MILITARY

REVOLUTION

The Wretched Prison Ships	More Americans died in British prison ships in New York Harbor than in all the battles of the Revolutionary Wart
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Opening of the Tomb of the Martyrs	Wonderful, first person account with photos
American Prisoners of the Revolution (Prison Ship)	Names of 8000 Men
1653 Muster Rolls	List of Men..New Amsterdam
The Battle of Brooklyn	August 1776 By Brooklyn On Line
New York Ivalid 1801-1816	Index to US Invalid Pension Records
9th Regiment of Infantry	Reorganized in 1863. List of Officers
Monmouth County Archives	Revolutionary Soldiers and their survivors
Petition & Pepresentation of Queens Co.	re: Revolutionary Incidents
1840 Census of Pensioners	Revolutionary or Military Services with the Names, Ages, & Places of Resisdence
The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut	BY FREDERIC GREGORY MATHER Albany, N.Y.; J. B. Lyon Company, Printers; 1913 Declaration Signed by Sundry Inhabitants of Queens County, New York. American Archives, 4th Series. 4.858) January 19, 1776

1873 REVOLUTIONARY MARTYRS
Removal of Their Remains to the Mausoleum in Washington Park. Some Account of the Prison Ships Tortures Endured On the Shores of Brooklyn Where They Have Rested for Ninety Years Description of the New Receptacle and its Surrounding, &c., &c.

CIVIL

The Draft Riots of 1863 New York City

Eye Witness Accounts

Eye Witness Letters of Edward Markoe Wright

List of 67 UNION Generals (Battle of Gettysburg) death & Burial

List of 53 CONFEDERATE Generals (Battle of Gettysburg) death & Burial

2004 Article..Search for Civil War graves uncovers history The famous and the infamous buried in Brooklyn cemetery.

10th Volunteer Infantry Mustered 1861 N.Y.C.& Bklyn.A short history followed by list of officers in A thru K Company

14th Brooklyn aka Brooklyn Chasseurs Formed in 1847 as the Fourteenth Regiment, N.Y.S.M

14th Brooklyn New York State Milita aka the 84th Regiment

Historic Letters..Civil War Brooklyn Families

38th Regiment Organized in New York City

127th New York Infantry aka "The Monitors", this was a Civil War Regiment raised in NYC, & L.I.

The 139th NY Infantry Organized in Brooklyn, NY during August 1862. It was mustered into service there on Sept. 9, 1862. More details on the various companys of the regiment

160th New York Infantry A website devoted to the 160th New York Infantry regiment that served during the American Civil War.
165th Vol.Infantry 2nd Battalion Duryee Zouaves;mustered Staten Island 1862

173rd Volunteer Infantry Reenactment/history of the 173rd and links to other NYS Civil War sites

1854/55 Brooklyn Directory Military List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn

1856/57 Brooklyn Directory Military List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn

1862-63 Brooklyn Directory Military List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn

Military Matters News.Assignments.Promotions

1863 Draft Board Announcement Third District

1864-65 Brooklyn Directory Military List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn

United States Naval Hospital 1865 Census Brooklyn Kings Co.

1868 Civil War Soliers due Bounty..12th Regiment Excerpt from the NY Times

1868 Commissioned in the National Guard Excerpt from the NY Times

1876 War Veterans They Organize a Campaign Club

1877 Veteran Guard Battalion of the State (colored) Dress Parade

1878 28th Regiment Mustered Out

1879 Summer Soldiers Where National Guard Officers Will Recuperate

1883 Honorably Discharged Soldiers. Sailors & Marines On the eve of Election Day, 5 November 1883

Deserters from the US Army As advertised in the Police Gazette

1893 Uniform Veterans of the 23d Regiment Officers Commissioned

Brooklyn Civil War Deaths 1865 State Census.. Excellant site

1889 13th Regiment Presentation of Military Badges

1893 13th Regiment Presentation of Military Badges

1893 Twenty Third Reg. annual meeting.Elected officers

14th Regiment in 1896 A reunion of the 14th as recorded by the Bklyn Eagle

Twelve Survivors of Fighting Fourteenth Honor Memory of Comrades of 1861

Paper Trails..Veterans
Real info submitted by subscribers to the Bklyn List. Veterans/Pensions/Roll of Honor/Discharge etc.

