Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about World War 1.

Links in this episode:

A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin

Over There: The United States Army in the Great War 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE UNITED STATES LAND FORCES IN THE WORLD WAR

UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919

THE U.S. ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR I ERA

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CLAIM FILES AND WORLD WAR I BURIAL FILES

Request Military Service Records

The American Legion Digital Archive

Order of the First World War Resource Page

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases

Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about The Civil War

Links in this episode:

This Great Struggle by Stephen Woodworth

The organization and administration of the Union army, 1861-1865 / by Fred Albert Shannon v.1

The organization and administration of the Union army, 1861-1865 / by Fred Albert Shannon v.2

The Armies in Gray by Dan Fullerton

Fold3.com Civil War Collection

National Archives Civil War Collection

US Army Register of Enlistments (FamilySearch, Ancestry, Fold3)

Civil War era medical terms

Union Pension Records

Confederate Pension Records

1883 Pension Roll (Ancestry)

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

American Battlefield Trust

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases

Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about the Mexican War

Links in this episode:

The Occupation of Mexico (PDF)

What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe (Amazon)

Abstract of Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers (FamilySearch)

Order Compiled Service Records from the National Archives

Limited Compiled Service Records (Ancestry)

US Army Register of Enlistments (FamilySearch, Ancestry, Fold3)

Pension Records Index (FamilySearch)

1883 Pension Roll (Ancestry)

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases