This is a list of Arkansas Military Records online and may include rosters of people who served or were eligible to serve, service records for those who served in a military force, bounty land offered to those who served, pension records or veteran benefits, and more.
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US Military Records online with possible Arkansas records
US – Revolutionary War – United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images
US – Revolutionary War – United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index & images
US – Mexican War – United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index & images
US – Mexican War – United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images
US – Civil War – United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867, index links to images
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index links to images
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, index & images
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934, index links to images
US – Civil War – United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images
US – Veterans – United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images
US – Army – United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
US – Navy – United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images
US – Marines – United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images
US – United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
US – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
US – United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
US – United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
US – United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images
US – Genealogical records of Sherman Lee Pompey
Arkansas Military Records online
Arkansas – Pensions – Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1939, index & images
Arkansas – Pensions – Arkansas Confederate pension records, ca. 1901-1929
Arkansas – Pensions – Arkansas Confederate pensions, 1901-1929
Arkansas – Pensions – Arkansas ex-confederate pension records, 1891-1939
Arkansas – Pensions – Ex-Confederate pension records,1893-1939
Arkansas – Pensions – Arkansas ex-confederate pension records, 1891-1939
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929, index & images
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Confederate Soldier Home,1890-1963, index links to images
Arkansas – Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1939, index & images
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Civil War service records of Union soldier, 1861-1865
Arkansas – Civil War – Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Arkansas
Arkansas – Civil War – Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Arkansas
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Civil War service records of Union soldier, 1861-1865
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas CSA deaths, Union prisons and military hospitals : National Archives source
Arkansas – Civil War – Civil War veteran burials, Arkansas
Arkansas – Civil War – Confederate service record, out of state, Arkansas, 1861-1865
Arkansas – Civil War – Inmates in the Arkansas Confederate Home (Little Rock, Arkansas), ca. 1890-1963
Arkansas – Civil War – Boone County Civil War sesquicentennial, historic marker dedication, Court Park, Harrison, Arkansas. April 28, 2012
Arkansas – Civil War – The flags of the Confederate armies : returned to the men who bore them by the United States government
Arkansas – Civil War – History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate brigades, 1861-1865 : and, from Wakarusa to Appomattox, a military anagraph
Arkansas – Civil War – Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove : or, Scenes and incidents of the war in Arkansas
Arkansas – Civil War – Points and places of historical interest in Arkansas. Part V, Historic battlefields
Arkansas – Civil War – Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas : for the period of the late rebellion, and to November 1, 1866
Arkansas – Civil War – Searcy Landing, August 13, 1864 : [war of the Rebellion records]
Arkansas – Civil War – The seeds of black Easter : a laymans account of the Civil War veterans of Johnson County, Arkansas
Arkansas – Civil War – Shelby and his men : or, The war in the West
Arkansas – Civil War – Skirmish at Rolling Prairie sesquicentennial marker dedication, October 27, 2012
Arkansas – Civil War – Loyalty on the frontier, or, Sketches of Union men of the South-west : with incidents and adventures in rebellion on the border
Arkansas – Civil War – Confederate women of Arkansas in the Civil War, 1861-1865 : memorial reminiscences
Arkansas – Civil War – Confederate regiment organized in north Arkansas. : historical marker unveiled recognizing the 14th Arkansas infantry, C. S. A. at city park, Lead Hill, August 11, 2012
Arkansas – Civil War – Loyalty on the frontier, or, Sketches of Union men of the South-west : with incidents and adventures in rebellion on the border
Arkansas – Civil War – List of general and field officers Arkansas troops, C.S.A., and state troops
Arkansas – Civil War – Muster lists of the Arkansas confederate troops
Arkansas – Civil War – Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas : for the period of the late rebellion, and to November 1, 1866
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Confederate pension records, ca. 1901-1929
Arkansas – Civil War – Arkansas Confederate pensions, 1901-1929
Arkansas – Civil War – Ex-Confederate pension records,1893-1939
Arkansas – WWII – Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945, index & images
US – Indian Wars – United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images
US – WWI – United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images
US – WWI – United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images
Arkansas – Spanish-American War – Report of the adjutant general of the Arkansas state guard, 1897-1900: including the period of the Spanish-American war
Arkansas – WWI – Mississippi, World War I Army Veterans, Master alphabetical index, 1917-1918, index links to images
Arkansas – WWI – Mississippi, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, index & images
