Buchanan County History Project - Military Records
 
Buchanan County was formed in 1858 - just three years before the beginning of the Civil War.

Buchanan County Deaths in WW II

 
  Civil War Records:

Listing of Buchanan County Civil War Veterans
 1890 Union Veterans Census

Links to Civil War Web Sites associated with Buchanan County
Robert Baker's 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Web Site

 

  
Pension Records:

Confederate Military Pension Records can be viewed online through the Library of Virginia's Digital Collections Project.

By Family Name:  [Complete the following steps:]

  1. Access the Confederate Pension Records Page [Click Here]
  2. Select Land Office Patents and Grants Database.
  3. Set Search Type to [Name] and enter the Last Name of the family you are researching.
  4. Select the [Start] button.
  5. Click on a name in the results screen.
  6. Then click on the NUMBER of the associated document you wish to view - not the name!
  7. To view the document a TIFF viewer must be installed on your computer - to download a TIFF viewer [Click Here]
  8. To view the document select the item in the Multimedia row at the top.
  9. Then click on the document thumbnail marked "Retrieve Document"
  10. Document is displayed - and also saved to the Temp folder of your hard drive for future off-line reviewing

 

 
Ordering Military Headstones:

Veterans Administration Site for Headstones

 
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