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REFERENCE INFORMATION PAPER 109
Military Service Records
at the national archives
Military Service Records
at the National Archives
R E F E R E N C E
I N F O R M A T I O N
P A P E R
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National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC
Compiled by Trevor K. Plante
2007
Plante, Trevor K.
Military service records at the National Archives,
Washington, DC / compiled by Trevor K. Plante.— Washington,
DC : National Archives and Records Administration, 2007.
p. ; cm.— (Reference information paper ; 109)
1. United States. National Archives and Records Administration
—Catalogs. 2. United States — Armed Forces — History —
Sources. 3. United States — History, Military — Sources. I. United
States. National Archives and Records Administration. II. Title.
Cover images:
Bottom: Members of Company G, 30th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, at Fort
Sheridan, Illinois, August 1899. The regiment arrived in Manila at the end of
October to take part in the Philippine Insurrection. (111-SC-98361)
Background:Fitzhugh Lee’s oath of allegiance for amnesty and pardon following
the Civil War. Lee was Robert E. Lee’s nephew and went on to serve in the Spanish-
American War as a major general of the United States Volunteers. (RG 94)
Top left: Group of soldiers from the 71st New York Infantry Regiment in camp in
1861. (111-B-90)
Top middle:Compiled military service record envelope for John A. McIlhenny
who served with the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. He was
the son of Edmund McIlhenny, inventor of Tabasco sauce. (RG 94)
Top right: Union naval officers and crew shown on vessel guarding the port of
Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil War. (111-B-513)
Back Cover: Group of officers from the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the
Civil War. (111-B-2191)
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