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Georgia Military Records
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The uses and value of military records in genealogical research for ancestors who were veterans are obvious, but military records can also be important to re-searchers whose direct ancestors were not soldiers in any war. The fathers, grandfathers, brothers, and other close relatives of an ancestor may have served in a war, and their service or pension records could contain information that will assist in further identifying the family of primary interest. Due to the amount of genealogical information contained in some military pension files, they should never be overlooked during the research process. Those records not containing specific genealogical information are of historic value and should be included in any overall research design.
Georgia supplied thousands of soldiers for various federal campaigns. Some military records for Georgia after the Civil War are in the Georgia Department of Archives and History as original records or as microfilm copies. Included are rosters of the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Poncho Villa Campaign. The state archives also has on microfilm many county copies of service records for World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The National Archives-Southeast Branch has World War I draft registration records. Service records and photographs of Georgians who died in World War I were published in Bert E. Boss, Georgia Memorial Book (Macon, Ga.: Georgia Memorial Association, 1921).
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Revolutionary War in Georgia
Search Revolutionary War 1775-83 Service Records
, Rejected Pensions, Loyalists Records, 1775-1783 Pay Rolls, Courts-Martial, Officers, Pension Index, 1841 Pensioner Census
Below is a list of online resources for Georgia in the Revolutionary War.
- Georgia Revolutionary War Books at Amazon.com
- Revolutionary War Muster and Pay Rolls from the State of Georgia (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83 from Georgia.
- Patriot Army Records of the Revolutionary War
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files from the State of Georgia
War of 1812 in Georgia
Search War of 1812 Service Records and Miscellaneous Canadian Records
Below is a list of online resources for Georgia in the War of 1812.
Civil War in Georgia
Search Civil War Soldiers, Service Records, Regiments, General Officers, Battle Summaries, Pension Index: 1861-1934, CSA Field Officers and the War of the Rebellion
Below is a list of online resources for Georgia in the Civil War.
- Georgia Civil War Books at Amazon.com
- Southern Claims - Barred and Disallowed Records from the State of Georgia (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents In the 1870s, southerners claimed compensation from the U.S. government for items used by the Union Army, ranging from corn and horses, to trees and church buildings.
- Civil War Veterans Organization Index of Pension Files from the State of Georgia (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Pension applications for service in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served.
- Civil War Confederate Soldier Service Records from the State of Georgia (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Georgia units, labeled with each soldier's name, rank, and unit, with links to revealing documents about each soldier
- Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons ("Amnesty Papers"), 1865-67 from the State of Georgia (The National Archives): NARA M1003. View, Print Copy & Save Original Applications for pardon submitted to President Andrew Johnson, 1865-67, by former Confederates excluded from earlier amnesty proclamations.