Civil War Rosters New York (Extensive list)

Civil War search & Photo site database is a catalog of American Civil War (ACW) photographs from the Special Collections Branch of MHI.

Forts in New York Excellant site

New York State Archives War Service Records and Searches

New York State Archives Military Search request Form (download & print)

Civil War Photo Site Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Civil War Data Site Search by regiment.name.state

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Names & Records of Union & Confederate Troops

Civil War Prison Camps All Part of Brenda Smelser Hay's wonderful Site

Civil War Soldier Databases and FAQ All Part of Brenda Smelser Hay's wonderful Site

How to Order Civil War Records FAQ All Part of Brenda Smelser Hay's wonderful Site

Andersonville (Georgia) Civil War POW site 6200+ prisoners on record from New York State

Record of Officers & men of New Jersey, 1861-1865 Searcgable database

Nicknames list for Civil War Regiments & Brigades - All States

Civil War Soldier's Widow Pension (Denials) Women's Name Index

Civil War Soldier's On-Line New York State Archives

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Search by Soldiers Name

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Search for Medal of Honor Recipients

New York Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Military Asylum Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

The United States Sanitary Commission's Hospital Directory
Collected and recorded information concerning the location of sick, wounded and missing soldiers for the benefit of their families and friends. The Washington Hospital Directory Archives records contain over 9,000 inquiry files dating from 1862-1865 concerning soldiers and other individuals. Although most of the files refer to state volunteer soldiers, there are also inquiries for U.S. Army regulars, U.S. Colored Troops, Navy and Marine servicemen, Confederates, government and USSC employees, hospital staff and civilians. USSC Civil War Soldiers Inquiry Database A thru Z includes, Name, alternate Names, Unit, Rank/Job and Additional Information. When you click on a name it gives you: File location: Box and Folder Info.

QUEENS COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR- RECORD OF THE VOLUNTEERS. Record by towns of Queens county’s volunteers, compiled from official rolls at Albany and from other sources. Including: Flushing, Newtown, Jamaica, Oyster Bay, Hempstead etc.

History of the 14th in the Spanish American War
Spanish-American War..Guide to Rosters and Muster Rolls Online
The Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans
9th Regiment, Infantry New York Volunteers..Spanish American War Wonderful Site filled with -History -Images -Rosters -Bios -Camp Townsend -Camp Thomas -Medals

Sons Of Spanish American War Veterans Cohoes, New York Joseph Melvin Leonard Camp No.168

NOTE: How the Draft & Registration worked: U.S. World War I Draft Registrations On May 18, 1917, Congress passed the Selective Service Act authorizing the President to draft men into military service. These records are available to today's genealogists and provide a wealth of family information.

World War 1 Dead...Kings & Queens Counties

World War 1 Dead...Nassau County, N.Y.

World War 1 Dead...Suffolk County, N.Y.

World War 1 MIA & Wounded Notices Part 1

World War 1 MIA & Wounded Notices Part 2

1918 Brooklyn Men registered for the US Service Names & Addresses

Roster of the 23d Infantry of the Second Division 1919

1921..Ridgewood Heroes A Monument List

World War 1 Forms Download forms to send to N.A.R.A.

WW1 Draft Locations 1918 Brooklyn-Queens-Bronx-Richmond-Manhattan

World War 1 Draft Board Locations Map Brooklyn

World War 1 Draft Board Locations Map Manhattan & the Bronx

WW 1 Draft Card Form Downloadable form

NYCity W.W.1 Draft Board Data Base
pt of 150, all of 151 & 152 Pt of the Jewish Gemealogical Society

NYC Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Film #s FHC

WW1 wounded at Ellis Island Hospital Where to write for Records

A Survey of New York City World War I Monuments Filled with stories, Pictures, and 'special editions

1917 Military Census Where to find it..Manhattan & Bklyn

1918 St.Mary's Parish-Roll of Honor Men in the Service of Our Country

Military Naturalization Records of Greater NY Database-Pt of the Italian Genealogical Group

Photo: Company D - 106th Infantry From the book "A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 106th Infantry United States Colonel Frank H. Norton Commanding.

