This is a list of Virginia 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.

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Virginia Military Records online at the Federal and State level

United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index

United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index and images

United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index and images

United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, index and images

United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index and images

United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index and images

United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index and images

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images

United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index and images

Virginia, Historical Society papers, 1607-2007

A preliminary guide to pre-1904 county records in the Archives Branch, Virginia State Library and Archives

Alphabetical list of graduates of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839 to 1924 : with post-office address

Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800

Business ledger, 1828-1874

Collection #11 Painter, ca. 1723-1965

Invoice of goods purchased on acct. of the sloop Dolphins, 1775

List of the Revolutionary soldiers of Virginia : special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1911 and 1912

Military records of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, 1775-1920

Militia commission papers, Governor’s Office, 1784-1856

The muster of the inhabitants [of] the college land in Virginia taken the 23rd January 1624

A Pay roll of the officers and sailors belonging to the Brig “Liberty”, 1774-1776

Payroll records, 1884-1917

Records of the assistant commissioner for the state of Virginia, Bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands, 1865-1869 : NARA, RG105, M1048

Records of the field offices for the state of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands : NARA, RG105, M1913, 1865-1872

Records of the superintendent of education for the state of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 : NARA, RG105, M1053

Records of the Virginia forces command headquarters from the War Department collection of Confederate records

Records, ca. 1700-1930

Register of former cadets : 1939

Register of former cadets : memorial edition ; Virginia Military Institute

Report, 1933

A roll of the officers in the Virginia Line of the Revolutionary Army, who have received land bounty in the states of Ohio and Kentucky, to which is added a list of the non-commissioned officers and privates, whose claims, if not assigned, are well worthy of attention

Roster of graduates of the Virginia Military Institute, 1842-1919 : with brief biographical notes

Veterans historical survey

Virginia genealogies and county records

Virginia pension abstracts of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars

Virginia soldiers of 1776 : compiled from documents on file in the Virginia Land Office, together with material found in the archives Department of the Virginia State Library and other reliable sources

Virginia, Historical Society papers, 1607-2007

Virginia, Lee Camp Soldiers’ Home records, 1885-1919

Virginia, Livingston Collection, marriage records, 1636-1825

Virginia, Livingston Collection, military records, 1742-1833

Year book of the society, Sons of the Revolution, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1894-1913 : and catalogue of military land warrants granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to soldiers and sailors of the Revolution

History of the colored volunteer infantry of Virginia 1871-99

History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, army of northern Virginia, C.S.A : containing muster rolls of each company of the Fourth, Twelfth, Twenty-First and Forty-Fourth Georgia regiments, with a short sketch of the services of each member, and a complete history of each regiment, by one of its own members, and other matters of interest

A history of the valley of Virginia

Militia commission papers, Governor’s Office, 1784-1856

Seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle of New Market, May 15, 1939

Virginia war history commission supplement

Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775

A narrative of the Indian and civil wars in Virginia, in the years 1675 and 1676 : Published from the original manuscript, in the first volume (second series) of the Collections of the Massachusetts historical society

Abraham Wood of Colonial Virginia

French and Indian War, 1755-1763

Old military and importation warrants ; land bounty certificates, French and Indian War ; index, land bounty books, French and Indian War

Virginia pension list of 1883: takes in all wars to 1883 beginning with most of the 1812 soldiers

Indian Wars

United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index and images

Virginia pension list of 1883: takes in all wars to 1883 beginning with most of the 1812 soldiers

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index and images

United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, index links to images

United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, index and images

United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index and images

Virginia pension list of 1883: takes in all wars to 1883 beginning with most of the 1812 soldiers

United States. General Land Office : Military pensions — Virginia — Revolution, 1775-1783

Virginia Continental Army lands, February 15, 1822 : roll of officers of the sixteen Virginia regiments of the Continental Army who received land bounty in the Virginia Military Districts in the states of Ohio and Kentucky

Virginia military warrants, volume 35 and United States military warrants, index, volume 218, [1796-1831]

Historical register of Virginians in the revolution, soldiers, sailors, marines, 1775-1783

The history of Virginia’s navy of the Revolution

List of military land bounty warrants : September 1, 1833-September 1, 1834

A list of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment : whose names appear on the army register, and who have not received bounty land, and a list of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, and non-commissioned officers and seamen and marines of the state navy …

A list of officers on Continental establishment

List of persons in Virginia, applying for commissions in the army now to be raised, or in the provisional army

List of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia, supplement

Military certificates, A-Z : July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876

Military certificates, nos. 1-9926 : July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876

Register, bounty land warrants, nos. 5479-9914 : March 30, 1808-March 11, 1870

Register, military warrants nos. 1321-1553, 4057-5478; and preemption warrants nos. 2363-2738 : July 5, 1783-March 24, 1808; December 10, 1782-November 23, 1787

Revolutionary War public service claims recorded in county court booklets, lists & index (Va.)

