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The Maryland State Archives has an incomplete index to colonial muster and payroll records for the period 1732 to 1772, as well as various records and indexes for the later wars and military units. The National Archives/Mid-Atlantic Region has microfilms of the Revolutionary War military service (with index) and pension records (arranged alphabetically), the index to War of 1812 and Spanish-American War service records, and name indexes to Union and Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.
World War I participants from Maryland are found in a list compiled by the Maryland War Records Commission (Baltimore, 1933). The War Records Division of the Maryland Historical Society compiled 5 volumes of Maryland in World War II, Register of Service Personnel (1965). Some military history is available at the State of Maryland Military Department, Room B14, Fifth Regiment Armory, 219 29th Division Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-2288.
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- Maryland Military Books at Amazon.com
- Maryland Military Men, 1917-18: This database is a massive collection of military records for men who served in the war from Maryland.
- Maryland Historical Records - Databases include Maryland Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records; Maryland Birth, Marriage & Death Records; Maryland Voter Lists & Census Records; Maryland Immigration & Emigration Records; Maryland Obituary Records; Maryland Military Records; Maryland Family Tree Records; Maryland Pictures; Maryland Stories, Memories & Histories; Maryland Directories & Member Lists and much more....
Revolutionary War in Maryland
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 Maryland in the Revolutionary War.
- Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from the State of Maryland (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.
- Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files from the State of Maryland
- Maryland Revolutionary War Records: This database is a collection of pension and bounty land claims on the state for military service in the war.
Civil War in Maryland
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 Maryland in the Civil War.
- Maryland Civil War Books at Amazon.com
- Southern Claims - Barred and Disallowed from the State of Maryland (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 Maryland (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.
- Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 1: With over 36,000 records of soldiers, sailors and marines in the Union Army and Navy from 1861 to 1865, this database is of interest to anyone with ancestors from Maryland who served in the Civil War.
- Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 2: The second volume in a two-volume series, this volume embraces all of the sailors, marines and other troops from Maryland who served in the Union army or navy.
List conflicts dating from earliest to 1865
See Also Researching in Military Records and Colonial & United States Wars From Earliest to 1865
Conflicts involving Maryland dating from earliest to 1865. Wars covered that are available are:
- Pequot War 1637-1638
- French and Iroquois Wars 1642-1698
- King Philip’s War 1675–1676
- Pueblo Rebellion 1680
- King William’s War 1689–98
- Queen Anne’s War 1702–1713
- Tuscarora War 1711-1715
- Dummer's War 1723-1726
- King George’s War 1744–48
- French and Indian War 1754–63
- Pontiac's Rebellion 1763-1766
- Lord Dunmore's War 1774
- Revolutionary war
- Tripolitan War 1801-1805
- War of 1812 1812–15
- Creek Indian War 1813-1814
- The First Seminole War 1818-1819
- Texas Revolutionary War 1835-1836
- Second Seminole War 1835-1842
- Mexican War 1846–48
- Civil War 1861–65
- Spanish-American War 1898
- World War I 1917–18
- World War II 1941–45
- Korean War 1950–53
- Vietnam War 1961–73
- War on Terrorism 2001-Present
