This is a list of North Carolina 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.

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Soldier’s serial number, rank, assigned organization
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North Carolina Military Records online at the Federal and State level

NC – Military Records – North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948, 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 Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images, at FS

US – Military Records – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images, 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, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images, at FS

NC – Military Records – Battle of Alamance : bicentennial, 1771-1971 : 200 years., at FS

NC – Military Records – History of North Carolina : from the earliest discoveries to the present time, at FS

NC – Military Records – Miscellaneous North Carolina source records, 1700-1970, at FS

NC – Military Records – North Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Assistant Commissioner records, 1862-1870, at FS

NC – Military Records – Payroll records, 1884-1917, at FS

NC – Military Records – Records of Superintendant of Education for the state of North Carolina, 1865-1870 : NARA, RG105, M844, at FS

NC – Military Records – Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of North Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1862-1870 : NARA, RG105, M843, at FS

NC – Colonial Records, ca. 1600-1775 – Index to the Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Covering volumes I-XXV : published under the supervision of the trustees of the public libraries, by order of the General Assembly, at FS

NC – Colonial Records, ca. 1600-1775 – Index to the Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Covering volumes I-XXV : published under the supervision of the trustees of the public libraries, by order of the General Assembly, at FS

NC – Colonial Records, ca. 1600-1775 – The Colonial records of North Carolina published … by order of the General Assembly, at FS

NC – French and Indian War, 1755-1763 – Abstract of pensions of North Carolina soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 & Indian wars, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, index links to images, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, index & images, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index & images, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, index & images, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Abstract of pensions of North Carolina soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 & Indian wars, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina pension abstracts of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian wars, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Biographical sketches of soldiers and patriots in the battle of Guilford Court House, March 15, 1781, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – A brief history of the North Carolina Troops of the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution : with a register of officers of the same, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – First battle of the American Revolution, Alamance, North Carolina, May 16th, 1771, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – List of entries for land made by officers and soldiers in the North Carolina line 1783, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina and Tennessee; revolutionary warrants, 1783-1837, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina lineages of Revolutionary War regiments, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina revolutionary pay vouchers, 1779-1782, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Revolutionary War rolls 1775-1783, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Roster of the soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution : with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous records, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Soldiers of the N.C. Continental Line, Revolutionary War, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War in organizations from the state of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina – Welches in Revolution, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina revolutionary pay vouchers, 1779-1782, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Abstract of pensions of North Carolina soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 & Indian wars, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina pension abstracts of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian wars, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Colonial and revolutionary history of upper South Carolina : embracing for the most part the primitive and colonial history of the territory comprising the original county of Spartanburg with a general review of the entire military operations in the upper portion of South Carolina and portions of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – General Joseph Graham and his papers on North Carolina Revolutionary history : with appendix: an epitome of North Carolina’s military services in the Revolutionary War and of the laws enacted for raising troops, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, North Carolina : (Based on original historical narrative by William P. Brandon), at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – History of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Items relating to the Revolutionary War : from the Executive Letter Book at Raleigh, N.C., at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – The loyalists in North Carolina during the revolution, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – The narrative of Colonel David Fanning : (a Tory in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain), given an account of his adventures in North Carolina from 1775-1783, with an introduction and explanatory notes, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina in the American Revolution, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina troops in the continental line : a register of officers, with dates of commissions, made up under direction of the secretary of state from records in his office, October, 1884, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – The rear-guard of the Revolution, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Religion and the American Revolution in North Carolina, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Revolutionary leaders of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Soldiers of the N. C. continental line, Revolutionary War, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Soldiers of the N.C. Continental Line, Revolutionary War : (continued), at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Some neglected history of North Carolina : being an account of the revolution of the regulators and to the battle of Alamance the first battle of the American Revolution, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War in organizations from the state of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – History of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – N.C.D.A.R. genealogical register : members and revolutionary ancestors 1890 through 1947, at FS

NC – Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 – North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts, at FS

US – War of 1812 – Index to roster of North Carolina soldiers in War of 1812, at FS

US – War of 1812 – Abstract of pensions of North Carolina soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 & Indian wars, at FS

US – War of 1812 – North Carolina pension abstracts of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian wars, at FS

US – War of 1812 – Index to roster of North Carolina soldiers in the War of 1812, at FS

US – Mexican-American War – United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index & images, at FS

US – Mexican-American War – United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, 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 Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953, index & images, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records, 1862-1870, index & images, at FS

NC – Civil War – Applications for Confederate soldier’s and widow’s pensions, 1885-ca. 1953, at FS

NC – Civil War – Confederate Home records, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Confederate soldiers and widows pension applications, 1885-1953, at FS

NC – Civil War – The bloody sixth : the sixth North Carolina regiment, Confederate States of America, at FS

NC – Civil War – Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Civil War – Confederate service record, out of state, North Carolina, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Confederate soldiers service records, at FS

NC – Civil War – A guide to military organizations and installations, North Carolina, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina in the great war, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Muster rolls of the soldiers of the war of 1812 detached from the militia of North Carolina in 1812 and 1814 : published under direction of the Adjutant General, 1851, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina troops, 1861-1865 : a roster, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina’s Confederate War dead, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Civil War service records of Union soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Roll of Confederate prisoners of war, paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, May 1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Roster of North Carolina troops in the War between the States, at FS