Revolutionary War public service claims, commissioneers [sic.] books, 1783 (Virginia)

Revolutionary war records : Virginia army and navy forces with bounty land warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia military script, from federal and state archives

Revolutionary War rolls 1775-1783

Roster of Captain Thomas Berry’s Company, 8th Continental Line of Virginia

Spotsylvania County patriots, 1774-1786

United States Revolutionary War, Virginia pension application files, 1830-1875

Virginia half pay and other related Revolutionary War pension application files, ca. 1778-1875

Virginia lineages of Revolutionary War regiments

Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War : McAllister’s data

Virginia revolutionary militia

Virginia Revolutionary War petitions; also Herbert, Stoddert, Scudmore, Skidmore families; Hartel, Hartley family of Frederick County, Maryland; Hawkins, Saunders families from Charles County, Maryland; Dickinson family from Talbot County, Maryland; John Welsh, Richardson, Talbot, Thomas families from Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Baxter King, Revolutionary soldier and Barbee family from Orange County, North Carolina; Marcom family, Caroline Co., Va. & Orange County, N.C.; Truman family from Calvery County (Md.); Genealogical notes pertaining to Herndon allied families of McKnitt, Richardson and others

Index to Saffell’s list of Virginia soldiers in the revolution

Bounty warrants, 1779-1860

Revolutionary War pensions and index (Virginia)

Revolutionary War rejected claims and index of soldiers from Virginia, 1811-1851

Virginia invalid pension list of the Revolutionary War

Virginia pension abstracts of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars

The Battle of Point Pleasant, a battle of the Revolution, October 10th, 1774 : biographical sketches of the men who participated

Colonial men and times : containing the journal of Col. Daniel Trabue, some account of his ancestry, life and travels in Virginia and the present state of Kentucky during the Revolutionary period : the Huguenots : genealogy, with brief sketches of the allied families

Exiles in Virginia : with observations on the conduct of the Society of Friends during the revolutionary war ; comprising the official papers of the government relating to that period. 1777-1778

Gleanings of Virginia history : an historical and genealogical collection, largely from original sources

History of the Battle of Point Pleasant : fought between white men and Indians at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River (now Point Pleasant, West Virginia), Monday, October 10th, 1774, the chief event of the Lord Dunmore’s War

A history of Virginia from its discovery till the year 1781 : with biographical sketches of all the most distinguished characters that occur in the colonial, revolutionary, or subsequent period of our history

The history of Virginia’s navy of the Revolution

Introduction to the history of the colony and ancient dominion of Virginia

Letters of Joseph Jones of Virginia, 1777-1787

Memorandum on the folly of invading Virginia : the strategic importance of Portsmouth and the need for civilian control of the military

Miscellaneous papers, 1672-1865, now first printed from the manuscript in the collections of the Virginia Historical Society : comprising charter of the Royal African Co., 1672; report on the Huguenot settlement, 1700; papers of George Gilmer, of “Pen Park,” 1775-1778; orderly book of Capt. George Stubblefield, 1776; career of the iron-clad Virginia, 1862; memorial of Johnson’s Island, 1862-4; Beale’s Cav. Brigrade Parole, 1865

Patrick Henry; life, correspondence and speeches

The revolution in Virginia

Spotsylvania County patriots, 1774-1786

United States. General Land Office : Military pensions — Virginia — Revolution, 1775-1783

The Virginia “Peerage;” or sketches of Virginians distinguished in Virginia’s history

Genealogy of members, Sons of Revolution in the state of Virginia

Register of the society of the Sons of the Revolution, in the state of Virginia for the year 1897

Lafayette in Virginia : unpublished letters from the original manuscripts in the Virginia State Library and the Library of Congress

War of 1812

Location of War of 1812 veteran graves in Virginia : arranged alphabetically by veteran and by city or county location

Muster rolls, pay rolls, and index of the Virginia militia in the War of 1812

From Robert L. Eustice] : [Largent family information from pension application, land grants, and census records]

Muster rolls, pay rolls, and index of the Virginia militia in the War of 1812

Virginia pension abstracts of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars

Virginia, Society of War of 1812 applications, 1970-2009

Virginia pension list of 1883: takes in all wars to 1883 beginning with most of the 1812 soldiers

Mexican War, 1846-1848

United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index and images

United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index and images

Civil War, 1861-1865

United States Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867, index links to images

United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index links to images

United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, index

United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934, index links to images

United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images

United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index and images

United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865, index and images

Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images

Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images

Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950, index and images

Applications for admission, 1884-1941

The Appomattox roster : a list of the paroles of the Army of Northern Virginia issued at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865

Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Virginia

Confederate service record, out of state, Virginia, 1861-1865

Confederate soldiers service records

Court martials, military, District of Alexandria, 1864-1865

Elliot family data, ca. 1861-1917

Index to Confederate service records of Virginia; Confederate service records of Virginia, 1861-1865

