ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS
MILITARY DATA

Early History
	~ Forts of Illinois ~ Descriptions, history and locations Map of well-known Forts Fort Pictures Illinois Territory Trails Map
The Revolutionary War
George Rogers Clark and the "Long Knives Campaign" in the "Illinois Country" during June 1778 Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Illinois 1929 Story about the last surviving DAR in Illinois. Read about American Revolution soldier Joel Harrell and his daughter Mrs T. Catherine Harrell Dartt on our White County website	BOUNTY LANDS: A list of Officers of the ILLINOIS REGIMENT and of CROCKETT'S REGIMENT WHO RECEIVED LAND FOR THEIR SERVICES A List of Non-Commissioned Officers and soldiers of the IL Regiment and the Western Army Under the command of General G.R. Clarke, who are entitled to Bounty in Land A List of Captain Francis Charloville's Volunteers, Entitled to Two Hundred Acres of Land Each	PENSIONS: 1835 Revolutionary War Pensioners listed by county 1840 Statewide Census of Revolutionary War and Military Pensioners
The War of 1812
Roster of the 1811 Illinois Territory Militia	Map of Illinois in 1812	Treaty with Yankton Sioux
Massacre at Fort Dearborn Link to our Cook Co. Site	Military Tract for War of 1812 Bounty Lands	Treaty with Sioux of the Lakes
Biographical Sketches and Lineages of Members of the General Society of the War of 1812		War of 1812 Veterans
Winnebago War (1827)
	Illinois Veterans Company rosters of the 20th Regiment of mounted volunteer riflemen. The unit was raised in Sangamon and Morgan counties under the command of Colonel Thomas M. Neale, and completed its organization in Peoria. The militiamen then traveled to the Galena vicinity, where the regiment disbanded. This military action also became known as the Fever River Expedition.
Black Hawk War Occurred in 1832 in Illinois and the Michigan Territory
The Black Hawk War As Reported in the News Around the Nation	Overview of the War with Links to our county sites that have data	Reunions  Veterans who Attended a Reunion in Springfield on 23 May 1878
Mexican War April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 in Texas, New Mexico, California; Northern, Central, and Eastern Mexico; Mexico City
	Rosters: 2nd Regiment, Company E	Reunions  Veterans who Attended a Reunion in Springfield on 23 May 1878
The Civil War
Confederate Soldiers buried in Illinois View burials in Counties A-G View burials in Counties H-M View burials in Counties O-Z Illinois Soldiers buried in Lexington National Cemetery Illinois Soldiers buried in Baxter Springs Cemetery, Cherokee County, KS Illinois Union Soldiers Executed during the Civil War. Not a big list thankfully.	~Military Descriptive Muster Rolls~ Listed by Regiment, these rolls give a description of a soldier's physical appearance, place of birth, place of residence at time of enrollment, where enrolled, where mustered out and any final disposition of the soldier. Illinois-born men serving in Missouri Units Illinois-born men serving in Minnesota Units Illinois-born men serving in Wisconsin Units Illinois Colored Troops Military Service Illinois Veterans serving in the US Navy Surnames: A-F | G-M | N-Z	Regiment Histories and Rosters Infantry Rosters (now online, the 18th Infantry roster) The Adjutant General's Report ~37th Illinois Infantry, ~ 97th Illinois Infantry History ~ 18th Infantry Roster 119th Illinois Infantry History (on our Schuyler County site)
Illinois in the Battle of Shiloh (on our Henderson Co, TN site)	Battles	Siege of Fort Donelson Illinois Casualties from the Battle at Fort Donelson The Siege of Fort Donelson: Original Report of Col. J. D. Webster (contains List of wounded) Indiana Casualties (on our Indiana site)
Civil War Prisons
Andersonville Prison ~ Background of Andersonville and pictures ~ ~ A Reminiscence of Confederate Prison Life ~ By Hugh Moore, Civil War Soldier - Illinois 111th Infantry		List of IL. Soldiers who Died at Andersonville: -A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- -K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- -T- U- V- W- Y- Z-
		List of IL. Soldiers Who Survived Andersonville -A- -B- -C- -D- -E- -F- -G- -H- -I- -J- -K- -L- -M- -N- -O- -P- -Q- -R- -S- -T- -U- -V- -W- -Y- -Z-
Reunions
CW Veterans who Attended a Reunion in Springfield on 23 May 1878	Civil War enlistees (or who were born in IL) and who attended the 1887 GAR Civil War Reunion in San Francisco	Medal of Honor Recipients Located on our Schuyler county website, but includes all Illinois soldiers.
	Pension Data
~Early Pensioners~ Listed by county.  The first of the pensioners.  Information given includes pension file number, P. O., Cause for which pensioned and monthly rate of pension.	~Illinois State Pensioners~ A list of pensioners for the State of Illinois, misc. dates 1887-1890 from newspaper listings.	~ Illinois Pension Files~ Pensions submitted by fellow researchers, listed by County.
	Illinois Civil War Veterans in the Minnesota Roll of the Dead 1886 - 1906
Spanish American War Phillippine Insurrection
	Medal of Honor Recipients War with Spain Phillippine Insurrection
World War I
List of Mothers and Widows of American Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Who were Entitled to Make a Pilgrimage to War Cemeteries in Europe to visit the gravesites of their loved ones.		Sorted By County Name, Counties starting with A-C Sorted By County Name, Counties starting with D-W
World War 1 Casualties Listed by Illinois Towns
World War II
~ WW II Illinois Casualties ~ (Missing and Dead)	PRISONERS OF WAR ~ List of WW2 POW Camps ~ ~ Illinois Soldiers who died as Prisoners of War ~ ~ POWs whose final status was classifed as "undefined" ~ POWs who were "Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated" A-B C-D E-G H-I J-K L-M N-P Q-S T-V W-Z
The Korean War
	~ Korean War Casualties ~
The Vietnam War
Illinois Casualties ~ Surnames ~ A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ H ~ I ~ J ~ K ~ L ~ M ~ N ~ O ~ P ~ Q ~ R ~ S ~ T ~ U ~ V ~ W ~ Y ~ Z		Chicago Casualties [On our Cook County website]
Miscellaneous Military Data
1877 Roster of the Illinois National Guard In Memoriam Illinoisans who have been Killed in Action while serving in the Military Service since Sept. 11, 2001	Veteran Burials ~ Confederate Soldiers buried in Illinois ~ ~ Veteran Burials in National Cemeteries ~ (out of state) National Cemeteries in Illinois: Land Records of the original owners of the land used for military cemeteries. Off-site links to the Military Cemeteries Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Alton National Cemetery Camp Butler National Cemetery Danville National Cemetery Mound City National Cemetery Quincy National Cemetery Rock Island National Cemetery
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