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Bonus Records
- Korean War Bonus Records and Index (SAM 158)
- Korean War Bonus Beneficiary Records (SAM 159)
- Mexican Border Service Bonus Files [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
- Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payments Index, 1931-1942 (SAM 3, roll 1)
- Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Records, 1931-1942
- Vietnam War Bonus Records
- Vietnam War Bonus Beneficiary Records
- World War I Bonus Application Nos. 1 - 200,047
- World War I Bonus Claim Cards (SAM 228)
- World War I Bonus Files, 1919- (SAM 3, rolls 2-4, contains an alphabetical index to the claims)
- World War II Bonus Records and Index (SAM 232)
- World War II denied bonus appeal records, 1950s
- World War II denied bonus beneficiary records, 1950s
- World War II denied bonus records, 1950s
- World War II late bonus claims paid, 1954-1975
Draft/Selective Service Records
- World War I Draft Registration Lists (Minnesota Adjutant General Office)
- World War I Draft Registration Lists (Minnesota War Records Commission)
- World War II Hennepin County Selective Service Record Cards
Enlistment Records
- United States Adjutant General's Office Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army (for the entire United States), 1798-1897 (M191)
Military Service Records
- Military Service Record Cards (SAM 1)
- Military Service Records, Civil War and Dakota Conflict, 1861-1865
- Rice County War History Committee Service Record Cards, 1941-1946
- Spanish-American War Military Service Records, 1898-1900
  - "Roster of Minnesotans in the Service, April 21, 1898-July 4, 1902" [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Military Service Record Cards (SAM 1)
  - Regimental Service Cards [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Federal Service Cards: U.S. Army [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Federal Service Cards: Volunteers [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
- Waseca County War History Committee Service Record Cards, 1942-1945
- Watonwan County Selective Service Board Servicemen's Record Book, 1941-1947
- World War I Military Service Lists, ca. 1917-1920s
Muster Rolls
- Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865 (Minnesota Adjutant General)
- Muster Rolls in the Minnesota National Guard Records, 1880-1940
- Spanish-American War Muster Rolls, 1898-1899
- Muster-in Roll, 1903, in the Minnesota Naval Militia Records
- World War I Muster Rolls [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
- World War II Muster Roll of the 216th Coastal Artillery, 1941, in the Minnesota State Guard Miscellaneous Records
- Search the library catalog using a "Subject" Keyword Search for the genre term "muster rolls"
Pension Records
- Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
- Civil War Pension Database Index Printout
- Indian War Pension Correspondence
- Indian War Pension Files, 1905-ca. 1950
- Indian War Pension Registers, 1905-1937
- Indian War Pension Ledgers
- Indian War Pension Correspondence (Letters Received)
- Indian War Pension Warrant Register
Published Materials
- Annual and Biennial Reports of the Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
- Minnesota[ns] in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865
  - Vol. I - narratives/histories, rosters by company, limited index
    - 1st edition, 1890
    - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.), 1997 (Northern Micrographics)
    - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
  - Vol. II - official reports and correspondence
    - 1st edition, 1899
    - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.)
    - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
  - [Vol. III] - index to the rosters in volume I
    - 1st edition, 1936
    - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.)
    - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830-I), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
- Minnesota in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, by Franklin F. Holbrook, contains a "Roster of Minnesotans in the Service, April 21, 1898-July 4, 1902" (pp. 135-624)
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Directory of Names
Rosters
- Compiled Rosters of Minnesota Civil War Regiments

