United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Images and index to descriptive recruitment records of free and enslaved African Americans in Missouri. Lists name, age, color of eyes and hair, height, place of birth, occupation, date and place of enlistment, name of slave owner and remarks.

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