Directory of American Wars and Conflicts Resources

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This category is comprised of lineage societies whose membership requirements are based upon descendancy to an ancestor who was directly connected to any of the American wars or conflicts, including the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

Subcategories

• Children of the American Revolution
• Daughters of the American Revolution
• Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
• Military Order of the Stars and Bars
• National Woman's Relief Corps
• Society of Colonial Wars
• Sons of Confederate Veterans
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
• Sons of the American Revolution
• Sons of the Revolution
• United Daughters of the Confederacy
• United States Daughters of 1812

Resources in This Category

• Alamo Defenders Descendants Association

  http://www.alamodescendants.org/
  Organization of direct descendents of the defenders of the Alamo. Objectives, history, events and memorial days, profiles of the defenders, and related links.

• Dames of the Loyal Legion

  http://suvcw.org/mollus/dollus/home.htm
  National society for female lineal descendants of Union Officers who fought in the American Civil War. Provides membership requirements, history of society, objectives, contacts, and links.

• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War

  http://www.duvcw.org/
  Lineage society for descendants of veterans of the Federal Army. Offers membership requirements, state listings, society departments, projects, history, and links.

• Descendants of Mexican War Veterans

  http://www.dmwv.org/
  Lineage society for descendants of veterans of war with Mexico. Offers membership information and forms, activities and events, programs, and historical data.

• General Society War of 1812

  http://www.societyofthewarof1812.org/
  Membership open to any male over the age of 21 who is the lineal descendant of one who served during the War of 1812. Includes contacts, history, and search tools.

• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

  http://www.suvcw.org/mollus/mollus.htm
  Created upon the death of Lincoln, and composed of Union Officers, now a composed of male descendants of those Union officers who served in the Civil War.

• NY Department, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865

  http://www.nyduvcw.org/
  Lineage society open to direct female descendants of Union Veterans of the U.S. Civil War. Site of the NY Department.

• The Society Of The Cincinnati of Pennsylvania

  http://www.pasocietyofthecincinnati.org/
  Oldest military hereditary society in the US. Open to descendants of Continental Army and Navy officers. History of society, membership, articles on the war and links.

• United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada

  http://www.uelac.org/
  Society based upon descendancy to loyalists of Britain during the American Revolution. Membership criteria, contacts, newsletter, and related links.

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