Using Military Records at the National Archives

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Records to Search Other than Pension Files

• M1062, Correspondence of the War Dept. relating
  to Indian Affairs, Military Pensions and
  Fortifications, 1791-1797
• M1015, Central Treasury Records of the
  Continental and Confederation Governments
  relating to Military Affairs
• M247, Papers of the Continental Congress
• M332, Misc. Papers of the Continental Congress

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M1062, War Dept. Correspondence
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M1062, Index to Names, Pension Lists
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M247, Continental Congress
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Other Records to Search

• M1749, Historical Registers of National Homes for
  Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
• Not in alphabetical order but by admission
  number Roll 1 of each homes records has an
  alphabetical index
• Can give you information on place of birth and
  next of kin

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M1845, Card Records of Headstones Provided for
Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca.
1903

• Act of Congress, Feb. 3, 1879, extended the
  privilege of government provided gravestones for
  soldiers buried in private cemeteries
• Following World War I, the Cemetery Branch became
  the Cemetery Division when it consolidated with
  the Graves Registration Service who supervised
  the burying, placing of headstones, and
  record-keeping for American dead abroad during
  World War I.
• Cards are arranged alphabetically by surname and
  then by first name. Each card gives some of the
  following rank, company and regiment, place of
  burial including cemetery name, and community,
  county and state in which its located, grave
  number if any, date of death and supplier of the
  gravestone.

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20th Century Pension Records

• No clear cut acts giving pensions to World War I
  veterans
• Mostly VA based on disability
• Later 20th century pensions based on service or
  disability
• Post World War II pensions handled by Defense
  Financing (DFAS)

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World War I Selective Service Draft Registration
Cards M1509

• Arranged first by state, then by county or city,
  then numerically by draft board number and
  finally alphabetically by surname
• Three registrations June 5, 1917, June 5,1918
  and Sept. 25, 1918
• Pittsfield has New England and New York
  registration cards

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