Memorial, Virginia Military Institute : biographical sketches of the graduates and eleves of the Virginia Military Institute who fell during the War between the States

Orders and circulars issued by the Army of the Potomac and the Army and Department of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

Paroles of the Army of northern Virginia

Record of the federal dead buried from Libby, Belle Isle, Danville & Camp Lawton Prisons and at City Point : and in the field before Petersburg and Richmond

Registers of residents, 1885-1939

Roll of Confederate prisoners of war, paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, May 1865

Roster of R.E. Lee Camp no. 1, Confederate Veterans, 1883-1919

Southern claims commission approved claims, 1871-1880, Virginia

Virginia, Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865

Virginia, Civil War service records of Union soldiers, 1861-1865

Virginia, Isle of Wight, Smithfield, Constitution and by-laws of R.E. Lee Camp no. 4 of Confederate veterans, 1903-1912

Virginia, military records : miscellaneous Civil War-related records, 1780-1937

Index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Virginia

Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union Soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Virginia

Virginia, Civil War service records of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865

Virginia, Civil War service records of Union soldiers, 1861-1865

Application for the relief of needy Confederate women, 1915-1967

Confederate pension applications, Virginia, acts of 1888, 1900, 1902 ; index, 1888-1934

Roster of Confederate pensioners of Virginia

Roster of R.E. Lee Camp no. 1, Confederate Veterans, 1883-1919

Virginia, Isle of Wight, Smithfield, Constitution and by-laws of R.E. Lee Camp no. 4 of Confederate veterans, 1903-1912

1864-1910, Pennsylvania at Cold Harbor, Virginia : ceremonies at the dedication of the monument erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the National Cemetery at Cold Harbor, Virginia

The Army of Northern Virginia in 1862

Army of northern Virginia memorial volume

Biographical register of members, Virginia State convention of 1861 : first session

Butler and his cavalry in the War of Secession, 1861-1865

Christ in the camp, or, Religion in Lee’s Army : supplemented by a sketch of the work in the other Confederate armies

Collection #53 Rosen, 1824-1901

The Comanches : a history of White’s Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Laurel Brig., Hampton Div., A.N.V., C.S.A.

The Confederate capital and Hood’s Texas Brigade

From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America

Georgia’s oldest corps, the Savannah Volunteer Guards Battalion : proud history of an organization that has existed for more than three- quarters of a century–the men who have stood at its head in time of peace and war

Historical record of the First Regiment Maryland Infantry : with an appendix containing a register of officers and enlisted men, bio graphies of deceased officers, etc. War of the Rebellion, 1861-65

History of Duryee’s brigade, during the campaign in Virginia under Gen. Pope, and in Maryland under Gen. McClellan, in the summer of 1862

History of the Seventh Maine Light Battery volunteers in the Great Rebellion : containing a brief daily account of its services without comments or attempt to criticise or praise the brave boys in this command; also personal sketches of a large number of members, portraits, illustrations and poems

A journal of incidents connected with the travels of the Twenty-second Regiment Conn. Volunteers, for nine months, in verse

The knightly soldier : a biography of Major Henry Ward Camp, Tenth Conn. vols

Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting report on the organization of the Army of the Potomac and of the campaigns in Virginia and Maryland : under the command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, from July 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862

Life in the Irish Corner District during the Civil War (Greenbrier County, W. Va.) by Mark Crayon

The long arm of Lee; or, The history of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia : with a brief account of the Confederate bureau of ordnance

Memoirs and history of Capt. F. W. Alexander’s Baltimore battery of light artillery U. S. V.

The military history of the Virginia Military Institute from 1839 to 1865 : with appendix, maps, and illustrations

Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia

Recollections of war times by an old veteran while under Stonewall Jackson and Lieutenant General James Longstreet : how I got in and how I got out

Reminiscences of the Civil War

Reunions of the Nineteenth Maine Regiment Association, at Portland, Bath, Belfast, Augusta and Richmond

Speech of Joseph Segar, esq., of the York district, delivered in the House of delegates of Virginia, March the 30th 1861, on the resolutions of the Senate directing the governor of Virginia to seize by military force the U.S. guns at Bellona arsenal and on the secession of Virginia

The sword of honor : a story of the Civil War

Unveiling and dedication of monument to Hood’s Texas Brigade on the capitol grounds at Austin, Texas : Thursday, October twenty-seven, nineteen hundred and ten, and minutes of the thirty-ninth annual reunion of Hood’s Texas Brigade Association held in Senate chamber at Austin, texas, October twenty-six and twenty-seven, nineteen hundred and ten, together with a short monument and Brigade Association history and Confederate scrap book

The V.M.I. New Market Cadets : biographical sketches of all members of the Virginia Military Institute corps of cadets who fought in the battle of New Market, May 15, 1864

Vermont at Gettysburgh : a sketch of the part taken by the Vermont troops, in the battle of Gettysburgh

