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Colonial Wars, 1607-1774
These records will include the name of the soldier and the colonial unit in which he served. They consist of rosters, rolls and lists of those who survived the wars.
- An historical journal of the campaigns in North America for the years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760 by Captain John Knox. Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1914-16 971.4/K77d
- The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700. With their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked and other interesting particulars. From MSS preserved in the State paper dept of Her Majesty's Public records office, England. Ed by John Camden Hotten. NY: J W Bouton, 1874 929.4/H799
Revolutionary War and Frontier Conflicts, 1775-1811
These records are compiled from rosters and rolls of soldiers serving. They provide the name, rank, military organization, state from which the soldier served, date his name appears on the rolls, date of enlistment or of appointment and sometimes the date of separation. Physical description, date and place of birth, residence at time of enlistment are occasionally included.
- Battles of the American revolution, 1775-1781 Historical and military criticism with topographical illustration by Henry B Carrington. NY: A S Barnes & Co, 1876 973.3/C235
- Complete regular army register of the United States: for one hundred years (1779-1879). Together with the volunteer general staff during the war with Mexico, and a register of all appointments by the President of the United States in the Volunteer service during the rebellion with the official military records of each officer. Also a military history of the Department of War and of each staff department of the Army. Compiled and published by Thomas H S Hamersly. Washington DC: Hamersly, 1881. 353.6/H179
- Historical register of officers of the continental army during the ward of the revolution, April 1775-Dec 1783 by F B Heitman. Washington: Press of Nichols, Killam & Haffitt, 1893. 973.344/H365
- Index to Revolutionary War service records, transcribed by Virgil D White. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co, 1995. 929.373/1995
- List of officers of the navy of the United States and of the Marine corps from 1775 to 1900 comprising a complete register of all present and former commissioned, warranted and appointed officers of the United States navy and of the Marine corps, regular and volunteer. Compiled by Edward W Callahan. NY: L R Hamersly & Co, 1901. 353.7/C13
- A National register of the society Sons of the American Revolution, comp and pub under the auspices of the national publication committee by Louis H Cornish, register list collated and ed by A Howard Clark. NY: Press of A H Kellogg, 1902. 369.133/So5
- Naval documents of the American Revolution. U S Naval History Division. Edited by William Bell Clark. Washington, DC: GPO, 1964- . 973.35/Un3
- The war of the rebellion; a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U S War Dept, Secretary of War: Washington DC: GPO, 1880-1901. 128 volumes. 973.7/Un3w
Post-Revolutionary Wars, 1812-1848
The information included in this time period is similar to the service records of soldiers in the colonial wars and Revolutionary War and have been indexed and microfilmed by the National Archives. If a personal search of the microfilmed indexes at the National Archives or Family History Libraries is not possible, you can request a search at the National Archives using NATF form 80.
- The Historical register of the United States, Washington: T H Palmer, 1814-1816. 973.5/H629
- History of the late war between the United States and Great Britain: comprising a minute account of the various military and naval operations. By H M Brackenridge. Pittsburgh: J I Kay & Co, 1836. 973.52/B725
- War of 1812 genealogy by George K Schweitzer. Knoxville, TN: published by the author, 407 Ascot Court, Knoxville, TN 37923-5807, c1995. 929.1072073524/S4134w/1995
Civil War, 1861-1865
These records are indexed by state and by military unit for those organized within a specific state. Use NATF form 80 to request Civil War service records for the Union Army. Civil War soldier draft records, 1863-1865, will provide rank and unit.
Civil War Soldier Draft Records, 1863-1965, are only available at the National Archives as are the Confederate Service Records. An online database available is the Civil War Soldiers System Database: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/. It was begun on April 28, 1993, and is a joint project of the National Archives, the National Park Service, the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Genealogical Society of Utah. It provides a database which identifies every solder who fought in the Civil War. Each entry indicates whether the solder was Union or Confederate, his regiment and his rank and indicates where he is buried. You will find Civil War regimental rosters, Regimental chronicles, officer profiles, Civil War soldier photographs and Civil War battle synopses. As of Oct 6, 1999, they had 2,320,000 of approximately 4,000,000 soldiers listed or 58% completed.
- Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces, some volumes indexed. Sometimes called "Army and Navy Journal" or "Armed Forces Journal." Published weekly with articles, correspondence and reports on military actions and units. 1863-1900 microfilm.
- Civil War genealogy by George K Schweitzer. Knoxville, TN: published by the author, 407 Ascot Court, Knoxville, TN 37923-5807, c1996. 929.107207374/S413c/1996
- Confederate Research Sources; a guide to Archives collections by James C Neageles. 2nd edition. Ancestry Inc, c1997. 929.373742/N338c/1997
- Index of compiled service records, volunteer Union Soldiers who served in organizations from the Territory of Dakota (Roll #6099)
- Journal of the U S Cavalry Association, sometimes called the "Cavalry Journal" and "Armored Cavalry Journal." Published quarterly it provides longer articles and reports on activities of the Cavalry and its equipment. 1888-1906 microfilm.
- Military engagements between United Sates troops & Plains Indians, 1854-1890, compiled by George E Fay. Greeley, CO: Museum of Anthropology, U of Northern Colorado, 1972. 978.02/F29
- Roster and records of Iowa soldiers in the War of the Rebellion: together with historical sketches of volunteer organization, 1861-1866. Des Moines: E H English, 1908-1911, 6 vols. 973.7477/Ad49 (We have only volumes 4&5.)
- Special schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War, North Dakota. (Roll #4235)
- War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington DC: GPO, 1901. 130 volumes with index. 973.7/Un3w
Frontier period, 1865-1898
Of special interest are the records of activities which reflect the military experience in the upper great plains.
- Army list and directory, US Adjutant General's Office. Various years from 1893-1941. (Fed Docs D 102.9)
- Army Register, US Army, Division of Militia Affairs. 1896-1967. (Fed Docs D 102.9)
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian War, 1861-1865. St Paul: Pioneer Press, 1890-1893, 2 vols. (Sibley and Sully campaigns) 977.6/M666
- On the trail of the Buffalo Soldiers; biographies of African Americans in the U S Army, 1866-1917 by Frank N Schubert. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Service, 1995. 355.0092273
- Roster of the Organized Militia of the United States, 1898-1909. (Fed Docs 102.9)
- Seventh US Cavalry muster rolls. (Rolls #13575,13576,13577)
- US Army Commands records, Fort Buford, letters, orders 1867-1894. (Roll #4287)
- US Army Post Records, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Correspondence, plans, medical history, 1872-1878. (Rolls #5838, 4304, 4283)
- US Army Post Records, Fort Rice, medical history, 1864-1878. (Roll #4277
- US Army Post Records, Fort Seward, DT, 1872-1877. (Roll #4389, 4390)
- US Army Post Records, Fort Totten, Abandoned Military Reservation, Commanding Officers, medical history, 1869-1892. (Roll #4278, 4273, 4274, 4275, 4277)
- US Army Post Records, Fort Yates, medical history, 1878-1903. (Roll #4286
- US Army Post Returns, Camp Hancock, 1872-1877. (Roll #4310)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Abercrombie, 1858-1977. (Roll #4305)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Abraham Lincoln, 1872-1913. (Roll #4284, 4311, 4312, 4313)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Fort McKeen, 1872. (Roll #4327)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Abraham Lincoln, ordnance , 1879-1889. (Roll #4314)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Berthold, 1865-1867. (Roll #4307)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Buford, 1866-1895. (Roll #4308, 4309)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Pembina, DT, 1870-1895. (Roll #4315, 4316)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Rice, 1864-1878. (Roll #4317, 4318)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Seward (Sykes), 1872-1877. (Roll #4319, 4328)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Stevenson, 1867-1883. (Roll #4320, 4321)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Totten, 1867-1890. (Roll #4322,4323)
- US Army Post Returns, Fort Yates, 1875-1903. (Roll #4324,4325,4326)
- US Army Ration Returns, Fort Abraham Lincoln, 1877. (Roll #1242)
- US Army Registers of Enlisted, Indian Scouts, v150-151, 1866-1877. (Roll #4295)
- US Army, Fort Totten, Major McLaughlin, Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, 1870-1891. (Roll #4361)
- US War Department, Letters received, Adjutant General, series 31913, 1871-1878. (Rolls #13373-13412)
Spanish-American War to present, 1898-1999
Records of the last 75 years are restricted to use by the individual or next of kin if the individual is deceased. Other requesters will need a release authorization signed by the veteran or next of kin. Discharge papers also provide some basic information: age, date of birth, education, duty status, decorations and awards, duty assignments, marital status, rank/grade, serial/service number, promotion sequence. For military records before WWI use the NATF form 80. For all others use the current version of Form 180.
