Military Records
The Kansas Historical Society holds a wealth of information about military engagements and those who participated in them. The society’s library, manuscripts, and State Archives holdings contain documents and publications that describe Kansas soldiers and Kansas conflicts.
Search the combined index to individual soldiers' records in the State Archives (not presently a comprehensive index, but names are continually being added).
General Information about Kansas Historical Society Military Records
Specific Wars and Conflicts
- Kansas Territorial Conflict
- Civil War
- Plains Indian Campaigns
- Spanish-American War/Philippine Insurrection
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean Conflict
- Vietnam Conflict
Veterans’ Records and Organizations
- Military Bounty Land Records
- Biographical Sources
- Censuses Showing Military Service
- Kansas G.A.R. Necrology Index
- Kansas Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Posts
- GAR Manuscript Resources
- GAR Bibliography
- World War I Bibliography
- World War II Bibliography
- Veterans’ Records in the National Archives
Soldiers’ Home Records
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Western Branch (Leavenworth, Kans.) (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System)
Ancestry.com searchable database of patients, 1895 (all National Home branches)
The original National Home records are part of the records of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the National Archives.
Other Topics Relating to Military Genealogy
Records of the U.S. Adjutant General’s Office in the National Archives