Arkansas – WWI – The 346th Infantry historical notes, 1917-1919
Arkansas – WWI – Report of the Adjutant General of Arkansas : for the period of the late rebellion, and to November 1, 1866
Arkansas – WWI – Arkansas, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919
Arkansas – WWI – Arkansas, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918
US – WWII – United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index
US – WWII – United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images
Arkansas – WWII – Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945, index & images
Arkansas – WWII – Nevada, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, index & images
Arkansas – WWII – 5th Armored Division, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Arkansas – WWII – Thirty-fifth Division, Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 1941
Arkansas – WWII – 5th Armored Division, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Arkansas – WWII – Arkansas first draft registration cards, 1940-1945
Arkansas – WWII – Arkansas Selective Service System registration cards [World War II] : fourth registration
Arkansas – WWII – Arkansas, World War II 4th draft registration cards, 1942
US – Korean War – United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, index
Arkansas – Arkansas second registration draft cards, 1948-1959
Arkansas – Arkansas second registration draft cards, 1948-1959
Arkansas – Portraits
County level Arkansas military records online
Arkansas County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge, V. A, 1918-1920
Ashley County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, V. 1, 1918-1957
Baxter County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1956
Benton County – Military Records – Pension Board Records (Benton County, Arkansas), 1901-1929
Benton County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges (Benton County, Arkansas), 1919-1957 ; Index, 1918-1979
Boone County – Military Records – Pensions – Applications of Confederate Pensioners of Boone County, Arkansas, 1916-1921
Boone County – Military Records – Pensions – Pensions, 1907-1920
Boone County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, 1919-1942
Bradley County – Military Records – Pensions – Confederate Pension Book, [1901-1917]
Bradley County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, 1919
Calhoun County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, 1918-1945
Carroll County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, 1917-1920
Chicot County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, V. A 1918-1921 Approx.
Clark County – Military Records – Discharge Record, Vol. A, 1919-1946
Clay County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1958
Clay County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Dixcharges, 1919-1944
Cleburne County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1962
Cleveland County – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Confederate Pension Records, 1905-1934
Cleveland County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, Book 1, 1918-1946
Columbia County – Military Records – Minutes of Meetings, 1913-1926
Columbia County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1948
Conway County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record for World War I, 1919-1960
Craighead County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1918-1980
Craighead County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1951
Crawford County – Military Records – Discharge Records of World War I Soldiers, 1919-1967
Crittenden County – Military Records – Pensions – Confederate Pensioners, 1907-1909
Crittenden County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, 1899,1918-1920,1942-1945
Cross County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, 1919-1961
Dallas County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919
Desha County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers & Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919-1961
Drew County – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Drew County, Arkansas Tax Records, Lists of Indigent Families, Brand Records, Amnesty Oaths, 1847-1876
Drew County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, V. A, 1919-1964
Drew County – Military Records – World War, 1939-1945 – Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Drew County, Monticello, Arkansas
Faulkner County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1963
Franklin County – Military Records – Discharge Record, 1943-1976
Fulton County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1948
Garland County – Military Records – Pensions – Confederate Pension Record, 1905-1931
Garland County – Military Records – Soldiers Et. Al. Discharges, V. A, 1919-1947
Grant County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, V. A, 1919-1949
Greene County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1962
Hempstead County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers & Sailors Discharges, V. A, 1919-1959
Hempstead County – Military Records – World War, 1939-1945 – Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Hempstead County, Hope, Arkansas
Hot Spring County – Military Records – Meeting Minutes, 1914-1916, 1920-1924
Hot Spring County – Military Records – Pensions – Confederate Pension Record, 1869-1929
Howard County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919-1964
Independence County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1956
Izard County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1965
Jackson County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1954
Jefferson County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers & Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919-1966
Johnson County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1964
Lafayette County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, V. A, 1918-1961
Lawrence County – Military Records – Pensions – Civil War Pension Applications
Lawrence County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1959
Lee County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, V. 1, 1920-1961
Lincoln County – Military Records – Pensions – Miscellaneous Confederate Pension Papers for Lincoln County, Arkansas, 1902-1937 Approx.
