This is a list of Louisiana Military Records online and may include service records for those who served in a military force, bounty land offered to those who served, pension records or veteran benefits, and more.
This is a preliminary listing.
From Louisiana military records you may learn a person’s
- Name
- Birth date
- Birth place
- Age, gender, and race
- Physical description of person
- Marital status
- Names of dependants
- Address
- Parents’ names and birth places
- Name of nearest relative
- Draft registration place
- Dates of military service
- Conflict or war
- Soldier’s serial number, rank, assigned organization
- Date of casualty/category of casualty
- Date of death
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Louisiana Military Records online at the federal and state level
Louisiana – Military Records – Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images, at FS
US – Military Records – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images, at FS
Louisiana – Military Records – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the Florida War in organizations from the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Military Records – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the War of 1837-1838 in organizations from the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Military Records – An Account of Louisiana : Louisiana militia records, at FS
Louisiana – Military Records – Second Louisiana Regiment history, 1898, at FS
Louisiana – Military Records – Some late eighteenth-century Louisianians : census records, 1758-1796, at FS
US – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images
US – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index & images
US – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875, at FS
Louisiana – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – S.A.R. Spanish records (Louisiana) ; Spanish-English War 1779-1783 : index to militia lists, at FS
Louisiana – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Opelousas & Attakapas militia, 1776-1777, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists, 1812-1815, index & images, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Louisiana miscellaneous military rosters, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists, 1812-1815, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Louisiana soldiers in the War of 1812, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Muster roll of Captain Nathan Boone’s Company, 1812, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the War of 1812 in organizations from the state of Louisiana 1812-1815, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Louisiana, War of 1812 pension applications, ca. 1868-1878, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Louisiana, War of 1812 pension lists, 1873-1879, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Some pensioners of the War of 1814-1815, at FS
Louisiana – War of 1812 – Transcribed extracts of Major Howell Tatum’s journal while acting as top ographical engineer, 1814, to General Jackson, at FS
US – Mexican-American War, 1846-1850 – United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index & images, at FS
US – Mexican-American War, 1846-1850 – United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Confederate Pension Application Database, at LSS
Louisiana – Civil War – LH 6 Louisiana Civil War Records, handout at LSS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950, index & images, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867, index links to images, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index links to images, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, index, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934, index links to images, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865, index & images, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865, at FS
US – Civil War – United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Confederate service record, out of state, Louisiana, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Copy of report made by the Committee of Veterans : appointed in 1876 by the Asst. Atty. General to examine the list of veterans and widows of veterans then on file in the Auditor’s Office, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Enlisted men, Union Army, New Orleans, 1862-1864, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Enumeration of ex-Confederate soldiers and widows of deceased soldiers of Louisiana, made in 1911, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Enumeration of ex-Confederate soldiers and widows of deceased soldiers of Louisiana, made in 1911, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Evangeline Parish casualty list : World War I, W W II, Korean War, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Fenner’s Battery, Dreux’s Battalion, Crescent Regiment, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana casualty list of the Civil War, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Confederate commands, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana Confederate pension applications, 1898-1950, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana miscellaneous military rosters, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana, Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana, Civil War service records of Union soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Muster rolls for Louisiana, 1863-1866, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Records of Louisiana Confederate soldiers and Louisiana Confederate commands, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Register of Louisiana Confederate soldiers who died in Camp Chase, 1862-65, and lie buried in the Pr : four miles west of Columbus, Ohio, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Roll of Confederate prisoners of war, paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, May 1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Roll of honor : names of soldiers who died in defence of the American Union, interred in, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Roster of the Louisiana troops mustered into the Provisional Army, Confederate states, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Roster of the Yellow Jacket Battalion, Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Index to prisoners of war compiled from various Union prisons, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana, Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Louisiana, Civil War service records of Union soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – A cavalryman’s reminiscences of the Civil War, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – The 21st Missouri Regiment Infantry Veteran Volunteers, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Autobiography and reminiscences of Theophilus Noel, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – The Civil War in Louisiana : a chronology, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – The Civil War tax in Louisiana, 1865 : based on direct tax assessments of Louisianians, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – A Confederate girl’s diary, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – History of the Twentieth Tennessee regiment volunteer infantry, C. S. A, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Paper of Cyrus Sears : late lieut. col. of the 49th U.S. Colored Infantry vols. of African descent–originally 11th La. Vol. Infantry–A.D. of Harpster, Ohio, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Records of Louisiana Confederate soldiers and Louisiana Confederate commands, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Her career of triumph : [Cruise of the Rebel Sea Wolf “Sumter”], at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – A cavalryman’s reminiscences of the Civil War, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – McGuire papers, containing Major Thomas McGuire’s Civil War letters and patriotic documents and other letters: from 1854 to the turn of the 20th century, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – A soldier’s story of the war : including the marches and battles of the Washington artillery, and of other Louisiana troops, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – History of the Nineteenth Army Corps, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Paper of Cyrus Sears : late lieut. col. of the 49th U.S. Colored Infantry vols. of African descent–originally 11th La. Vol. Infantry–A.D. of Harpster, Ohio, at FS
