Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 47th-55th Infantry
Records: 23,787Complete: 99%
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
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 47th-55th Infantry
- Total Records
- 23,787Complete: 99%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M2000
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 09 Aug 2010
- Last Updated
- 11 Jan 2012
- Description
- NARA M2000. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served with the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT): Infantry Organizations, 47th through 55th.