Military Records

Your ancestors will be more interesting if you learn about their military service and the history of their units. Military records can also give birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, spouse and children’s names, and localities of residence throughout the life of the family.

Young Folks' History of the Civil War - Free
"General history of the Civil War."

History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry - Free
"History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light."

Short history of the London Rifle Brigade - Free
Written in 1916, about the London Rifle Brigade and compiled regimentally.

Mormon Battalion and the Mexican War - $/Free
This page provides information about a database of Selected Pension Applications as filmed by the National Archives and digitally published online by Footnote. I also provide two different manuscripts which detail the history of the Mormon Battalion.

Memoirs of a Maryland Volunteer; War with Mexico, in the years 1846-7-8 - Free
Written by John Reese Kenly and published in 1873, it depicts his life as a Maryland volunteer in the War with Mexico through the years of 1846-1848. The information is taken from his diary, notes, and letters.

Mormon Battalion and the Mexican War- Free/$$$
An online study reference for the Mormon Battalion and the Mexican War. Provides various resources available online for indepth study.

Military Service Records of LDS Men- Free
This help section includes the history and records of several military operations in which Latter Day Saint members were directly involved from 1834-1848. Evidence that a Latter-day Saint actually served may be found in family traditions, census records, naturalization records, biographies, cemetery records, and records of veterans’ organizations. Your ancestors will be more interesting if you learn about their military service and the history of their units. Military records can also give birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, spouse and children’s names, and localities of residence throughout the life of the family.

Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery - Free
This manuscript depicts the history of the Old First Massachusetts and provides the names of the Captains of each company from its origination through 1917. Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace: By Frederick Morse Cutler, B.D., First Lieutenant, Chaplain, published in 1917.

Revolutionary War Service Records - $
FootNote has provided scanned images of the National Archives collection: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records online. The documents that were scanned were "abstract cards" and the transcriptions of documents pertaining only to one soldier, that were done in lieu of a card for that item. This is a nice collection of original source material!