NC – Civil War – Twenty-seventh North Carolina regiment, at FS

NC – Civil War – Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Civil War – Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Civil War service records of Union soldiers, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Roster (index) of North Carolina troops in the War between the States, at FS

NC – Civil War – Applications for Confederate soldier’s and widow’s pensions, 1885-ca. 1953, at FS

NC – Civil War – Confederate Home records, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina, Confederate soldiers and widows pension applications, 1885-1953, at FS

NC – Civil War – An account of the assassination of loyal citizens of North Carolina for having served in the Union Army : which took place at Kingston in the months of February and March, 1864, at FS

NC – Civil War – The Anson guards, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – The bloody sixth : the sixth North Carolina regiment, Confederate States of America, at FS

NC – Civil War – Butler and his cavalry in the War of Secession, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – The Confederate reveille, at FS

NC – Civil War – History of the 42nd Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, Confederate States Army, Infantry, at FS

NC – Civil War – History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A., at FS

NC – Civil War – The knightly soldier : a biography of Major Henry Ward Camp, Tenth Conn. vols, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina as a Civil War battleground, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina in the war between the States, at FS

NC – Civil War – North Carolina troops, 1861-1865 : a roster, at FS

NC – Civil War – Personal reminiscences of the war of 1861-5 : in camp, en bivouac, on the march, on picket, on the skirmish line, on the battlefield, and in prison, at FS

NC – Civil War – Guide to Civil War records in the North Carolina State Archives, at FS

NC – Civil War – The Anson guards, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina in the great war, 1861-1865, at FS

NC – Civil War – Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-’65, at FS

NC – Civil War – History of the 16th North Carolina regiment (originally 6th N.C. regiment) in the Civil War, at FS

NC – Civil War – Random sketches and wandering thoughts : or, What I saw in camp, on the march, the bivouac, the battle field and hospital, while with the Army in Virginia, North and South Carolina, during the late Rebellion. With a historical sketch of the Second Oswego Regiment, Eighty-first New York State V.I.; a record of all its officers, and roster of its enlisted men; also, an appendix, at FS

NC – Indian Wars – United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images

NC – Indian Wars – Volunteer soldiers in the Cherokee War, 1836-39, at FS

NC – Indian Wars – Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during Cherokee disturbances and removal in organizations from the state of North Carolina, at FS

NC – Spanish-American War, 1898 – Roster of the North Carolina Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, 1898-1899, at FS

NC – World War I – United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images, at FS

NC – World War I – North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, index & images, at FS

NC – World War I – North Carolina, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919, at FS

NC – World War I – North Carolina, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918, at FS

NC – World War I – North Carolina, World War I service cards, 1917-1919, at FS

NC – World War I – World War I, Army and Marine Corp. service cards, at FS

NC – World War I – World War I, Navy and Coast Guard service cards, at FS

NC – World War I – North Carolina, World War I service cards, 1917-1919, at FS

NC – World War I – North Carolina’s role in the First World War, at FS

NC – World War II – United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index

NC – World War II – United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images, at FS

NC – World War II – North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948, index & images, at FS

NC – World War II – Young American patriots : the youth of North Carolina in World War II, at FS

NC – World War II – North Carolina, discharge and statement of service records, 1940-1948, at FS

NC – World War II – North Carolina, military records : World War II 4th draft registration cards, 1940-1945, at FS

NC – World War II – Young American patriots : the youth of North Carolina in World War II, at FS

NC – World War II – North Carolina, discharge and statement of service records, 1940-1948, at FS

NC – World War II – North Carolina’s role in World War II, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953, index & images, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – Abstract of pensions of North Carolina soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 & Indian wars, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – North Carolina pension abstracts of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian wars, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – Applications for Confederate soldier’s and widow’s pensions, 1885-ca. 1953, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – Confederate Home records, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – North Carolina, Confederate soldiers and widows pension applications, 1885-1953, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – Applications for Confederate soldier’s and widow’s pensions, 1885-ca. 1953, at FS

NC – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – Confederate Home records, at FS

North Carolina Military Records online at the County level

Alamance County – Military History – The War of the Regulation and the Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771, at FS

Caldwell County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Reminscences of Caldwell County, N.C : in the Great War of 1861-65, at FS

Cumberland County – Court Records – Habeas Corpus Petitions for Exemption from Military Service– 1863-1865, at FS

Duplin County – Military History – A Record of the Civil War Home Guard, at FS

North Carolina Military Records online at the City level

Greensboro – Military History – Revolution, 1775-1783 – An Appeal to the Descendants of General Nathanael Greene for His Remains and to Congress for a Monument over These at Guilford Battle Ground, North Carolina, at FS

Greensboro – Military History – Revolution, 1775-1783 – The Battle Field of Guilford Court House, at FS

Salisbury – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Report of the Maine Commissioners on the Monument Erected at Salisbury, N.C., 1908, at FS

Salisbury – Military History – History of the Salisbury, North Carolina, Confederate Prison, at FS

Stokes County – Court Records – Military Correspondence, Pension, Court/government Related Papers, 1798-1911, at FS

North Carolina Military Records online