Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - USCT Miscellaneous Cards
Records: 7,609 · Complete: 100%
Organized by unit and then branch, these 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.
Source Information
"Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served the United States Colored Troops: Miscellaneous Cards" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/874/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-usct-miscellaneous-cards: accessed June 28, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - USCT Miscellaneous Cards
- Total Records
- 7,609 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- N/A
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 03 Jul 2013
- Last Updated
- 03 Jul 2013
- Description
- Miscellaneous cards not filed with compiled military service records of USCT soldiers who served 1861-1866.