War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1709 - 1939. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, 1894 - ca. 1912

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War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1709 - 1939. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, 1894 - ca. 1912

1894-1912

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/570910

The compiled military service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit or organization in which he served. The jacket-envelope contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as copied from original muster rolls; payrolls; rank rolls; inspection, provision, and clothing returns; receipts for pay and bounty; accounts for subsistence, pay, rations, clothing, and ordnance; abstracts of muster and pay rolls; and correspondence. The type of information recorded on the cards varies greatly depending on the availability of source documents. A typical compiled military service record may show the soldier's rank and military unit; dates of appointment or enlistment; term of enlistment; whether present or absent at time of muster; and date of discharge or separation by desertion, death, or dismissal.

2886 linear feet

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National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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