- Campaigning in the Philippines. San Francisco: The Highs-Judd Company, Pub, 1899. 973.89/F275
- Draft registration, 1917 and 1918 and a reconstructed roster and history of Company C, Divide County, North Dakota, Rod Gillund. Crosby, ND; R Gillund, 1989. INDEX/071.78471/G484d
- Full official history of the war with Spain; written over the wire in the discharge of public duty, by the highest authorities of the government, heads of departments and bureaus, the adjutant general; the commanders of fleets and armies in active service and the President of the US, by Murat Halstead. 973/891/H166f
- The Great War; a guide to the service records of all the World's fighting men and volunteers by Christina K Schaefer. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, c1998. 940.3/S294g
- Historical Record, American Legion. Department of Dakota. Auxiliary. Consists of biographical sketches and photographs of North Dakota women who served as nurses in WWI. ARCHIVES/MSS/10339
- The Honor list of dead and missing for the state of North Dakota: Spanish American War, 1898-99; Mexican Border Campaign, 1916-17; World War I, 1917-18; World War II, 1940-46; The Korean Conflict, 1950-53 Bismarck, ND: Office of the Adjutant General, 1958. OVERSIZE/355.35025/N814/1958
- Officers and enlisted men of the United States navy who lost their lives during the world war, from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918. Washington, DC: GPO, 1920. 940.3/Un3
- Officers and men, First North Dakota Volunteer Infantry, 1939. 940.412784/O32
- Official history of the operations of the First North Dakota Infantry, USV, in the campaign in the Philippine Islands, written by First Sergeant Phil H Shortt, who was appointed to write this history and given access to such official records as military regulations would permit and other wise assisted by Colonel W C Treumann and other officers of the regiment. San Francisco: The Highs-Judd Company Pub, 1899. 973.89/F275
- Ramsey County in the War collection, 1919. 2.25 ft. ARCHIVES/MSS/10179
- Register of North Dakota Veterans; World War II, 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict, 1950-1953, ND Adjutant General, Bismarck, 1968. REF/940.54/-R263
- Register of North Dakota Veterans; Vietnam Conflict, 1964-1973, ND Adjutant General, Bismarck, 1981. REF/959.70433784/R337
- Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, 1900-1967. (Fed Docs D 201.1)
- Roster of the men and women who served in the Army or Naval Service (including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918, 4 vols,. ND Adjutant General, Bismarck, 1931. REF/940.41273/N814s
- Service record book of men and women of Mountrail County, North Dakota. Sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post no 2707. Stanley, ND: The Post, 194?. 940.41278474/M865/Mountrail
- Service record book of men and women of Valley City, North Dakota and community. Sponsored by the Frank S Henry Post no 2764. Valley City, ND: The Post. 194?. 940.41278432/V243
- Soldiers of the great war. Compiled by W M Haulsee, F G Howe and A C Doyle. Washington, DC: Soldiers Records Publishing Assoc, 1920. 940.3/So42
- United States in war with Spain and the history of Cuba. A thrilling account of the land and naval operations of American soldiers and sailors in our war with Spain and the heroic struggles of Cuban patriots against Spanish tyranny. Chicago: International Publishing co, 1898. 973.8/W585u
- United States Military Academy catalogue, information relative to the appointment and admission of cadets to the US Military Academy, 1910-1958. (Fed Docs D 109-2)
