Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 8th-13th Infantry
Records: 16,732 · Complete: 100%
Compiled service records typically contain card abstracts of a soldier's original muster and hospital rolls, descriptive books, lists of deserters, returns, notational cards, and possibly enlistment papers, casualty sheets, death reports, prisoner of war papers, and correspondence. Unique to the records of the USCT are deeds of manumission, oaths of allegiance, proof of ownership, certificates of monetary award, and bills of sale.
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"Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 8th through 13th, including the 11th (new)." database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/47/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-colored-troops-8th-13th-infantry: accessed May 26, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 8th-13th Infantry
- Total Records
- 16,732 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M1821
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 18 Sep 2008
- Last Updated
- 24 Mar 2010
- Description
- NARA M1821. Compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 8th through 13th, 1861-65.