Camp Wadsworth Layout of the grounds

107th New York Infantry History-Photos-Reenactments

Medal of Honor Recipient
Gravesites In The State of New York 318 Medal of Honor Recipients Total Includes 6 Double Recipients Brooklyn

The Boys of a Brooklyn Church in the Great War

1928 Citizen's Army Brooklyn Reserves..Called up

1928 Citizen's Army Queens Reserves..Called up

1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Niagara Brooklyn Reserves..Called up

1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Niagara Queens Reserves..Called up

1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Ethan Brooklyn Reserves..Called up

1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Ethan Queens Reserves..Called up

1931 Army Reserves Physicians, Surgeons & Dentists...Called up

Brooklyn Navy Yard Remembered 1882 article Bklyn Union Argus

NAVY Source & History It has pictures of US Navy ships, battles in which they participated, battle ribbons earned etc.

Navy 1942 Deaths..MIA In the Sunday NEWS..1942

World War 2 Casuality search site

Spanish American War Casuality search site

Brooklyn Navy Yard Civilian Records address..Where to write

AWON An organization dedicated to finding those lost members in WW11, whose burials remain unknown

US NAVAL ACADEMY Data Archives. These ".. data supply information on cadet's last name, age, height, weight, state of birth, state of appointment, and the date of the physical examination. In addition, family background data, such as whether parents were alive, father's occupation, income of parents, head of household, and urban/rural location of family residence, are provided"..

Naval Academy NARA site of what records they hold

The Navy Memorial "Accessible register of the names and service information of naval service personnel-- Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, reservists of these services, and Merchant Marine. Persons enrolled in the Log -- nearly 250,000 thus far -- may be living or deceased, active duty, retired or veteran".

Maspeth Veterans ..Honor Roll WW2 & Korea

LEOPOLDVILLE TROOPSHIP DISASTER REMEMBERED "This web site is devoted to honoring and remembering the 763 American soldiers of the 66th Infantry division who were killed on December 24, 1944 when their Belgium troopship SS Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by the German submarine U-486. The bodies of 493 soldiers were never found"...

The AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE...
Wonderful Site includes: U.S. Maritime Service, Army Transport Service, Military Sea Transportation Service, Military Sealift Command

World War II Merchant Marine Casualties.. from Brooklyn, NY

Merchant Marine Records.. Where to write for Records

History of Floyd Bennet Field U.S. Coast Guard air station..Brooklyn

VIETNAMESE CONFLICT CASUALTIES New York

Guide to Verteran's Records

Maspeth Veterans ..Honor Roll

POW / MIA..Database contains 11897 records (6931 distinct surnames)

Veteran's Nation Cemeteries in New York..Where they are

Korean & Vietnam Casualty Search..You can access, online, state-level casualty lists for the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict, alphabetically by last name or by home of record

NARA..Pension UPDATED on Forms

New York City Draft Riots A Little History Lesson

National Guard..Info on this unit and others

Aternate Military Records..Two more sources when the main ones fail

Lest We Forget: The Value of Military Service Recs..Ancestry.com

In Search of the Graves of Our War Dead..Ancestry.com

US Military Records: Official Nat'l Guard Registry..Ancestry.com

NARA Releases Access to Archival Databases System(ADD)
..AAD provides researchers access to over 350 databases containing over fifty million historical electronic records created by more than twenty federal agencies.

