This is a list of Rhode Island 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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- Birth date
- Birth place
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- 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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Rhode Island Military Records online at the Federal and State level
US – Military Records – United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
US – Military Records – United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images
US – Military Records – United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images
US – Military Records – United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images
US – Military Records – United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
Rhode Island – Military Records –Card index to Rhode Island military and naval records 1774-1805, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Index to register of seamen’s protection, 1796-1868, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Index to Smith’s Civil and military list of Rhode Island, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –New index to the civil and military lists of Rhode Island : two volumes in one, giving Christian and family names, arranged alphabetically, also additional indexes of both volumes, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Acts, orders and appointments of the General Assembly of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence plantations in New England in America, May, 1766, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Acts, orders and appointments of the General Assembly of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence plantations in New England in America, November, 1756, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Annual report of the Adjutant General of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for the year 1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –The Ballous in America : an addendum to the original History and genealogy of the Ballous in America, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Battery F, first regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery : in the Civil War, 1861-1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Civil and military list of Rhode Island, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –General Council meeting minutes and documents, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Military papers of Rhode Island (colonial and Revolutionary War periods), 1731-1792, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –New England, Seamen’s identification cards, 1918-1940, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Peirce’s colonial lists : civil, military and professional lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island colonies, comprising colonial, county and town officers, clergymen, physicians and lawyers ; with extracts from colonial laws defining their duties. 1621-1700, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Pensioners of the Revolutionary War in 1840. Rhode Island : their names, ages, whom living with and where, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Revolutionary defences in Rhode Island : an historical account of the fortifications and beacons erected during the American Revolution, with muster rolls of the companies stationed along the shores of Narragansett Bay, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Rhode Island military deaths and index 1924-1962, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Rhode Island militia and national guard enlistment papers, 1890-1919, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Spirit of ’76 in Rhode Island : or sketches of the efforts of the government and people in the War of the Revolution ; together with the names of those who belonged to Rhode Island regiments in the army, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –The little wars of the republic : part XI – the Dorr war, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –Revolutionary defences in Rhode Island : an historical account of the fortifications and beacons erected during the American Revolution, with muster rolls of the companies stationed along the shores of Narragansett Bay, at FS
Rhode Island – Military Records –State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the end of the century : a history illustrated with maps, fac-similies of old plates and paintings and photographs of ancient landmarks, at FS
Rhode Island – Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775 – Military papers of Rhode Island (colonial period), 1730-1765, at FS
Rhode Island – King George’s War, 1744-1748 – A list of Rhode Island soldiers and sailors in King George’s war : 1740-1748, at FS
Rhode Island – French & Indian War, 1755-1763 – Rhode Island in the colonial wars; a list of Rhode Island soldiers & sailors in the old French & Indian War, 1755-1762, at FS
US – Revolutionary War – United States Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783, index links to images
US – Revolutionary War – United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index and images
US – Revolutionary War – United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, index links to images
US – Revolutionary War – United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, index and images
US – Revolutionary War – United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875, images
US – Revolutionary War – United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index and images
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Rhode Island Revolutionary War names index, 1776-1780, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Accounts of public certificates paid to soldiers of the Rhode Island Line : balance due on a final settlement with the United States ; 1784, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War [Massachusetts and Rhode Island], at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Regimental book ; Rhode Island regiment ; 1781-1783, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Revolutionary war : burial place and service of R.I. patriots, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Revolutionary War rolls 1775-1783, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Captain Benjamin Page : a forgotten Rhode Island hero of the American Revolution rediscovered in Sycamore, Illinois, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – The capture of General Richard Prescott by Lt.-Col. William Barton : an address delivered at the centennial celebration of the exploit at Portsmouth, R.I. July 10,1877, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – The capture of General Richard Prescott by Lt.-Col. William Barton : an address delivered at the centennial celebration of the exploit at Portsmouth, R.I., July 10, 1877, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – The Centennial celebration of the battle of Rhode Island at Portsmouth, R.I., August 29, 1878 : comprising the oration by Ex-United States Senator Samuel G. Arnold; a letter of Sir Henry Pigot, the English commander; a German account of the battle; the views of General Lafayette., at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – The Centennial celebration of the battle of Rhode Island, at Portsmouth, R.I., August 29, 1878 : comprising the oration by ex-United States senator Samuel G. Arnold : a letter of Sir Henry Pigot, the English commander : a German account of the battle : the views of General Lafayette, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – An historical inquiry concerning the attempt to raise a regiment of slaves by Rhode Island during the war of the revolution, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – An Historical inquiry concerning the attempt to raise a regiment of slaves by Rhode Island, during the war of the revolution, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – History of the eleventh regiment, Rhode Island volunteers, in the War of the Rebellion, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Loyalists and persons named in the Act of July 1780, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – The reasons why Rhode Island declared her independence of Great Britain May 4, 1776 : the Arnold family of Smithfield, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Revolutionary defences in Rhode Island : an historical account of the fortifications and beacons erected during the American Revolution, with muster rolls of the companies stationed along the shores of Narragansett Bay, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Rhode Island’s early efforts in the Revolution : an address delivered before the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati in the State House at Newport, R. I. on July fourth, 1896, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Spirit of ’76 in Rhode Island : or sketches of the efforts of the government and people in the War of the Revolution ; together with the names of those who belonged to Rhode Island regiments in the army, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Rhode Island lineages of Revolutionary War regiments, at FS
Rhode Island – Revolutionary War – Autograph letters and documents of George Washington now in Rhode Island collections, at FS
US – War of 1812 – United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910, index and images
US – War of 1812 – United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, index and images
Rhode Island – War of 1812 – Military papers- War of 1812: 1792-1794, 1812-1816, at FS
US – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index & images
US – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images
Rhode Island – Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 – Military records, 1847-1900 [Rhode Island], at FS
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 links to 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 – Civil War – United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
Rhode Island – Civil War – Civil War enlistment papers for various Rhode Island military units, 1862 and 1864, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – List of persons drafted into the U.S. Army, 1863, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Military records, 1847-1900 [Rhode Island], at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Roster of commissioned officers, Third Regiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, from date of organization to August 31, 1864, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Rhode Island, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Annual report of the Adjutant General of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations for the year 1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Battery F, first regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery : in the Civil War, 1861-1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Brown University in the civil war: a memorial, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Incidents of service with the Eleventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – The seventh regiment Rhode Island volunteers in the Civil War, 1862-1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – The seventh regiment Rhode Island volunteers in the Civil War, 1862-1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the end of the century : a history illustrated with maps, facsimilies of old plates and paintings and photographs of ancient landmarks, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Memoirs of Rhode Island officers who were engaged in the service of their country during the great rebellion of the South: illustrated with thirty-four portraits, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in the Civil War, 1861-1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – A chaplain’s experience in the Union army, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – The college cavaliers : a sketch of the service of a company of college students in the Union Army in 1862, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – The college cavaliers : a sketch of the service of a company of college students in the Union Army in 1862, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – The history of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865, at FS
Rhode Island – Civil War – History of the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Heavy Artillery : during three years and a half of service in North Carolina, January 1862 – June 1865, at FS
