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3/24/1999 - Archive

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Military History on the Web
The Center of Military History
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/

The Center of Military History has a great Web site full of information. Some of the highlights are:

  • List of campaigns fought by the service (contains names of major battles and the dates they took place)

  • "Master List of Army Records" (gives a list of records available and the location of these records)

  • Medal of Honor Recipients (lists Medal of Honor recipients dating from the Civil War to the present and including the following information: Name, Rank, Organization, Place & Date of circumstances that earned them the honor; where they entered the service, date and/or place of birth, and a paragraph describing how the recipient won the citation)

The U.S. Army Military History Institute
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/

The U.S. Army Military History Institute has several searchable catalogs:

  • American Civil War Biographical Bibliographies
  • American Civil War Units Histories
  • Archives Database
  • Normandy Photos Database
  • Photo Collection Database
  • Reference Bibliographies
  • U.S. Army Unit Histories

There are also several e-mail addresses where researchers can send inquiries:


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