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U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records provides more links for nationwide military record collections.

• 1775-1783 - United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1775-1783 - United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783 at FamilySearch — index and images
• Connecticut State Library's Fitch's Home for Soldiers database
• Connecticut State Library's Noble Pension Database for Civil War and Spanish American War
• 1832 Pension List: Connecticut, index
• Connecticut State Register, 1924 Government & Military records. Index.
• Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62 ($)
• Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War ($)
• U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls for Connecticut, 1775-1783($)
• Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-1783 ($)
• 1813 Pension List: Connecticut, index
• U.S., War of 1812 Service Records for Connecticut, 1812-1815 ($)
• Connecticut Civil War Soldiers Service Records
• U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records for Connecticut, 1863-1865 ($)
• U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index only.
• Connecticut Servicemen, Spanish American War ($)
• Connecticut State Library World War I Military Service Questionnaries Database .
• 1917 Connecticut, Military Census Questionnaires, 1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
• U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards for Connecticut, 1917-1918 ($)
• 1917-1940 - United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 at FamilySearch — index
• Connecticut, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, index and images.
• U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards for Connecticut, 1942 ($)
• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Connecticut, index
• U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Connecticut, index.

Many military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. An important source of military records is the Connecticut State Library. Their records include extensive militia records, orderly books, private papers, and other military records from the colonial period to World War I. 

Forts

• FortWiki (CT) - portal to U.S. military forts
• Fort Saybrook - (1636–1647) Connecticut's first military fortification
• Fort Trumbull - now Fort Trumbull State Park, New London, Connecticut
• Fort Nathan Hale New Haven, Connecticut

Colonial Wars (1675-1774)

• Connecticut State Library. Selected Papers of  Colonial Wars. FHL films 3590–3596 contains papers from the wars between 1675 and 1774.

• "Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755–1762," Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 2 (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1905). Digital version at FamilySearch

• Buckingham, Thomas. Roll and Journal of Connecticut Service in Queen Anne's War, 1710-1711. New Haven Connecticut : Tuttle, Moorehouse & Taylor Press, 1916. Digital version at Allen county Public Library Genealogy Center

• "Register of the Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1893-1907" (Google Books) (Worldcat) - lists women who are members of the society and a description of the ancestor's service.

Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

• Connecticut Adjutant General. Records of Service of Connecticut Men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1889. FHL film 1036328 item 4; fiche 6046698; book 974.6 M2ca; Digital version at Internet Archive

• Supplementary sources for the Revolutionary War are volumes 8 and 12 of Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (Family History Library book 974.6 B4c; volume 8 is on Family History Library film 897070 item 2; volume 12 is on film 897072). These are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under CONNECTICUT - HISTORY.

The Connecticut State Library and the Family History Library have a 37-volume set of service rolls for the Revolutionary War on microfilm. Indexes to service records of each war between 1775 and 1848 are at the Family History Library. The pension files for the Revolutionary War are also at the National Archives and the Family History Library.

Connecticut Pension List, Rolls And Census (Free):

1. 1813 Pension List: Connecticut
2. 1818 Pensioners Of The United States: Connecticut
3. 1820 Pension List: Connecticut
4. 1840 Connecticut Census of Pensioners

The 1835 Pension Roll

On June 5, 1834, the U.S. Senate required the Secretary of War to submit a statement showing the names of pensioners who were on the pension rolls or had previously been on the pension rolls. For more information on the 1835 Pension Roll see Revolutionary War Pension Records. The pension Roll for Connecticut is available online.

• Report from the Secretary of War... Vol. I (Google Books)
• The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. I (Ancestry) ($)
• Connecticut Pensioners, 1835 (Ancestry) ($)

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.

See the Wiki article, Connecticut in the War of 1812, for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant web sites, etc. for Connecticut.

There are helpful nationwide records for soldiers of the War of 1812. For more information, see United States in the War of 1812.

Mexican War (1846-1848)

The Mexican War was caused by the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845. Most volunteer regiments were from southern states. Records of Mexican War veterans might exist in a state where the veteran later resided.

• Connecticut Adjutant General. Records of Service of Connecticut Men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1889. FHL film 1036328 item 4; fiche 6046698; book 974.6 M2ca; Digital version at Internet Archive

• Mexican War Index to Pension Files, 1887–1926. (NARA T317). FHL films 0537000–13 Alphabetically arranged and includes the veteran’s name, rank, and unit; names of dependents; date of filing and application; certificate numbers; act filed under; and state from which application was made. Also available at:

• United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926 (FamilySearch) Free digital copy. (How to use this collection.)

• Robarts, William Hugh. Mexican War Veterans : A Complete Roster of the Regular and Volunteer Troops in the War Between the United States and Mexico, from 1846-1848… Washington, D.C. : Brentano’s, 1887. FHL book 973 M2rwh Digital version available at Internet Archive.

Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records.

Civil War (1861-1865)

Harriet Beecher Stowe, (1811-1896), author of the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin

See Connecticut in the Civil War for information about Connecticut Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to pages about the Connecticut regiments involved in the Civil War. The regimental articles often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching the families of the soldiers.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiment for the soldiers. Then you can check the regiment page to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor.

Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, &c.,and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office; Ingersoll, Colin M. (Colin Macrae), 1819-1904. Digital Version

Spanish-American War (1898)

The Spanish-American War was largely fought in Cuba and the Philippines. Spanish-American War records might exist in the state from which the soldier served or in a state where the veteran later resided.

Indexes

• United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (NARA T288). (FamilySearch) Free digital copy. The index covers veterans of the Civil War, Spanish‑American War, Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion (1900 to 1901), and the regular Army, Navy, and Marine forces. (How to use this collection.)

• United States, Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898 (FamilySearch) Free digital copy. (How to use this collection.)
• Published Roster

A helpful source is Connecticut Adjutant General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States in the Spanish-American War (Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1919; Family History Library book Q 974.6 M2co; film 1036755); (Ancestry) ($)

Click on the link to learn more about the Spanish American War.

World War I (1917-1918)

World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. Over four million men and women served from the United States. 

• Connecticut in the Great War

Selective Service Registration

• United States. Selective Service System. Connecticut World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1987-1988. (On Family History Library films beginning with 1561876.) Also available at:
  
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 at FamilySearch — index and images

See WWI Draft Records for more information.

Published Sources

• Members of American Expeditionary Forces from Connecticut Who Lost Their Lives in the World War
• Connecticut Men and Women in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War I, 1917-1920

Connecticut State Library

• Connecticut State Library WWI Veterans Database
• Connecticut State Library Nurses Survey 1917

FamilySearch

• Connecticut, World War I, Military Census of Nurses, 1917 at FamilySearch — index
• Military census Questionnaires, 1917-1918, 454 rolls

World War II (1941-1945)

Draft Registrations

• Connecticut, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945

Fourth Registration

• On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations. The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the “Old Man’s Registration” or the “Old Man’s Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records.

• United States Selective Service System, Connecticut Selective Service System Registration Cards [World War II]: Fourth Registration (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2003-2005). FHL film 2281702 (first of 72 films) (organized by county)

Also available at:

• United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Image Browse) (FamilySearch) - free
• United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (images with partial index) (FamilySearch) - free
• Ancestry ($)
• Fold3 ($).

World War II United States Military Records provides additional information.

Korean War (1950–1953)

The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). See the Korean War wiki article for information on records and their availability.

Vietnam War (1964–1972)

The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). See the Vietnam War wiki article for information on records and their availability.

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