, 1920. {{FHL|285556|item|disp=FHL fiche 6051244; book 973 M23s}} Alabama soldiers are listed in volume one, pages 71–95. This section gives the soldier’s name, residence, rank, and cause of death, and includes pictures.

*''Combat Connected Naval Causalities, World War II, by States.'' Two Volumes. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. {{FHL|287905|item|disp=FHL book 973 M3dc}} This source is alphabetically arranged by state, then within the state by dead, missing, wounded, Prisoner of War (POW), died or killed while a POW, and POWs released.  

*Tuskegee Airmen [http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org tuskegeeairmen.org] An extimated 16,000 to 19,000 airment including mechanics, parachute riggers and support staff were involved.  

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Territorial Militia and Civil Service, 1818.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. {{FHL|632746|item|disp=FHL film 1462787}} This source includes commissions and military appointments for the Alabama Territory.  

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Alabama State Militia, 1820–1865''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. {{FHL|633031|item|disp=FHL films 1462797–807}} These records give the soldier’s name, company, battalion, and regiment, and include names of witnesses.  

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Alabama State Troops (Militia), 1873–1898''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. {{FHL|632976|item|disp=FHL films 1462792–96}} The cards are in alphabetical order and may include the person’s date of enlistment, rank, company, regiment, age, and length of service.