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Burial & Cemetery Information

• National  Gravesite Locator Searchable database for veteran and their dependents in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, and various other Department of Interior and military cemeteries

• War of 1812 Collection  This collection consists of Muster, pay and receipt rolls of Indiana territory volunteers or militia of the period of the War of 1812.

Civil War Sources

• American Civil War Homepage Wide array of Information pertaining to the Civil War.
   

• Civil War Battles by State
   

• Civil War Links  Many links to Civil War topics; produced by Cyndi's List.
   

• Civil War Records at the National Archives Research guide from the National Archives.
   

• Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Name Index that contains information on both Union and Confederate soldiers.
   

• Confederate Pension Records Links Resources pertaining to confederate pensions.
   

• Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans
   

• Indiana Regiments in the Civil War
   

• Kansas State Library Civil War Veterans There are a number of entries, biographies, and obituaries for men who served from Indiana and other states, but died in Kansas. 
   

• Missouri Soldier Database War of 1812-World War I 
   

• Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (After you access the Cornell page, scroll to the bottom of the page, the link is under Cornell University's MoA Multivolume Monographs.) This set was published for the navies and is comparable to the War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies series. This is a 31 volume set that has been digitized and is available online. You can search the entire series, or browse by volume.
    

• Ohio Civil War Documents Searchable database produced by the Ohio Historical Society.
   

• U.S. Civil War Center Links to 2700 Civil War sites. 
   

• War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies  (After you access the Cornell page, scroll to the bottom of the page, the link is under Cornell University's MoA Multivolume Monographs.) Before the end of the Civil War, the US government began collecting all army field reports, battle correspondence, tactical plans, communications, military orders, and memorandum which had been written as the military operations of the War transpired. These documents have been published as a 128 volume set that has been divided into 4 series. The set has been digitized and is available online. You can search the entire series, or browse by volume.

• State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean War (1951-1957) U.S. Military personnel who died from hostile action in the Korean War. This includes missing and those who were captured and declared dead.

• Access to Military Service & Pension Records  Explains what military records are available at the National Archives, and the procedure for requesting records.
   

• How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service  Explains what military records are available at the National Archives, and the procedure for requesting records
   

• eVetRecs: Request Copies of Military Personnel Records An online system for ordering Military Personnel Records. You must be a military veteran, or next of kin of a deceased, former member of the military to use this online feature.
   

• Order Forms Allows you to electronically request order forms from the National Archives for the following records: Military Pension/Bounty Land Warrant Applications (NATF 85); Military Service Records, (NATF 86); Request Pertaining to Military Records, (SF 180).
   

• Pre WWI Military Service Records Helpful information for requesting military service records for veterans prior to WWI.

• State-level Lists of Casualties from the Vietnam conflict (1956-) U.S. Military personnel who died as a result of the Vietnam conflict. This includes missing and those who were captured and declared dead.

• Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database

• World War II Holdings National Archives 

• World War II Army Enlistment Records National Archives ARC database, documenting the period ca. 1938-1946

• Records of World War II Prisoners of War National Archives ARC database

• Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II National Archives ARC database, documenting  the period 1942-1946

• Records of Duty Location of for Naval Intelligence Personnel National Archives ARC database, documenting the period 1942-1945    

• State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel

• World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel

• Military Resources:  World War II

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