War of 1812 Compiled Service Record

It is not possible to find service records at the National Archives without the exact name of the regiment and the exact spelling of the soldier's name from the service record index.  Therefore, the information from the service record index is required in order to order these records.  These are found at  Fold3's service records index or Ancestry's War of 1812 service record index.   

Please note that the regiment names are sometimes different on the pension files or other documents, so the information has to come ONLY from the service records indexes.

If your ancestor fought in the War of 1812, there's a good chance the he has a compiled service record on file.  These small files can have information in them about where the soldier was and what his regiment was doing.  

 Details & Terms

• You will receive full color images of the records, delivered electronically.  
• Please allow for 6-8 weeks at the most for delivery, but in many cases it will be shorter than that.     
• Please be sure you submit the correct details.  We're not responsible if you order the wrong soldier.  If you have a War of 1812 ancestor, but you're not sure what's available to order, click here and we can help you start the process.

Please upload a copy of the service records index card, if you have it, when ordering.  These are searchable on Fold3's service records index or Ancestry's War of 1812 service record index.    

If you don't have the image, please copy the information EXACTLY as it is shown on the service records index entry.  

Please do not include any images except for images from the War of 1812 service records index entries.