The exact information included varies from war to war and from individual to individual. CMSRs were not constructed for officers and enlisted personnel of the Regular Army.Ĭompiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. CMSRs were created for the Continental Army and many Revolutionary War-era state units, as well as volunteer forces from the post-Revolutionary period through the Philippines Insurrection. The nature and availability of state military service records varies greatly from state to state.Ĭompiled military service records (CMSRs) did not originate during the wars they document, but were compiled by the War Department beginning in the 1890s to produce a centralized record of enlisted men and officers whose military service was performed during an emergency and whose service was considered to be in the federal interest. State archives may have additional records documenting the service of soldiers in state volunteer units that are also documented in records at the National Archives.
Īny surviving records of pre-Revolutionary War service in colonial militias as well as service in state militias and National Guard units that were not called up for federal service may be in state archives.
For more information about these records, see About Military Service Records and Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs, DD Form 214). Army who were separated from the service after June 1917, there may be an Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and for officers of the U.S. Questions about the records listed in this blog as well as other pre-World War I Army and War Department records may be directed to the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at or posted on History Hub in the Military Records community.ĭepending on the time period and individual circumstances, soldiers also may be documented in other types of records such as land grant files, pension files, medical files, casualty records, Military Academy records, prisoner lists, and unit records that are not listed in this blog.įor enlisted men of the U.S.
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The records below are the main series used for documenting military service in the US Army prior to the time period just before World War I.
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