Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 2nd-7th Infantry
Records: 18,028 · 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 With the United States Colored Troops, 2nd through 7th Colored Infantry including 3d Tennessee Volunteers (African Descent), 6th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent), and 7th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent)." database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/46/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-colored-troops-2nd-7th-infantry: accessed January 20, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 2nd-7th Infantry
- Total Records
- 18,028 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1820
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 18 Sep 2008
- Last Updated
- 27 Apr 2009
- Description
- NARA M1820. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops, 2nd through 7th Colored Infantry, 1861-65.