Stirpes, Volume 14, Number 3, September 1974 Page: 67
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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY TEXAS ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY BUILDING
BOX 12927/CAPITOL STATION/AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711
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edited by C. J. Carefoot,
DORMAN H. WINFREY Archivist, Texas State TEXAS LIBRARY AND
DIRECTOR AND LIBRARIAN Library. HISTORICAL COMMISSION
JOHN M. KINNEY
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MILITARY AND WAR-RELATED RECORDS
Among the most carefully preserved records of any culture are those
of the military organizations and of conflicts engaged in. From
the Homeric and Virgilian epics throughout our own cold-warfare
emphasis on who fought where, in which troop, ship, or plane has
held a fascination for historians and genealogists alike. Surely
among the records on file in the State Archives the military
records are the most often sought and most often consulted. The
following, then, is a brief listing and description of the records
available.
REPUBLIC ERA:
The War of Independence began formally in 1835 and lasted through
the spring of 1836. Although only a relatively few full-scale
battles were fought during the course of the war, the Battle of
San Jacinto has the distinction of being the only battle fought
west of the Mississippi to have international implications.
Muster Rolls--the muster rolls for the war of independence
are on file in the Records Division of the General Land
Office. Veterans were awarded 320 acres of land for 3
months' service, 640 acres for engagement in a major
battle. Because proof of service was needed for these
grants, the records have remained in the Land Office.
In 1881 an additional grant of 1280 acres was made to
widows and surviving veterans.
Army Papers--included are the correspondence of the
Department of the War and Marine, recruiting records,
enlistment records, Quartermaster records; commissary,
ordnance, and pay records; and miscellaneous, related
materials. These papers are not the result of any
systematic scheme of arrangement used in the War
Department, but rather an artificial arrangement of
papers drawn from several Record Groups.
Navy Papers--included are correspondence, accounts,
department reports, bills, muster rolls, provision
records, ships' records and audited naval claims.
In this group are the ships' logs and records for
the Texas Navy.
Treasury Papers--a series of four groups of records
informally titled "Payments for Services to the
Republic", these papers include Pensions, Audited
Military and Civil Claims, and the Public Debt
Papers. Each group has been filed by recipient or
applicant, alphabetically.
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