Military Records in the State Archives
War Service Records and Searches Guide to Records Relating to the Revolutionary War New York State Civil War Soldier Database Grand Army of The Republic Records Records Relating to World War I They Also Served: New Yorkers on the Home Front

U.S.Army Garrison "Fort Hamilton" The Army's Ambassador to New York City
US VETERAN'S CEMETERY
Anyone searching ancestors who were veterans & buried in National Cemeteries

NATIONAL WW2 MEMORIAL
The Registry combines four distinct databases that can be searched for names of those whose service and sacrifice helped win the Second World War. The Registry includes the names of Americans who are: 1. Buried in American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) overseas military cemeteries. 2. Memorialized on ABMC Tablets of the Missing. 3. Listed on official War and Navy Department Killed in Service rosters now held by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). 4. Honored by public enrollment in the Registry of Remembrances.

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10th Volunteer Infantry	Mustered 1861 N.Y.C.& Bklyn.A short history followed by list of officers in A thru K Company
14th Brooklyn aka Brooklyn Chasseurs	Formed in 1847 as the Fourteenth Regiment, N.Y.S.M
14th Brooklyn New York State Milita	aka the 84th Regiment
Historic Letters..Civil War	Brooklyn Families
38th Regiment	Organized in New York City
127th New York Infantry	aka "The Monitors", this was a Civil War Regiment raised in NYC, & L.I.
The 139th NY Infantry	Organized in Brooklyn, NY during August 1862. It was mustered into service there on Sept. 9, 1862. More details on the various companys of the regiment
160th New York Infantry	A website devoted to the 160th New York Infantry regiment that served during the American Civil War.
165th Vol.Infantry	2nd Battalion Duryee Zouaves;mustered Staten Island 1862
173rd Volunteer Infantry	Reenactment/history of the 173rd and links to other NYS Civil War sites
1854/55 Brooklyn Directory Military	List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn
1856/57 Brooklyn Directory Military	List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn
1862-63 Brooklyn Directory Military	List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn
Military Matters	News.Assignments.Promotions
1863 Draft Board Announcement	Third District
1864-65 Brooklyn Directory Military	List of men serving in the Military in Brooklyn
United States Naval Hospital	1865 Census Brooklyn Kings Co.
1868 Civil War Soliers due Bounty..12th Regiment	Excerpt from the NY Times
1868 Commissioned in the National Guard	Excerpt from the NY Times
1876 War Veterans	They Organize a Campaign Club
1877 Veteran Guard Battalion of the State (colored)	Dress Parade
1878 28th Regiment	Mustered Out
1879 Summer Soldiers	Where National Guard Officers Will Recuperate
1883 Honorably Discharged Soldiers. Sailors & Marines	On the eve of Election Day, 5 November 1883
Deserters from the US Army	As advertised in the Police Gazette
1893 Uniform Veterans of the 23d Regiment	Officers Commissioned
Brooklyn Civil War Deaths	1865 State Census.. Excellant site
1889 13th Regiment	Presentation of Military Badges
1893 13th Regiment	Presentation of Military Badges
1893 Twenty Third Reg.	annual meeting.Elected officers
14th Regiment in 1896	A reunion of the 14th as recorded by the Bklyn Eagle
Twelve Survivors of Fighting Fourteenth	Honor Memory of Comrades of 1861
Paper Trails..Veterans	Real info submitted by subscribers to the Bklyn List. Veterans/Pensions/Roll of Honor/Discharge etc.
Civil War Rosters	New York (Extensive list)
Civil War search & Photo site	database is a catalog of American Civil War (ACW) photographs from the Special Collections Branch of MHI.
Forts in New York	Excellant site
New York State Archives	War Service Records and Searches
New York State Archives Military	Search request Form (download & print)
Civil War Photo Site	Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Civil War Data Site	Search by regiment.name.state
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System	Names & Records of Union & Confederate Troops
Civil War Prison Camps	All Part of Brenda Smelser Hay's wonderful Site
Civil War Soldier Databases and FAQ	All Part of Brenda Smelser Hay's wonderful Site
How to Order Civil War Records FAQ	All Part of Brenda Smelser Hay's wonderful Site
Andersonville (Georgia) Civil War POW site	6200+ prisoners on record from New York State
Record of Officers & men of New Jersey, 1861-1865	Searcgable database
Nicknames list for Civil War	Regiments & Brigades - All States
Civil War Soldier's Widow Pension (Denials)	Women's Name Index
Civil War Soldier's On-Line	New York State Archives
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors	Search by Soldiers Name
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors	Search for Medal of Honor Recipients
New York Civil War Soldiers	Buried in the Military Asylum Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

