Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops 1st-6th Cavalry record example

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 April 23, 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 logoThe 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).