US – Indian Wars – United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images
US – Spanish-American War, 1898 – United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898, index & images
Rhode Island – Spanish-American War, 1898 – Military records, 1847-1900 [Rhode Island], at FS
US – World War I – United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images
US – World War I – United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images
US – World War I – United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, index & images
Rhode Island – World War I – Rhode Island, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919, at FS
Rhode Island – World War I – Rhode Island, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918, at FS
Rhode Island – World War I – Honor roll: Rhode Island Masons who served in the World War, 1914-1918, 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
US – World War II – United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 images
US – World War II – United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945, index
US – World War II – United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945, index
Rhode Island – Rhode Island military deaths and index 1924-1962, at FS
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Selective Service System registration cards (World War II): fourth registration, at FS
US – Korean War, 1950-1953 – United States, American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, 1950-1953, index
US – Korean War, 1950-1953 – United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
US – Korean War, 1950-1953 – United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957, index
US – Korean War, 1950-1953 – United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, index
US – Korean War, 1950-1953 – United States Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954, index
Rhode Island – Korean War, 1950-1953 – Rhode Island military deaths and index 1924-1962, at FS
US – Vietnam War – United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998, index
US – Vietnam War – United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003, index
US – Vietnam War – United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Navy Widows’ Certificates, 1861-1910 index & links to images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866, images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866, images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, index & images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923, index & links to images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index and images
US – Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions – United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904, index and images
Rhode Island Military Records online at the County level
Newport County – Military Records – Rhode Island, Newport County, Coast Guard Crew Lists, 1830-1891, at FS
Washington County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – A List of Slaves Enlisted into the Continental Army, at FS
Rhode Island Military Records online at the City level
Barrington – Military Records – Barrington Soldiers in the War of the Revolution, the Dorr War and in the War of the Rebellion : 1775-1861, at FS
Barrington – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Barrington Soldiers in the War of the Revolution, the Dorr War and in the War of the Rebellion : 1775-1861, at FS
Barrington – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Barrington Soldiers in the War of the Revolution, the Dorr War and in the War of the Rebellion : 1775-1861, at FS
Bristol – Military Records – Bristol (R.I.) Militia Records, Early to 1920, at FS
Exeter – Military Records – Rhode Island Town of Exeter Historical Cemeteries, at FS
Glocester – Military Records – Glocester, Rhode Island, Military Records (1791-1792), (1843-1885), (1898), at FS
Hopkinton – Military Records – List of Militia 1808-1868 and World War I Era Veterans 1898-1932 (Hopkinton, Rhode Island), at FS
Hopkinton – Military Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1828-1973 [Hopkinton, Rhode Island], at FS
Hopkinton – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – The Patriots of Hopkinton, R.I., 1776, at FS
Hopkinton – Military Records – Rhode Island Town of Hopkinton Historical Cemeteries, at FS
Narragansett – Military Records – Narragansett, Rhode Island, Military Records, 1919-1920, at FS
Newport – Military Records – Newport County Military Records from the 1700’s, at FS
Newport – Military Records – Newport, Rhode Island, Military Rolls for Militia: 1844, 1855, 1876, 1877, at FS
North Kingstown – Military Records – North Kingstown Historical Cemeteries, at FS
North Providence – Military Records – North Providence Historical Cemeteries, at FS
Portsmouth – Military Records – Portsmouth Historical Cemeteries, at FS
Providence – Military Records – Index to Register of Seamen’s Protection, 1796-1868, at FS
Providence – Military Records – Lists of Enrolled Militia for the City of Providence [Rhode Island] 1784, 1860-1865, 1 869-1875, 1880, 1898, at FS
Richmond – Military Records – Rhode Island Town of Richmond Historical Cemeteries, at FS
Scituate – Military Records – Militia Rolls As Made out by the Town Council of the Town of Scituate, 1874-1882, at FS
South Kingstown – Military Records – Court Records 1782-1821, at FS
South Kingstown – Military Records – Rhode Island Town of South Kingstown Historical Cemeteries, at FS
Tiverton – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Militia Rolls (1869-1885), and Men Who Went from Tiverton, RI [Rhode Island] to the War of 1861, at FS
Tiverton – Military Records – French-Indian War, Revolutionary War, Civil War Militia and World War I and II Records, at FS
Tiverton – Military Records – Militia Rolls (1869-1885), and Men Who Went from Tiverton, RI [Rhode Island] to the War of 1861, at FS
Warren – Military Records – Militia Rolls 1843-1878, at FS
Westerly – Military Records – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Enrolled Militia, 1862, 1880 [Westerly, Rhode Island], at FS
Westerly – Military Records – Enrolled Militia, 1862, 1880 [Westerly, Rhode Island], at FS
Westerly – Military Records – Westerly, Rhode Island, Enrolled Militia (1862-1882), at FS
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