World War 1	Dead...Kings & Queens Counties
World War 1	Dead...Nassau County, N.Y.
World War 1	Dead...Suffolk County, N.Y.
World War 1 MIA & Wounded	Notices Part 1
World War 1 MIA & Wounded	Notices Part 2
1918 Brooklyn Men registered for the US Service	Names & Addresses
Roster of the 23d Infantry of the Second Division	1919
1921..Ridgewood Heroes	A Monument List
World War 1 Forms	Download forms to send to N.A.R.A.
WW1 Draft Locations 1918	Brooklyn-Queens-Bronx-Richmond-Manhattan
World War 1 Draft Board Locations Map	Brooklyn
World War 1 Draft Board Locations Map	Manhattan & the Bronx
WW 1 Draft Card Form	Downloadable form
NYCity W.W.1 Draft Board Data Base	pt of 150, all of 151 & 152 Pt of the Jewish Gemealogical Society
NYC Selective Service Draft Registration Cards	Film #s FHC
WW1 wounded at Ellis Island Hospital	Where to write for Records
A Survey of New York City World War I Monuments	Filled with stories, Pictures, and 'special editions
1917 Military Census	Where to find it..Manhattan & Bklyn
1918 St.Mary's Parish-Roll of Honor	Men in the Service of Our Country
Military Naturalization Records of Greater NY	Database-Pt of the Italian Genealogical Group
Photo: Company D - 106th Infantry	From the book "A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 106th Infantry United States Colonel Frank H. Norton Commanding.
Camp Wadsworth	Layout of the grounds
107th New York Infantry	History-Photos-Reenactments

1928 Citizen's Army	Brooklyn Reserves..Called up
1928 Citizen's Army	Queens Reserves..Called up
1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Niagara	Brooklyn Reserves..Called up
1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Niagara	Queens Reserves..Called up
1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Ethan	Brooklyn Reserves..Called up
1928 Citizen's Army..Fort Ethan	Queens Reserves..Called up
1931 Army Reserves	Physicians, Surgeons & Dentists...Called up

Brooklyn Navy Yard Remembered	1882 article Bklyn Union Argus
NAVY Source & History	It has pictures of US Navy ships, battles in which they participated, battle ribbons earned etc.
Navy 1942 Deaths..MIA	In the Sunday NEWS..1942
World War 2	Casuality search site
Spanish American War	Casuality search site
Brooklyn Navy Yard Civilian Records	address..Where to write
AWON	An organization dedicated to finding those lost members in WW11, whose burials remain unknown
US NAVAL ACADEMY Data Archives. These	".. data supply information on cadet's last name, age, height, weight, state of birth, state of appointment, and the date of the physical examination. In addition, family background data, such as whether parents were alive, father's occupation, income of parents, head of household, and urban/rural location of family residence, are provided"..
Naval Academy	NARA site of what records they hold
The Navy Memorial	"Accessible register of the names and service information of naval service personnel-- Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, reservists of these services, and Merchant Marine. Persons enrolled in the Log -- nearly 250,000 thus far -- may be living or deceased, active duty, retired or veteran".
Maspeth Veterans	..Honor Roll WW2 & Korea
LEOPOLDVILLE TROOPSHIP DISASTER REMEMBERED	"This web site is devoted to honoring and remembering the 763 American soldiers of the 66th Infantry division who were killed on December 24, 1944 when their Belgium troopship SS Leopoldville was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by the German submarine U-486. The bodies of 493 soldiers were never found"...

The AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE...	Wonderful Site includes: U.S. Maritime Service, Army Transport Service, Military Sea Transportation Service, Military Sealift Command
World War II Merchant Marine Casualties..	from Brooklyn, NY
Merchant Marine Records..	Where to write for Records