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We recommend that you start your search broadly, then narrow it by adding additional keywords or restrictors. You can use any combination of the numbered paragraphs below. The more you add, the more you narrow the search, and make it less likely to find any articles that meet the critieria. Values must be entered in at least one of the 1st four paragraphs below for a valid search. Click any of the "Submit" buttons to start the search.

1. Keywords: Any word from the title or keywords list. For entries on Black Soldiers enter BLK. Reviews of books by an author: enter authors lastname, and check "title."

Enter a word, or phrase (no commas):

Where you want to search:

Title Key Words Both

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2. State or Country: Select one state or one country (only values used in the database are listed)

States Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

OR

Countries United States Confederate States of America Great Britain Canada France Spain American Indian N, S, & Central America Argentina Australia Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canal Zone China Chile Continental Cuba Czechoslovakia Danish West Indies Denmark East India Company Egypt Europe Falkland Islands Fenian Brotherhood Germany Greece Haiti "Hessians" India Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Mayan Mexico Netherlands New Brunswick Peru Philippines Poland Pontifical States Portugal Prince Edward Island Prussia Puerto Rico Russia Scotland South Africa Sweden United Nations Venezuela Venice Vietnam World

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3. Service

Service Army Navy Marine Corps Militia National Guard Volunteer Air Force Colonial Defense Force Independent Merchant marine Miscellaneous Naval Militia Naval Reserve Police Provincial State State Guard State Militia State Troops

OR

If Hessians selected above Anhalt-Zerbst Anspach-Bayreuth Brunswick Hesse-Cassell Hesse-Hanau Waldeck

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4. Branch of Service

Use for Army, National Guard, Militia, Volunteer Ancestor Aviation Armor Artificer Artillery Cadet Cavalry Chaplain Coast Artillery Colored Troops Dragoons Engineer Finance General Officer Infantry Inspector General Intelligence Medical Military Police Ordnance Riflemen Scouts Sharpshooters Signal Special Operations Staff Transportation

OR

Use for Navy Civil Engineer Corps Construction Battalion Engineering Corps Naval Aviation Ordnance Submarine Supply Corps

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5. Time Period

All Periods
Pre-colonial	before 1625
Colonial	1625 - 1774
Revolution	1775 - 1783
Federation	1783 - 1788
Federal	1789 - 1811
War of 1812	1812 - 1815
	1816 - 1859
Civil War	1860 - 1865
	1866 - 1897
Sp. American	1898 - 1900
	1901 - 1913
WW I	1914 - 1919
	1920 - 1940
WW II	1941 - 1945
Post WW II	1945 -

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6. Restrictors. You may restrict your search by clicking one of the buttons below:

Whole Dataset	(plates, articles, notes†, reviews, letters)
Plates Only	(plate artists and text authors)
Plate Artist Only	(excludes plate text authors)
Plate Text Author Only	(excludes plate artists)
Articles & Notes Only	(no plates or reviews, incl. letters)
Articles Only	(no notes, plates or reviews, incl letters)
Notes† Only	(no articles, plates or reviews, incl. letters)
Reviews Only	(no articles, notes, plates, or letters)
Letters Only	(no articles, notes, plates, or reviews)
†Within the database short contributions (< two pages of text) are classified as notes, and longer contributions (> two pages of text) as articles.

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7. Some Examples: An entry must be made in at least one of the first four columns

	1	2	3	4	5	6
No.	Keywords	State/Country	Service	Branch	Period	Restrictor
1	accouterments	CSA	Marine Corps
2			Navy
3	insignia	Pennsylvania			1860-1865
4		Hessian	Brunswick			plates only
5		New York	National Guard	Artillery	1946 -

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