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Civil War, 1861-1865
- "Using Minnesota Civil War Records"
- Published Materials
  - Minnesota[ns] in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865
    - Vol. I - narratives/histories, rosters by company, limited index
      - 1st edition, 1890
      - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.), 1997 (Northern Micrographics)
      - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
    - Vol. II - official reports and correspondence
      - 1st edition, 1899
      - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.)
      - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
    - [Vol. III] - index to the rosters in volume I
      - 1st edition, 1936
      - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.)
      - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830-I), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
- Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
  - Annual and Biennial Reports
    - 1863-useful for identifying individual soldiers
    - 1866-useful for identifying individual soldiers, has the final muster-out information on all Minnesota regiments; for an alphabetical listing of this report, see Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
  - Compiled Rosters of Minnesota Civil War Regiments
  - Correspondence (pensions, bonus, graves registration, etc.) [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Military Appointments (of officers) [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Military Service Record Cards (SAM 1)
  - Muster Rolls, 1861-1865
  - Names of Minnesota soldiers and their post office addresses, compiled in 1890 [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
    - Database index printout
  - Records of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865
  - Records of the Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General, 1858-ca. 1949
- United States Adjutant General's Office
  - Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1897 (M191)
Dakota Conflict, 1862
- Published Materials
  - Minnesota[ns] in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865
    - Vol. I - narratives/histories, rosters by company, limited index
      - 1st edition, 1890
      - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.), 1997 (Northern Micrographics)
      - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
    - Vol. II - official reports and correspondence
      - 1st edition, 1899
      - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.)
      - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
    - [Vol. III] - index to the rosters in volume I
      - 1st edition, 1936
      - reprint edition, 1994 (Higginson Book Co.)
      - microfilm edition, 1972 (M830-I), may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan
- Manuscripts Collections
  - Dakota Conflict Manuscripts Collections (M582)
- Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
  - Annual and Biennial Reports
  - Compiled Rosters of Minnesota Civil War Regiments
  - Military Service Record Cards, ca. 1860-1945 (SAM 1)
  - Military Service Records, Civil War, 1861-1865
  - Pension Correspondence
  - Indian War Pension Files, 1905-ca. 1950
  - Indian War Pension Registers, 1905-1937
  - Indian War Pension Ledgers
  - Indian War Pension Correspondence (Letters Received)
  - Indian War Pension Warrant Register
  - Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
  - Records of the Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General, 1858-ca. 1949
- United States Adjutant General's Office
  - Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army (for the entire United States), 1798-1897 (M191)
Spanish-American War, 1898, and Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1901
- Published Materials
  - Minnesota in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, by Franklin F. Holbrook, contains a "Roster of Minnesotans in the Service, April 21, 1898-July 4, 1902" (pp. 135-624)
- Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
  - Annual and Biennial Reports of the Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
  - Military Service Record Cards, ca. 1860-1945 (SAM 1)
  - Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
  - Spanish-American War Military Service Records, 1898-1900
    - "Roster of Minnesotans in the Service, April 21, 1898-July 4, 1902" [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
    - Military Service Record Cards (SAM 1)
    - Regimental Service Cards [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
    - Federal Service Cards: U.S. Army [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
    - Federal Service Cards: Volunteers [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Spanish-American War Muster Rolls, 1898-1899
  - Spanish-American War Soldiers' Bonus Records Index (SAM 3) [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Records, 1931-1942
  - Records of the Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General, 1858-ca. 1949
China Relief Expedition, 1900-1901
- Military Service Record Cards, ca. 1860-1945 (SAM 1)
- Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
- Spanish-American War Veterans Relief Payment Records, 1931-1942 (includes the China Relief Expedition)
Mexican Border Service, 1917
- Bonus Files, 1920 [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
- Military Service Record Cards, ca. 1860-1945 (SAM 1)
- Payrolls, 1917 [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
- Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
World War I, 1917-1918
- Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
  - Annual and Biennial Reports of the Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
  - Military Service Record Cards, ca. 1860-1945 (SAM 1)
  - Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
  - Records of the Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General, 1858-ca. 1949
  - World War I Bonus Files
    - SAM 3 contains an alphabetical index to the claim files [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - World War I Muster Rolls [available for use, but not listed in the library catalog; see the State Archives Inventory Notebooks]
  - World War I Draft Registration Lists
- Minnesota War Records Commission
  - Draft Registration Lists, 1917-1918
  - Gold Star Roll Record (in-house index available)
  - Military Service Record
  - World War I Military Service Lists, ca. 1917-1920s
- Soldiers Bonus Board
  - Bonus Application Nos. 1 - 200,047
  - Bonus Claim Cards (SAM 228)
World War II, 1941-1945
- Minnesota Dept. of Veterans' Affairs
  - World War II Bonus Records and Index (SAM 232)
  - World War II denied bonus appeal records, 1950s
  - World War II denied bonus beneficiary records, 1950s
  - World War II denied bonus records, 1950s
  - World War II late bonus claims paid, 1954-1975
- Minnesota Office of the Adjutant General
  - Military Service Record Cards, ca. 1860-1945 (SAM 1)
  - Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
- Local Records
Korean War, 1950-1953
- Korean War Bonus Records and Index (SAM 158)
- Korean War Bonus Beneficiary Records (SAM 159)
- Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975
- Military Service Record Cards (SAM 1)
- Pension Registers and Indexes, 1878-1949
- Vietnam War Bonus Records
- Vietnam War Bonus Beneficiary Records
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Directory of Names

Veterans' Records

Veterans' Facilities Records
- Minnesota Soldiers/Veterans Home (Minneapolis)
  - Payrolls, of employees, 1891-1957, and residents, 1908-1911
  - Additional Records, including staff lists and payrolls, ca. 1918-1965
Veterans' Grave Registrations
- Graves Registration Reports
- The Department of Veterans' Affairs has completed work on its online Nationwide Gravesite Locator, which contains 3.2 million records for veterans for 120 national cemeteries going back to the Civil War. The database also contains records for some state veterans cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery since 1999. The records, which previously were stored as paper and microfilm, are searchable for free. The record includes names, dates of birth and death, dates of military service, service branch and military rank, cemetery information, and grave marker location in the cemetery. Cemeteries will withhold certain information by request for privacy purposes.
Veterans' Organizations Records
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Records
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) Records
- Eleventh Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Association Records
- Third Infantry Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Association

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