Military Records

The Kansas Historical Society holds a wealth of information about military engagements and those who participated in them. The society’s library, manuscripts, and State Archives holdings contain documents and publications that describe Kansas soldiers and Kansas conflicts.

General Information about Kansas Historical Society Military Records

Specific Wars and Conflicts

Mexican War
Kansas Territorial Conflict
Civil War
Plains Indian Campaigns
Spanish-American War/Philippine Insurrection
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam Conflict

Other Military and Service Records

More than one war or time period.

Veterans’ Records and Organizations

Military Bounty Land Records
Biographical Sources
Censuses Showing Military Service
Kansas G.A.R. Necrology Index
Kansas Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Posts
GAR Manuscript Resources
GAR Bibliography
World War I Bibliography
World War II Bibliography
Veterans’ Records in the National Archives

Soldiers’ Home Records

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Western Branch (Leavenworth, Kans.) (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System)

Ancestry.com searchable database of patients, 1895 (all National Home branches)

National Home records at the National Archives

Records of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs in the National Archives

Other Topics Relating to Military Genealogy

Records of the U.S. Adjutant General’s Office in the National Archives
1780s–1917
1917–[ongoing]

Fort Ellsworth Archeological Site
Overview of Fort Harker
Fort Harker Timeline
Kansas Forts Network
Kansas National Guard
Kansas Military Timeline

Bibliographies

African-Americans in Kansas and the West: Soldiers and the Military
Kansas Biography: Ready Reference Sources
Kansas Bibliographies
Mexican War Bibliography
GAR Bibliography

War Letters Project

 
 
Related Links
Kansas Biographical Name Index

Kansas Military Timeline


National Archives and Records Administration military records

U.S. Army Military History Institute

U.S. Army Center of Military History

Naval Historical Center

Air Force History Support Office

The Air Force Historical Research Agency

United States Marine Corps History and Museums Division

U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office

Museum of the Kansas National Guard

Donating Materials


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