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Day is done.
Gone the sun.
From the lakes.
From the hills.
From the sky.
All is well.
Safely rest.
God is nigh.

1st stanza of "Taps" composed by Brig. Gen. Daniel Butterfield,
commander of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, during the American Civil War



ONLINE MILITARY DATA

American Wars and Engagements before 1900

   

Revolutionary War

Bounty Lands

 Old Military Terms and Definitions from the American Revolution Era

The Battle of Bunker Hill
The
Death of Joseph Warren
List of
British Officers Killed
Names of
African Americans who Served

 Sandusky Expedition
The Death of Col. William Crawford

Battle History

The Society of the Cincinnati

Illinois Soldier Burials

 

List of Preserved Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites

Veterans' Obituaries

Last Revolutionary War Pensionsers (surviving kin, not soldiers)

Biographies and obits of Generals
Gen. Philip Reed added

     

War of 1812 Data

Michigan in the War of 1812

Story from a visit to the Battle of the Niagara (Lundy Lane)

 List of Preserved Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites

Fort Mims
Timeline of battle
with Creek Indians in 1813

Letter from Dr. Neal Smith after the fall of Fort Mims

Newspaper Articles
Pre-War
At Sea
Indian Hostilities
Spies
Miscellaneous News Stories

 

The Texas Revolution
1835-1836
The Battle of the Alamo was one of the major events of the Texas Revolution

Newspaper Account of the Fall of the Alamo

The Men of the Alamo - a poem by James J. Roche, printed in 1888

 
     

Mexican War
1846-1848
The U.S. - Mexican War began on April 25, 1846. It ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848. Fighting between Mexican guerrillas and U.S. troops continued for several months afterward, with the last American troops leaving Mexico on August 2, 1848.

Newspaper Items

   

Indian Wars

Biographical Data
of the Last Indian Scout, John Daw (Hasteen-tsoh)

Soldier Remembrances

Medal of Honor Recipients

 

Mississippi Veteran Grave Registrations

 Blackhawk War (Illinois)
Obituary of last survivor

Pirates and related Sea-faring data

 

Newspaper Stories

 

Civil War Era Data

U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
at WEST POINT

(Civil War Era)

Rules on the
Appointment and Commission of Cadets

War Department Organization and Offices

Chronological Record of the Civil War, 1860-1865

Alphabetical Listing of Civil War Battles. Names of Towns/Cities where battles were fought beginning with:
A-B / C-D/ E-G / H-K
L-M / N-Q / R-S / T-Z

Locations of Armories and Arsenals in 1868

Overall Casualty Totals

Casualty Totals by State

Organization of the Regular Army as of Jan 1 1868

 Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
A-C / D-F / G-J / K-M/ N-R / S-T / U-Z

1868 "Active" Army List

1868 "Retired" Army List

Veteran Information
(pre WW1)


List of National Cemeteries and their 1903 Post Office Locations

The last surviving veterans from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Spanish-American War, Mexican War, Civil War, Indian Wars

Obituaries for "Last" Veterans

List of Soldiers' Homes in 1903

Data related to the G.A.R.

 

Last Revolutionary War Pensionsers (surviving kin, not soldiers)

Spanish American War

 Obit of Samuel Mendel
(2nd or 3rd to last Sp-AM. Veteran - located on our Henry Co, IL site)

Obit of Jasper Garrison
(4th or 5th to last Sp-Am Veteran)

Click here for more "last" veteran info

 The Official Records of the Oregon Volunteers

Timeline of Sp.Am. War


Muster Out Rolls of the 49th Infantry
(on our Iowa website)

 

World War I

9 Last Remaining Veterans

Timeline of World War 1

 

World War II

Topic Index

Pearl Harbor - Intro and Pictures

Medal of Honor Recipients - Pictures and Bios

Wisconsin World War II Army Enlistments 1938-1946

 

USS Arizona Marines
KIA 7 December 1941

USS Arizona Marines
who survived the attack

Korean War

 

Illinois Casualties

 

Vietnam War

Illinois Casualties

Chicago Casualties

Our Genealogy Trails Veterans

 The Monuments


Military "How to" research websites ... [These are off-site links]

The American War Library - -
Overview on the process of Getting Military Records

NARA -
Overview on the availability of Military Medical and Health Records

NARA: The place to actually make the Request for Military Service Records:
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