30th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Brief History
Organized at Camp Stanton, Maryland, on February 12 to March 18, 1864. Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac to September 1864. Mustered out December 10, 1865.
 * Freeman S. Bowley, edited by Pia Seija Seagrave. A boy lieutenant : memoirs of Freeman S. Bowley, 30th United States colored troops officer.Fredericksburg, Virginia : Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, 1997. FHL 973 M2bb

30th United States Colored Troops

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K

For a list of companies, history and rosters: Archives of Maryland Online

National Archives
 Digitized Documents
 * Regimental and Company Books of the 30th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment
 * Disapproved Pension Application File for Private James Young, Company D, 30th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SO-1019561) NAID 74791542
 * Congressional Medal of Honor File of Colonel Delavan Bates, 30th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment. NAID 18538468
 * Disapproved Pension Application File for Caroline Watts, Widow of Private Emory Watts, Company I, 30th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (WO-379106)

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Union Volunteers in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Union Volunteers in the Civil War describes many Union sources, specifically for the Union Volunteers, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Bowley, Freeman S. (Freeman Sparks). A boy lieutenant: memoirs of Freeman S. Bowley, 30th United States colored troops officer. (Fredericksburg, Virginia: Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, c1997),.


 * History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2 page 233;Thirtieth Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops: http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000366/html/am366--233.html


 * 30th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry http://www.lwfaam.net/cw/maryland/30usci.htm


 * FamilySearch Wiki: Maryland in the Civil War