The Virginia Military Institute, its building and re-building

Sketch of Captain Thompson McAllister, Co. A, 27th Virginia Regiment

The Battle of Chancellorsville : the attack of Stonewall Jackson and his army upon the right flank of the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Virginia, on Saturday afternoon, May 2, 1863

The battle of Fort Stedman (Petersburg, Virginia) March 25, 1965

The Battle of Great Bethel church

Campaign for Petersburg

Capt. D.N. Walker’s notes on the “Crater Fight” July 30, 1864

History of the campaign of the army of Virginia, under John Pope, brigadier-general U.S.A.; late major-general U.S. volunteers; from Cedar Mountain to Alexandria, 1862

The Irish Ninth in bivouac and battle : or, Virginia and Maryland campaigns

An oration delivered on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the central shaft in the North Carolina plot in the Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia, 17th September, 1897, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the battle of Sharpsburg

The Peninsula campaign : a struggle for Richmond

Report on the organization and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac to which is added an account of the campaign in western Virginia : with plans of battle-fields

The Virginia campaign of ’64 and ’65 : the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James

Diary of William Clarke Reynolds, 1860-1861

Four years in the Stonewall Brigade

Letters from the Civil War : [Silas Bigelow & Charles S. Morton]

Memoir and memorials : Elisha Franklin Paxton, brigadier-general, C. S. A., composed of his letters from camp and field while an officer in the Confederate army, with an introductory and connecting narrative

Personal experience of a staff officer at Mine Run and Albemarle County Raid, and as commander of the 43rd Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, through the Wilderness Campaign, and at the mine before Petersburg, Virginia. From November 7, 1863, to July 30, 1864 : a paper prepared and read before the Kansas Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. October 3, 1894

A rebel’s recollections

Recollections of a life time

The southern soldier boy : a thousand shots for the Confederacy

Under the stars and bars : a history of the Surry Light Artillery

War talks of Confederate veterans : addresses delivered before A.P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans, of Petersburg, Va., with addenda giving statements of participants, eye-witnesses and others, in respect to campaigns, battles, prison life and other war experiences

We did not take prisoners : [the Suffolk slaughter]

Annals of the Lynchburg Home Guard

Four years in the Stonewall Brigade

The heroes in Gray

Historical sketch of the Nottoway Grays, afterwards Company G, Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia : prepared at the request of the surviving members of the company at their first reunion at Bellefont church, July 21, 1877

The immortal six hundred : a story of cruelty to Confederate prisoners of war

Military history of the Third Division, Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac : With a record of the division association, organized Harrisburg, March 25, 1890, and dedication of equestrian statue to General John F. Hartranft, commander division May 12, 1899, and the dedication of the monuments at Fort Stedman and Mahone on Petersburg battle field, May 19th, 1909, with the addresses delivered there by President Taft and others

Mosby’s Rangers : a record of the operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from its organization to the surrender, from the diary of a private, supplemented and verified with official reports of federal officers and also of Mosby, with personal reminiscences, sketches of skirmishes, battles and bivouacs, dashing raids and daring adventures, scenes and incidents in the history of Mosby’s command containing over 200 illustrations, including portraits of many of Mosby’s men and of federal officers with whom they came in contact, views, engagements, etc.; maps of Mosby’s confederacy and localities in which he operated; muster rolls, occupation and present whereabouts of surviving members

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

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

A rebel’s recollections

Recollections of a life time

Reminiscences of the First Company of Richmond Howitzers

A sketch of the life of Randolph Fairfax : a private in the ranks of the Rockbridge artillery, attached to the “Stonewall brigade,” and afterwards to the First regiment Virginia light artillery, second corps, Army of northern Virginia. Including a brief account of Jackson’s celebrated Valley campaign

Sketches and incidents of movements of the seventeenth Virginia infantry read before the R. E. Lee camp, C.V., Alexandria, Va

World War I, 1914-1918

Indexed WWI records

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index links to images

United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images

Image only WWI records

Record of service in the World War of V.M.I. Alumni and their alma mater

Virginia, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919

Virginia, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918

Rockingham County in the World War, 1917-1918, Virginia

Virginia military organizations in the World War : with supplement of distinguished service

Virginia war history in newspaper clippings

World War II, 1939-1945

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

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index and images

Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, index and images

Roster of officers of the Hampton Roads port of embarkation, Newport News, Virginia

State summary of war casualties (Virginia), U.S. Navy, 1946

Virginia Selective Service System registration cards [World War II] : fourth registration

Virginia, World War II draft registration cards, 1940-1947

World War II honor list of dead and missing : state of Virginia

Virginia, World War II draft registration cards, 1940-1947

Muster roll, [Middlesex] County, Virginia, in the war with Germany, 1917-1918

Korean War

United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, index

Veterans, Pensions

United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934, index links to images

United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images

United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934, index links to images

United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images

United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index and images

Virginia pension list of 1883: takes in all wars to 1883 beginning with most of the 1812 soldiers

Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950, index and images

Hospital records, 1872-1921 ; indexes, 1880-1933

Records of examination, 1908-1919

Virginia Military Records online at the County level

Accomack County – Military Records – Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors from Accomack County, Virginia

Alleghany County – Military Records – A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia

Amelia County – Military Records – Muster Roll of Amelia County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Amelia County – Military Records – Names of Registrants Inducted into the Army by the Local Board of Amelia County, 1917-1919

Amelia County – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, County of Amelia, Ca. 1924-1966

Amherst County – Military History – Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated, at FS

Appomattox County – Military Records – V. 15 (1887)

Arlington County – Military History – Log of the Schooner Enterprise, 1803-1804, at FS

Augusta County – Military Records – Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775 : Also Known As Dunmore’s War : Enlarged and Photocopied

Augusta County – Military Records – Militia Court Martials in Augusta Co., Va., 1779-1783

Augusta County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 32nd Regiment, 1756-1812

Augusta County – Military Records – Muster Roll, 1861-1865

Augusta County – Military Records – Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County, Soldiers Located to Date

Augusta County – Military Records – Some Virginia Revolutionary War and Pension Records in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, 1776-1833

Bedford County – Military Records – Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775 : Also Known As Dunmore’s War : Enlarged and Photocopied

Bedford County – Military Records – County Collections : Bedford County

Bedford County – Military Records – Military Records of Bedford County Men with the Armed Forces of World War II : Alphabetically Arranged

Bedford County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Bedford County, Virginia, 1917-1918

Bedford County – Military Records – Muster Roll, War Between the States, 1861-1865

Bedford County – Military Records – Pensions – Revolutionary War Pensions, Bedford Co., VA

Bedford County – Military Records – Remnants of War, 1861-1865 : Civil War Records, Bedford County, Va

Bedford County – Military History – Hardesty’s Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated, at FS

Bedford County – Military History – World War, 1914-1918 – Muster Roll, Bedford County, Virginia, 1917-1918, at FS

Botetourt County – Military Records – Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775 : Also Known As Dunmore’s War : Enlarged and Photocopied

Botetourt County – Military Records – Discharges, World War I, 1919-1965

Botetourt County – Military Records – General Index to Induction and Discharge Records, World War II

Brunswick County – Military Records – Revolutionary Patriots of Brunswick County, Virginia

Campbell County – Military Records – County Collections : Bedford County

Campbell County – Military Records – Enrollment of Militia, 1854-1855

Campbell County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Papers, V. 6 (p. 76-218), 1964-1980

Campbell County – Military Records – Juliet Fauntleroy Papers : Jones Memorial Library (MS 1387)

Campbell County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Campbell County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1920

Caroline County – Military Records – Induction Discharge Records, World War II and Others, 1956-1982

Chancellorsville – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – A True History of the Charge of the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry at Chancellorsville, at FS

Charles City County – Military Records – Muster Roll, 1861-1865

Charlotte County – Military Records – County Collections : Charlotte County

Charlotte County – Military Records – Minutes of the Proceedings of the Several Regimental and Battalion Courts of Inquiry of the Twenty-six Regiment, 1811-1814, 1822

Charlotte County – Military Records – Muster Roll of Charlotte County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861 – 1865

Chesterfield County – Military Records – Court Records of Chesterfield County, Virginia : Pertaining to the Franklin, Brintle, Bridgewater, Nunally and Related Families

Chesterfield County – Military Records – Muster Rolls, 1861-1865, 1812-1813

Clarke County – Military Records – History of Clarke County, Virginia, and Its Connection with the War Between the States : with Illustrations of Colonial Homes and of Confederate Officers

Clarke County – Military Records – Muster Rolls, 1861-1865; Members of Military and Naval Forces, 1917-1919

Clarke County – Military History – Old Chapel, Clarke County, Virginia, at FS

Craig County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Craig County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Craig County – Military Records – Roster of Ex-Confederate Soldiers and Sailors : Living in the County of Craig, Virginia

Craig County – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, County of Craig, 1925-1967

Culpeper – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Report of the Culpeper, Virginia, Monument Commission of Pennsylvania, at FS

Culpeper County – Military Records – Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775 : Also Known As Dunmore’s War : Enlarged and Photocopied

Culpeper County – Military Records – Confederate History of Culpeper County : Culpeper County in the War Between the States, Together with a Complete Roster of the Confederate Soldiers from This County

Culpeper County – Military Records – List of Militia Classes and Index for Culpeper County, Virginia, for 1781

Culpeper County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 5th Regiment, 1815-1830

Culpeper County – Military Records – Unacknowledged Writings, V. A, 1894-1923

Culpeper County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Confederate History of Culpeper County : Culpeper County in the War Between the States, Together with a Complete Roster of the Confederate Soldiers from This County, at FS

Fairfax County – Military Records – Muster Roll, 1861-1865

Fauquier County – Military Records – Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1959

Fauquier County – Military Records – Muster Rolls, Etc., 1861-1865

Floyd County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Floyd County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1919

Floyd County – Military Records – Muster Rolls of Floyd County, 1861-1865

Frederick County – Military History – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Men and Events of the Revolution in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, at FS

Frederick County – Military Records – Daisy Amick Collection, 144 WFCHS : Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Wincester, VA.

