This guide is designed to assist you in finding primary sources on U.S. Military History. These sources include:
The guide is divided by time period, so select appropriate time period.
1700's: Primary sources for the Revolutionary era
1800-1859: 1st and 2nd Barbary Wars, War of 1812, and Mexican-American war primary sources
1800-1865: Civil War resources, a more in-depth guide is History-US Civil War.
Indian Wars 1700-1890's: primary sources
1898-1920: Spanish-American War and World War I.
1940-45: World War II, a more in-depth guide is World War II
1950-75: Korean War, Indochine Conflicts, Vietnam War
1990-present : Persian Gulf, War in Afghanistan, Iraq War
There is also a link to Secondary Sources where you will locate books and articles written by historians, as well as first person accounts of conflicts published as books. Biographical Information links to databases with biographies of prominent Americans.
Some of the richest materials will come from personal accounts. These may be collected in published books, or printed in newspapers, or availabe online through blogs for the 21st century conflicts.
To locate published accounts, try searching the library's online catalog or PASCAL.
These search terms will help :
Combine the search term with the name of the conflict or the location of the conflict.
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