Georgia in the War of 1812

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Introduction
During the War of 1812, Georgia supplied 10,376 infantry men, 563 cavalry men, and 618 artillery men for a total of 11,557 men.

Service Records

 * Ancestry, War of 1812 Service Records ($), (accessed 11 May 2012). This database gives name, company, rank at time of induction and at time of discharge of men mustered into the armed forces between 1812 and 1825.
 * Kratovil, Judy Swaim, Index to War of 1812 service records for volunteer soldiers from Georgia (Atlanta, Georgia, J.S. Kratovil, 1986)..

Pension Records

 * USGenWeb Archives Pension Project, Free digital version of Georgia War of 1812 records including selected Pension applications, bounty land warrants, pension and muster lists, Index to Rosters, A-S and miscellaneous records. (Accessed 11 May 2012)
 * War of 1812 pensioners living in Georgia during the 1880's, (Cullman, Alabama, Gregath (1982) pages 38 FHL Book 975.8 M2


 * War of 1812 pension records (fold3) (free access) are being digitized. Some soldiers from Georgia are listed in the records. Currently the digitization of these records is not complete.

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