Frederick County – Military Records – Early Troop Record, 1755-1761

Frederick County – Military Records – Men and Events of the Revolution in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia

Frederick County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 31st and 51st Regiments, 1796-1821

Frederick County – Military Records – Muster Rolls of Frederick County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Frederick County – Military Records – Officers and Men of Frederick County, Virginia, Militia in the Year 1756

Frederick County – Military Records – Virginia Genealogies and County Records

Fredericksburg (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Narrative of the Fall & Winter Campaign, at FS

Gloucester County – Military Records – County Collections : Gloucester County

Gloucester County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Records, 1946-1976

Gloucester County – Military Records – Muster Roll of Gloucester County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Gloucester County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Gloucester County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Goochland County – Military Records – Muster Roll of Goochland County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Halifax County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The Battle of Staunton River Bridge, at FS

Isle of Wight County – Military Records – Virginia, Isle of Wight County Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1634-1951

Isle of Wight County – Military Records – Virginia, Isle of Wight, Military Records, 1861-1925

James City County – Cemeteries – James City County, Virginia Cemeteries : Family, Historical, Indian, Military & Slave

King George County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 25th Regiment, 1789-1812, 1824-1860

King William County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Records, World War II, 1945-1946

King William County – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, County of King William, Ca. 1947-1959

Loudoun County – Military Records – Abstracts of Wills, Inventories and Administration Accounts of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757-1800 : Will Books A-F

Loudoun County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 56th and 57th Regiments, 1793-1827

Loudoun County – Military Records – Miscellaneous Records from Loudoun and Prince William Counties

Loudoun County – Military Records – Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865

Louisa County – Military Records – Militia Records, Sept.-Dec. 1814; Accounts, 1816-1822

Louisa County – Military Records – Muster Roll, 1861-1865

Lunenburg County – Military Records – History of Lunenburg County in World War II

Madison County – Military Records – Muster Roll of Captain Joseph Humes’ Company, War of 1812

Madison County – Military Records – Muster Roll of Madison County, Virginia, in the War in the Defense of Virginia, 1861 – 1865

Manassas (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Dedicatory Ceremonies Held on the Battlefield of Manassas or Second Bull Run, Virginia, October 20th, 1906, and May 30th (Memorial Day), 1907, at FS

Mathews County – Military Records – Chancery Docket Books, 1805-1835, 1842-1843, 1862-1867

Mathews County – Military Records – Dues Book of the Lane-Diggs Camp, No. 39, of Confederate Veterans, 1895-1899

Mathews County – Military Records – Records of the Confederate Pension Board, 1900-1901

Mathews County – Military Records – Pensions – Records of the Confederate Pension Board, 1900-1901

Middlesex County – Military Records – Discharge Records, 1919-1980

Middlesex County – Military Records – Muster Roll, [Middlesex] County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Middlesex County – Military Records – Pensions – Roster, Middlesex County, Virginia, Militia 1861-1865

Middlesex County – Military Records – Records of Middlesex County Civilian Defense Council, 1941-1945

Middlesex County – Military Records – Roster, Middlesex County, Virginia, Militia 1861-1865

Montgomery County – Military Records – Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775 : Also Known As Dunmore’s War : Enlarged and Photocopied

Montgomery County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 75th Regiment, 1818-1839

New Kent County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Records, 1945-1977

New Kent County – Military Records – Muster Roll, New Kent County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

New Kent County – Military Records – New Kent County, Virginia, U.S. Census for 1810 & U.S. Census for 1850 : and Abstracts of the Application Papers of Revolutionary War Pensioners

New Kent County – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, County of New Kent, 1924-1958

New Market – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The V.M.I. New Market Cadets : Biographical Sketches of All Members of the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets Who Fought in the Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864, at FS

New Market – Military History – Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Battle of New Market, May 15, 1939, at FS

Norfolk (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The Battle of Great Bridge, at FS

Norfolk (Independent City) – Military History – Navy – U.S. Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, at FS

Nottoway County – Military Records – Minute Book for the Board of Blendon Township 1871-1875 and the Pension Board 1902-1917

Orange County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 3rd Regiment, 1813-1853

Orange County – Military Records – Orange County, Virginia, Families

Page County – Military Records – Minutes of the Confederate Pension Board of Page County, Virginia, 1900-1934

Page County – Military Records – Minutes of the Local [draft] Board for Page County, 1917

Page County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Page County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Patrick County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Records, 1946-1970

