Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 1st-6th Cavalry
Records: 10,970 · 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: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/681/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-colored-troops-1st-6th-cavalry: accessed January 18, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 1st-6th Cavalry
- Total Records
- 10,970 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1817
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 27 Apr 2010
- Last Updated
- 29 Aug 2013
- Description
- NARA M1817. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers in the 1st through 6th U.S. Colored Cavalry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored).