US Army (Regular Army)

Brief History

 * Maurice Matloff, edited. American military history Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, U. S. Army, 1969 FS Library Digital
 * Russell Frank Weigley. History of the United States Army New York, New York : Hyperion, 1967
 * William Addleman Ganoe. The history of the United States Army Ashton, Maryland : Eric Lundberg, 1964 FS Library Digital
 * Edward M. Coffman. The old Army: a portrait of the American Army in peacetime, 1784-1898 New York, New York: Oxford University Press, c1986 FS Library 973 M2cof

Officers

 * Francis B. Heitman. Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army : from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 2 volumes. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1903 FS Library Digital
 * William Henry Powell. Powell's records of living officers of the United States Army Philadelphia : L.R. Hammersly, 1890, c1890. FS Library Digital
 * Thomas H.S. Hamersly,compiled, edited and published. Complete regular army register of the United States : for one hundred years (1779 to 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 record of each officer. Also, a military history of the Department of War, and of each staff department of the army. With various tables relating to the army and other important military information, compiled from the official recordsWashington : T.H S. Hamersley, 1880

Regimental and Company Histories and Rosters

 * Registers of enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, NARA M233
 * Kenneth S. Gallagher and Robert L. Pigeon, edited. Infantry regiments of the United States Army : a complete guide to the history, decorations, honors and colors of each infantry regiment in the regular Army New York, New York : Military Press, c1986 FS Library 973 M2g
 * Mary Lee Stubbs and Stanley Russell Connor ; with lineages adapted by Janice E. McKenney.  Armor-Cavalry 2 volumes. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1969, 1972 FS Library Digital
 * John K. Herr and Edward S. Wallace. The story of the U.S. cavalry, 1775-1942 Boston : Little, Brown, c1953. Reprint. New York, New York : Bonanza Books, 1984, c1953
 * James A. Sawicki. Cavalry regiments of the US Army Dumfries, Virginia : Wyvern Publications, c1985 FS Library 973 M2saa
 * Muster rolls: Field staff and band, 7th Regiment, U.S. Cavalry, Sept. 1866 - Dec. 1874

Military Geography

 * Raphael P. Thian, comp. ; with addenda edited by John M. Carroll Notes illustrating the military geography of the United States, 1813-1880 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881. Reprint. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, c1979 FS Library 973 M2tn
 * drawn under the direction of James H. Carleton by Allen Anderson Map of the military department of New Mexico
 * Letters sent by the 9th Military Department, the Department of New Mexico, and the District of New Mexico, 1849-1890 NARA M1072
 * Register of letters received and letters received by headquarters, 9th Military Department, 1848-1853, NARA M1102
 * Records of the 10th Military Department, 1846-1851 NARA M210

Adjutant General's Office
Correspondence Returns
 * compiled by Lucille H. Pendell and Elizabeth Bethel Preliminary inventory of the records of the Adjutant General's Office Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 1981 FS Library 973 J53pp
 * Indexes to letters received by the office of The Adjutant General (Main Series), 1846, [1846-1848, 1861-1889 NARA M725]
 * United States Adjutant General' Office. Index to general correspondence of The Adjutant General's Office, 1890-1917. NARA M698
 * Letters sent by the Office of the Adjutant General, main series, 1800-1890 NARA M 565
 * Registers of letters received, 1812-1889 ; Letters received by the Office of the Adjutant General, main series, 1805-1821, 1822-1860, 1861-1870, 1871-1880 NARA M0711, M0666, M0566, M0567, M0619, M0689, M0619
 * Returns from U.S. military posts, 1800-1916 NARA M617
 * Returns from Regular Army infantry regiments, June 1821-December 1916 NARA,M665
 * Returns from regular Army artillery batteries and regiments, June 1821-December 1916 : NARA, RG 94, M728
 * Returns from Regular Army cavalry regiments, 1833-1916, NARA M744
 * Returns from Regular Army Coast Artillery Corps companies, February 1901 - June 1916, NARA M691
 * Returns from regular Army engineer battalions, September 1846-June 1916, NARA M690
 * Returns of the Corps of Engineers, April 1832-December 1916 NARA M851

Quartermaster Corps

 * Letters sent by the Office of the Quartermaster General, main series, 1818-1870, NARA M745

Secretary of War

 * Indexes to letters received by the Secretary of War, 1861-1870 NARA M495

Related Wiki Articles

 * Forts of the United States

Civil War

 * George T. Ness, Jr.. The regular Army on the eve of the Civil War Baltimore, Maryland : Toomey Press, c1990 FS Library 973 M2ne
 * Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer volume 3 page 1689 Regular Army


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Florida in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Union Regular Army in the Civil War describes Union sources, specifically about the Union Regular Army in the Civil War, and how to find them