Patrick County – Military Records – Muster Roll, 1861-1865

Patrick County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Patrick County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Petersburg (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – From Chattanooga to Petersburg Under Generals Grant and Butler : a Contribution to the History of the War and a Personal Vindication, at FS

Pittsylvania County – Military Records – Muster Roll, 1861-1865

Pittsylvania County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Pittsylvania County – Military Records – The Draper Manuscripts – Extracts

Powhatan County – Military Records – Military Records and History of Powhatan County’s Troop and Artillery, 1861-1865

Powhatan County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Military Records and History of Powhatan County’s Troop and Artillery, 1861-1865, at FS

Prince Edward County – Military Records – List of Confederate Dead, 1862-1865

Prince Edward County – Military Records – Muster Rolls, 1861-1865

Prince George County – Military Records – Muster Roll in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Prince William County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Dedicatory Ceremonies Held on the Battlefield of Manassas or Second Bull Run, Virginia, October 20th, 1906, and May 30th (Memorial Day), 1907, at FS

Pulaski County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Pulaski County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Richmond (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The Confederate Capital and Hood’s Texas Brigade, at FS

Richmond (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond, at FS

Richmond (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Richmond, Virginia, Home of the Confederate Navy and the Confederate Navy’s Contribution to the Cause, at FS

Richmond (Independent City) – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – The Story of Libby Prison : Also Some Perils and Sufferings of Certain is Its Inmates, at FS

Richmond (Independent City) – Military History – War of 1812 – Militia Records, Sept.-Dec. 1814; Accounts, 1816-1822, at FS

Rockbridge County – Military Records – Muster Rolls, 1861-1865

Rockbridge County – Military Records – Partial List of Early Settlers, Revolutionary Soldiers and the Graves of Augusta County, Soldiers Located to Date

Rockbridge County – Military Records – Some Virginia Revolutionary War and Pension Records in Augusta and Rockbridge Counties, 1776-1833

Rockingham County – Military Records – Land Grants, Revolutionary War, 1783-1832

Rockingham County – Military Records – List of Civil War Veterans, 1861-1864

Rockingham County – Military Records – List of Servicemen, 1918-1919

Rockingham County – Military Records – Minutes of Court Martials, 1814-1815

Rockingham County – Military Records – Muster Roll, [Rockingham] County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Rockingham County – Military Records – Muster Rolls of Rockingham County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Rockingham County – Military Records – Names of Discharged & Rejected Soldiers of Rockingham Co., Va., 1917-1918

Rockingham County – Military Records – Pensions – Minute Book, 1900-1936

Rockingham County – Military Records – Record of Returned Servicemen, 1918-1919

Rockingham County – Military Records – Records [of] Civil War Veterans, 1860-1865

Russell County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Russell County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Russell County – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, County of Russell, 1925-1965

Scott County – Military Records – Veteran Records, European War Muster Roll, 1917-1918

Shenandoah County – Military Records – Collection #11 Painter, Ca. 1723-1965

Shenandoah County – Military Records – Collection #41 Ritter, Ca. 1910-1926

Shenandoah County – Military Records – Collection, Foltz, Ca. 1748-1956

Shenandoah County – Military Records – Muster Roll of the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Shenandoah County – Military Records – Roster of Captain Jonathan Clark’s Company, 8th Continental Line of Virginia

Shenandoah County – Military Records – Woodstock Museum Collection

Smyth County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Records, 1966-1972 ; General Index to Induction and Discharge Record Books

Smyth County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Smyth County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Smyth County – Military Records – Pensions – Common Law Order Books, 1832-1914

Smyth County – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, County of Smyth, 1926-1952

Smyth County – Military Records – Pensions – Order Books, 1832-1904

Southampton County – Military Records – List of Company A, 13th Virginia Cavalry C.S.A.

Spotsylvania County – Military Records – Spotsylvania County Patriots, 1774-1786

Spotsylvania County – Military Records – Spotsylvania County, Virginia Records

Spotsylvania County – Military Records – Virginia County Records, Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800 : Being Transcriptions, from the Original Files at the County Court House, of Wills, Deeds, Administrators’ and Guardians’ Bonds, Marriage Licenses, and Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners

Stafford County – Military Records – Muster Roll of Co. A, 9th Va. Cavalry of Stafford County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Stafford County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Stafford County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Surry County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Records, 1942-1950 (1952)

Surry County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 71st Regiment, 1840-1862

Surry County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Surry County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1917-1918

Surry County – Military Records – Roster of Surry Cavalry – Troop “B”, 1st Cavalry Va. Volunteers, 1884-1901

Surry County – Military Records – Virginia, Surry County, Military Records, 1795-1919

Tazewell County – Military Records – Alphabetical List of Registrants : Registration of Sept. 12, 1918

Tazewell County – Military Records – List of Men Registered in Tazewell County, Virginia, June 5, 1917, June 5, 1918, August 14, 1918, and September 12, 1918 : Who Were Inducted into Military Service by the Local Board of Said County, Including Men Who Voluntarily Enlisted in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps

