Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 56th-138th Infantry
Records: 116,531 · Complete: 100%
These are scanned images from textual records. 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 Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United States Colored Troops: 56th-138th USCT Infantry, 1864-1866" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/762/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-colored-troops-56th-138th-infantry: accessed May 19, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 56th-138th Infantry
- Total Records
- 116,531 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- n/a
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 25 May 2011
- Last Updated
- 05 Apr 2014
- Description
- Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers belonging to the 56th through 138th infantry units, United States Colored Troops (USCT), 1864-1866.