Indian Wars Compiled Service Records Index, 1815-1858

The "Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during Indian Wars and Disturbances, 1815–58" (NARA M629) contains index cards to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served in various Indian wars or participated in the quelling or solving of Indian disturbances or problems from 1815 to 1858. The records of the Mexican War (1846-1848) are not included in this collection. This index includes the soldier’s name, rank, and unit along with the name of the war or disturbance.


 * States and Conflicts with Compiled Service Records
 * Alabama: Cherokee Removal,Creek War, Florida War, Seminole War,1817-1818
 * District of Columbia: Creek War, Florida War
 * Florida: Creek War,Florida War, Seminole War
 * Georgia:Cherokee Disturbances and Removal, Cherokee War,Creek War,Florida War,Seminole War, 1817-1818
 * Illinois: Black Hawk War, Sac and Fox War
 * Indiana: Black Hawk War
 * Iowa: Black Hawk War
 * Kansas: War of 1856
 * Kentucky: Sabine Frontier, 1836-1837
 * Louisiana: Florida War, War of 1837-1838
 * Maine: War of 1839
 * Michigan: Black Hawk War, Patriot War, 1838-1839
 * Mississippi: Sabine Frontier, 1836
 * Missouri: Florida War, 1837-1838, War of 1829, War of 1832
 * New York:Florida War, 1837-1838
 * New Mexico, Indian War, 1849
 * North Carolina:Cherokee War
 * Oregon: War of 1855
 * Pennsylvania: Florida War
 * South Carolina: Florida War
 * Tennessee: Cherokee Disturbances and Removal, Cherokee War, Sabine Frontier, 1836, Seminole (Florida) War, War of 1815, War of 1818
 * Texas
 * Washington
 * Indian Military Units: Black Hawk War, Cherokee Disturbances and Removal, Creek War, Florida War, Seminole War, 1817-1818
 * Vermont: Patriot War
 * Source:List of the Adjutant General's Office for carded records of military organizations: Revolutionary War through Philippine Insurrection : the Ainsworth list, National Archives microfilm publication, T817.

National Archives
 * Collection Description
 * NARA Collection Description of Indexes

Online


 * U.S. Army Indian Campaign Service Records Index, 1815-1858 (Ancestry) ($) - browsable only

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