By whatever means you are most comfortable. Your avenue of study may be quite valuable to more of us than you may imagine. Access to information is opening up more and more every day. The routes I have taken in trying to research Kansas military units have been quite difficult for this Missourian. I don't know if you have resources similar to our SOS site or not, but I would be as "giddy" as you were to find out they exist.
Jim Morris