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MILITARY RECORDS



Military Records can provide a very vast amount of data for the researcher. These can also run several pages and therefore due to the copying costs put forth by various institutions can run into alot of money. However, they are well worth the cost for the information that they provide.Some form of military records can be gotten from the Indiana State Archives for a nominal\ fee, and yet others like complete pension files must be received from the National Archives.

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MILITARY RECORDS

  • Name of the Soldier
  • Name of Parents (sometimes)
  • Place of Residence
  • Place of Muster
  • Great Physical Descriptions (Eyes,Hair, Height,etc)
  • Depending on records you can get a detail of the battles
  • Discharge information
  • Rate of Pay
  • Date of Muster
  • With pension files records of migration of families

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