6th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Brief History
Organized at Camp William Penn near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 28, to September 12, 1863. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina till September. Mustered out September 20, 1865. Designation change to 78th U.S. Colored Troops, April 4, 1864.

Wikipedia page: 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment

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.

"6th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry". Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units.htm  Retrieved 2007-02-13. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_United_States_Colored_Infantry_Regiment"

Pennsylvania in the Civil War U.S. Colored TroopsRegiments this site is searchable by regiment and company, listing the soldiers name, rank, mustered in date and remarks.

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National Archives Catalog
 Digitized Documents
 * Regimental and Company Books of the 6th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment
 * Congressional Medal of Honor File of Lieutenant and Adjutant Nathan H. Edgerton, 6th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment. NAID 22722730
 * Congressional Medal of Honor File of Sergeant Major Thomas R. Hawkins, 6th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment. NAID 23928808

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.


 * John M. M'Murray, Major, 6th U. S. Colored Troop. Recollections of a Colored Troop, 1916. Republished with new material compiled by Randon W. Bartley and published by M'Murray Publishing Company 1994. Available from the Jefferson County Historic and Genealogical Society http://www.penn.com/~jchgs/museumshop.html


 * James M. Paradis. Strike the Blow for Freedom. The story the 6th U.S. Colored Infantry, raised and trained at Camp William Penn, outside of Philadelphia.


 * FamilySearch Wiki: Pennsylvania in the Civil War and North Carolina in the Civil War


 * Pennsylvania Military and North Carolina Military