Compiled military service records

2 June 2014 When citing military records, the "essential elements" of our citation will vary, depending upon whether we are citing a person-based or unit-based record. The basic distinctions are these ...

8 May 2014 To study soldiers in a particular war, researchers frequently begin with carded records maintained by the National Archives. As their name implies, these Compiled Military Service Records (CMSRs) ...

 

3 February 2014

The Compiled Military Service Records for a dozen men in the Revolutionary War company of Col. Robert Rae credit them with “casualties” at Augusta (Georgia) or Silver Bluff (South Carolina). Yet none of the men actually were casualties.¹