Tazewell County – Military Records – Muster Roll, Tazewell County, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1915-1918 and 1941-1944

Tazewell County – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, County of [Tazewell], 1928-1964

Warren County – Military Records – Muster Rolls of Several Military Units, 1861-1865

Washington County – Military Records – Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Culpeper and Fincastle Payrolls and Public Service Claims, 1775 : Also Known As Dunmore’s War : Enlarged and Photocopied

Washington County – Military Records – Battle of King’s Mountain, South Carolina, Oct. 7, 1780 : Memorial Addresses

Washington County – Military Records – Roll of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors from Washington, Co. Va., 1861-1865

Washington County – Military Records – The Militia of Washington County, Virginia : Officers 1777-1835 ; Militia Men 1798-1835

Winchester (Independent City) – Military History – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Men and Events of the Revolution in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, at FS

Wise County – Military Records – Condition of Captain Salyer’s Payroll of Co. H, 50 Virginia, from June 1861 — November 1st, 1861

Wythe County – Military Records – Militia Court Records of the 100th Regiment, 1797-1808

Wythe County – Military Records – Militia Roster of the 35th Regiment, 1813

Wythe County – Military Records – Wythe County, Virginia, During the War Between the States, 1861-1865

Wythe County – Military History – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Wythe County, Virginia, During the War Between the States, 1861-1865, at FS

York County – Military Records – Claims for Losses of York County Citizens in British Invasion of 1781

York County – Military Records – Collection of Bible Records, Cemetery Inscriptions, Revolutionary War Records and Appraisements

York County – Military Records – Induction and Discharge Records, 1943-1956

Virginia Military Records online at the City level

Alexandria (Independent City) – Military Records – Court Martials, Military, District of Alexandria, 1864-1865

Alexandria (Independent City) – Military Records – Muster Roll of the Seventeeth Virginia Infantry, 1861-1865

Alexandria (Independent City) – Military Records – Pensions – Revolutionary, War of 1812 & Indian Wars Pensioner List of Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia

Bowling Green – Military Records – Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109

Buena Vista (Independent City) – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, City of [Buena Vista], 1926-1970

Charlottesville (Independent City) – Military Records – Ashe, Lincoln, Polk, Wake, Wilkes Counties, North Carolina and Charlottesville, Virginia Civil War Papers, Ca.1859-1903

Danville (Independent City) – Military Records – Records from General Hospital, Danville, Virginia

Farmville – Military Records – Records from Orange and Farmville Hospital, 1861-1863

Fredericksburg (Independent City) – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, City of [Fredericksburg], 1931-1957

Hampton (Independent City) – Military Records – Registers of Veterans at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Southern Branch in Hampton, Virginia, 1871-1933

Lynchburg (Independent City) – Military Records – Muster Roll, Lynchburg, Virginia, in the War with Germany, 1916-1918

Lynchburg (Independent City) – Military Records – Soldiers of Virginia Who Fought in Her Defence in the War Between the States, 1861-1865 : Muster Rolls : Troops of Cavalry, Companies of Artillery, and Companies of Infantry, Organized, Recruited or Enlisted, in Whole or in Part, in the City of Lynchburg During the War Between the States

Newport News (Independent City) – Military Records – Records of Charter and Articles of Corporation, 1887 (1865)-1896

Newport News (Independent City) – Military Records – Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109

Newport News (Independent City) – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, City of Newport News, 1926-1952

Norfolk (Independent City) – Military Records – Charter, By-laws, and Roster of Pickett-Buchanan Camp Confederate Veterans : Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk (Independent City) – Military Records – Petitions and Orders to Record the Rosters of Confederate Units, 1911-1912

Orange – Military Records – Records from Orange and Farmville Hospital, 1861-1863

Petersburg (Independent City) – Military Records – A List of Persons Who Are Liable to Perform Militia Duty and Registered 1855

Petersburg (Independent City) – Military Records – General Index to Induction and Discharge Record Books, World War II

Petersburg (Independent City) – Military Records – Virginia World War Memorial Records, City of Petersburg, 1948-1950

Richmond (Independent City) – Military Records – Register of the Confederate Dead, Interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.

Richmond (Independent City) – Military Records – Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 : NARA Record Group 109

Smithfield – Military Records – Virginia, Isle of Wight, Smithfield, Constitution and By-laws of R.E. Lee Camp No. 4 of Confederate Veterans, 1903-1912

Virginia Beach (Independent City) – Military Records – Civil War Muster Roll, 1861-1865

Winchester (Independent City) – Military Records – [District of Columbia] Aqueduct Bridge Duty Register, THL 1352, 1863-1864

Winchester (Independent City) – Military Records – Men and Events of the Revolution in Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia

Winchester (Independent City) – Military Records – Muster Rolls of Frederick County, Virginia, in the War in Defense of Virginia, 1861-1865

Virginia Military Records online

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