Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops Quartermaster's Det
Records: 59 · 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: Quartermaster's Detachment, US Colored Infantry" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/866/civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-colored-troops-quartermasters-det: accessed April 15, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Civil War Service Records (CMSR) - Union - Colored Troops Quartermaster's Det
- Total Records
- 59 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- N/A
- Record Group
- 94
- Published on Fold3
- 30 May 2013
- Last Updated
- 30 May 2013
- Description
- Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in the Quartermaster's Detachment of the United States Colored Troops.