United States, Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops - FamilySearch Historical Records

Collection Time Period
The records cover the years 1863 to 1866.

Record Description
The collection consists or Union service records of soldiers who served in the United States Colored Troops.The records include a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in the following original records:


 * Muster rolls
 * Returns
 * Rosters
 * Payrolls
 * Appointment books
 * Hospital registers
 * Prison registers and rolls
 * Parole rolls
 * Inspection reports
 * Originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier

For each military unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by the soldier's surname. The Military Unit field may also display the surname range (A-G) as found on the microfilm.

This collection is a part of RG 94,Records of the Adjutant General's Office,1780's-1917 and includes NARA microfilm publications pertaining to the compiled service records of the United States Colored Troops. Index is courtesy of Footnote.com.

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Examples of Source Citations for a Record in This Collection

 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

Sources of information for This Collection
"United States, Service Records of Union Soldiers Who Served in the United States Colored Troops, 1863-1866." FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org). Digital index to RG 94, Records of the Adjutant General's Office,1780's-1917. Footnote 2,197,923 digital images. Footnote, Orem, Utah.

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