Louisiana – Civil War – Records of Louisiana Confederate soldiers and Louisiana Confederate commands, at FS
Louisiana – Spanish-American War, 1898 – Muster out rolls, 1898-1899, at FS
Louisiana – Spanish-American War, 1898 – Muster-in rolls, 1st & 2nd Infantry and Artillery, Spanish-American War, 1898, at FS
Louisiana – Spanish-American War, 1898 – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the war with Spain in organizations from the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – World War I, subject guide at LSS
Louisiana – World War I – Louisiana World War I Service Records, 1917-1920, index & images, at FS
US – World War I – United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images, at FS
US – World War I – United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – Evangeline Parish casualty list : World War I, W W II, Korean War, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – Inventory of the records of world war emergency activities in Louisiana, 1916-1920, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – Louisiana World War I service records, 1917-1920, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – Louisiana, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – Louisiana, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – Muster in rolls, 1916, at FS
Louisiana – World War I – Louisiana World War I service records, 1917-1920, at FS
US – World War II – United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index
US – World War II – United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images
Louisiana – World War II – World War II, subject guide at LSS
Louisiana – World War II – Evangeline Parish casualty list : World War I, W W II, Korean War, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – The first families of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Hojas de Servicios Militares de América : Floridas y Luisiana, 1787-1794, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana genealogical register, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana historical military data, 1769-1984, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana military enlistments, 1903-1910, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana military obituaries, 1809-1984, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana militia under Don Bernardo de Galvez, 1770-1797, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – The Louisiana State Militia, 1877, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana, first registration draft cards, 1940-1945, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office records, 1865-1872, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana, military records : World Ward II 4th draft registration cards, 1942, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Louisiana, second registration draft cards, 1948-1959, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Military records, 1860-1942, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Miscellaneous records, 1700-1900, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – National Guard records, 1717-1955, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Records of Superintendant of Education for the state of Louisiana, 1864-1869 : NARA, RG105, M1026, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the state of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 : NARA, RG105,M1027, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Records of the Freedmen’s Hospital and New Orleans area field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1869 : NARA, RG105, M1483, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Roll book, roster of Company’s B & C, Louisiana Field Artillery, 1895-1901, at FS
Louisiana – World War II – Searching for your ancestors on microfilm, at FS
US – Korean War – United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, index
Louisiana – Korean War – Louisiana, military records : Korean War bunuses, 1950-1953, at FS
Louisiana – Vietnam War, 1961-1975 – Evangeline Parish casualty list : World War I, W W II, Korean War, at FS
US – Veterans – United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images, at FS
US – Veterans – United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images, at FS
US – Veterans – United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images, at FS
US – Veterans – United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images, at FS
Louisiana – Veterans – Application record for pensions, at FS
Louisiana – Veterans – Record of pensioners of the state of Louisiana, at FS
Louisiana – Veterans – Some pensioners of War of 1814-1815, at FS
Louisiana Military Records online at the Parish level
Cameron Parish – Military Records – Soldier’s and Sailor’s Discharge, Record of Veterans, 1890-1920, at FS
Claiborne Parish – Military Records – The History of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana : from Its Incorporation in 1828 to the Close of the Year 1885, with Sketches of Pioneer Life in North Louisiana…also the Muster and Death Rolls of Persons in the Late Bloody War…, at FS
Natchitoches Parish – Military Records – Sons of the American Revolution, at FS
Rapides Parish – Military Records – War of 1812 – Pensions – Rapides Parish Pensioners in the War of 1812, at FS
St. Mary Parish – Military Records – World War, 1914-1918 – List of Men Who Died While Serving As Officers in the World War, Louisiana, at FS
St. Tammany Parish – Military Records – World War I Discharges, 1919-1951, at FS
Tensas Parish – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Roster of Tensas Calvary, at FS
Louisiana Military Records online at the City level
Baton Rouge – Military Records – Le Baton Rouge, at FS
Claiborne – Military Records – Mexican War, 1846-1848 – Military Record and Family Notes of Capt. W. G. Coleman, 11 June 1846 to 5 Oct. 1847, at FS
Leesville – Military History – Periodicals – United States Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Polk, Louisiana, at FS
Leesville – Military History – Yearbooks – United States Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Polk, Louisiana, at FS
New Orleans – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Muster Rolls for Louisiana, 1863-1866, at FS
New Orleans – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Register Books, 1884-1934; Index, 1905-1944, at FS
New Orleans – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865-Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of Camp Nicholls, the Soldiers ‘ Home of Louisiana, to the General Assembly, 1912, at FS
New Orleans – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109, at FS
New Orleans – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Deaths and Burials of Confederate Soldiers in New Orleans, Louisiana, at FS
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