Little River County – Military Records – Pensions – Pension Board Proceedings (Little River County, Arkansas), 1907-1931
Little River County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, V.A 1919-1958.
Logan County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1969
Lonoke County – Military Records – Pensions – Pension Records, Vol. A, 1907-1920
Lonoke County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailor Discharges, Vol. A, 1920-1949
Madison County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1949
Marion County – Military Records – Pensions – Confederate Pension Record, 1901-1933
Marion County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1947
Miller County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, V. A, 1919-1947
Mississippi County – Military Records – Honorable Discharge (from Military Service) Papers Signed and Filed by the Court, Ca. 1918, Ca.1944
Mississippi County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1949
Monroe County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, V. A, 1919-1967
Montgomery County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919-1946
Nevada County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Record, V. A, 1919-1963
Newton County – Military Records – Pensions – Record of Confederate Pensions, 1869-1898
Newton County – Military Records – Records of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1952
Ouachita County – Military Records – Soldiers & Sailors Discharge Record, Vol. 1, 1919-1942
Perry County – Military Records – Records of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1943
Phillips County – Military Records – Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929
Phillips County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, 1919-1955
Pike County – Military Records – Pike County Arkansas WWI Draft Registration 1917-1918 : Black Registrants
Pike County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919-1954
Poinsett County – Military Records – United States Discharge Record, V. 1, 1943-1945
Polk County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919-1976
Pope County – Military Records – Discharge Record, 1919-1965
Prairie County – Military Records – Record of Discharge Military Service, V. A, 1943-1946
Prairie County – Military Records – Soldiers & Sailors Discharge Record, Volume A, 1919-1960
Pulaski County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1948; Index to Discharges, 1919- 1976
Ouachita County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The Civil War in Ouachita County, at FS
Randolph County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1916-1964
Saline County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The Civil War in Saline County : and Other War Memorabilia, at FS
Saline County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1923-1947
Scott County – Military Records – Army Discharges, 1919-1948
Scott County – Military Records – Pensions – Confederate Pension Record, 1907-1929
Searcy County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1956
Sebastian County – Military History – Periodicals – Fifth Armored “Victory” Division, Camp Chaffee, Ark., at FS
Sebastian County – Military Records – World War, 1914-1918 – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharged, World War I (Sebastian County, Arkansas), 1919-1960
Sevier County – Military Records – Pensions – Pension Record Including Confederate Pensions, 1903-1937
Sevier County – Military Records – Pensions – Sevier County, Tennessee, Revolutionary & Military Pensioners, 1840
Sevier County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, Vol. A, 1919-1961
Sharp County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1955
St. Francis County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, 1919-1945
Stone County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, 1919-1954
Union County – Military Records – Discharge Record, Vol. 1, 1917-1920
Van Buren County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, 1919-1956
Washington County – Military Records – 50th Anniversary of the First Washington County Troops to Serve Overseas …
Washington County – Military Records – Pensions – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The Transcribed Applications of 8 Revolutionary War Pension Applicants Living in Washington County, Arkansas in 1833 : of Archibald Walker, Christopher Kirby, James Leeper, Johnson Wommack, Micajah Ruden, Thomas Garvin and William Boyd
Washington County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1932
White County – Military Records – Record of Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1919-1956
White County – Military Records – Searcy Military Company Organized [White County Arkansas]
White County – Military Records – Some Boys Who Did Not Come Home : [mostly World War II Victims, from White Co.]
Yell County – Military Records – History of Yell County, Arkansas
Yell County – Military Records – Soldiers and Sailors Discharges, 1917-1964
City level Arkansas military records online
Fayetteville – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Battle of Fayetteville, at FS
Fort Chaffee – Military History – Periodicals – United States Army Training Center Field Artillery, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, at FS
Fort Chaffee – Military History – Yearbooks – United States Army Training Center Field Artillery, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, at FS
Fort Smith – Genealogy – The Fort Smith National Cemetery : History of the United States National Cemetery and Military Occupation of Fort Smith, Arkansas, at FS
Little Rock – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Inmates in the Arkansas Confederate Home (Little Rock, Arkansas), Ca. 1890-1963
Little Rock – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109
Maysville – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Historical Review of Maysville, Pioneer Town of Benton County, Arkansas
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