Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops Brigade Band record example

    Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops Brigade Band

    Records: 100 · 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 Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United States Colored Troops: Brigade Band" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/862/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-colored-troops-brigade-band: accessed May 19, 2022)

    Publication Title
    Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops Brigade Band
    Total Records
    100 · Complete: 100%
    Content Source
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    Publication Number
    N/A
    Record Group
    94
    Published on Fold3
    29 May 2013
    Last Updated
    29 May 2013
    Description
    Compiled military service records of volunteers who served in Union brigade bands (Corps d'Afrique and U.S. Colored Troops), 1861-1866.