US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 55th MA Infantry, 1861-1865
Records: 2,321Complete: 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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- Publication Title
- US, Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 55th MA Infantry, 1861-1865
- Total Records
- 2,321Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1801
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 19 May 2010
- Last Updated
- 20 May 2010
- Description
- NARA M1801. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers belonging to the 55th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored).