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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

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.
Know the line has held, your job is done.
Rest easy, sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell...

(author: Hugh Wyles?)





ONLINE MILITARY DATA

American Wars and Engagements before 1900

   

French and Indian War
Between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763

Generals

   

Revolutionary War
1775–1783

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

Battle of Blue Licks, KY
Daniel Boone fought in the last battle of the war

List of Preserved Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites

Veterans' Obituaries

Biographies and obits of Generals

Burial Places of RW Soldiers
as reported to Congress in 1918

Last Revolutionary War Pensionsers
surviving kin, not soldiers)

 
     

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
Battle News
Indian Hostilities
Spies and Deserters
Miscellaneous News Stories
Muster Roll of the "General Armstrong"

Widows still alive in 1922

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

 Veterans still alive in 1922

 

Indian Wars

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

Soldier Remembrances

Medal of Honor Recipients

Battle of Little Big Horn

Mississippi Veteran Grave Registrations

Blackhawk War (Illinois)
Obituary of last survivor

Pirates and related Sea-faring data

Muster Roll of the Brig "General Armstrong"

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

Class Lists (post-Civil War Eras)
1956 Class of Cadets

Chronological Record of the Civil War, 1860-1865

1861 Timeline of Events

Civil War Battles
Alphabetical Listing 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

Union Soldiers Executed

Casualties
Overall Casualty Totals

Casualty Totals by State

Prisoners of War

 Union Prisoners at Richmond, VA in September of 1861

Deceased Prisoners Aug-Nov 1861

 Civil War
Medal of Honor Recipients

A-C / D-F / G-J / K-M/ N-R / S-T / U-Z

  Names of Soldiers who received Military Headstones from the Government
Project is COMPLETE!

Locations of Armories and Arsenals in 1868 

1868 "Active" Army List

1868 "Retired" Army List


Organization of the Regular Army as of Jan 1 1868

Veteran Information
(pre WW1)


List of National Cemeteries and their 1903 Post Office Locations

Current List of
National Cemeteries with their Contact Information

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.

Names of Civil War Soldiers who received Military Headstones from the Government

Last Revolutionary War Pensionsers (these are usually surviving kin, not the soldiers themselves)

Military Obits from 1899

Military Newspaper Gleanings

Death Lists

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

Index to Topics

Pearl Harbor - Intro and Pictures

Medal of Honor Recipients - Pictures and Bios

Wisconsin World War II Army Enlistments 1938-1946

Navajo Code Talkers

USS Arizona Marines
KIA 7 December 1941

USS Arizona Marines
who survived the attack

Korean War
Visit the various state websites - many of them have lists of casualties

 

Illinois Casualties

 

Vietnam War
Visit the various state websites - many of them have lists of casualties

Illinois Casualties

Chicago Casualties

Our Genealogy Trails Veterans

 The Monuments


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

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

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

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