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1st U.S. Colored Cavalry: Private Lives, Public Records

34th United States Colored Troops and 2nd South Carolina Volunteers

8th KY USCT Reg't

Pvt. NED Hopson, our patriarch, enlisted, served, discharged from Co D, 8th KY USCT Artillery Regiment H.

African American Civil War Soldiers - Zooniverse

Transcribe the military records of African American soldiers in the American Civil War. (The Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research.)

African American Warriors

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African Americans in the Military

African-American Civil War Memorial

Made possible by AT&T, the Web site provides information for anyone interested in freedom and historical truth or in the valor of the African-American soldiers who fought during the war. An interactive feature allows visitors to find information on the soldiers who served in the war and provides a resource that helps the descendants of these soldiers to keep this history alive. The Web site also features an online store which allows visitors to purchase souvenirs and show their support for the Foundation and it's programs.

America's Black Warriors: The History of Black Americans in the Military | Full Episode (YouTube)

Ancestry.com - Search Military Records

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 $

Original source: Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National Archives at Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

Black Soldiers Mattered

April 6, 1917, changed the lives of 21,609 young African American men from North Carolina. The participation of these Black North Carolinians in World War I has been mostly ignored. Black Soldiers Mattered addresses that void with this interactive site. Explore the journey of Black North Carolinians (BNC)—as units and individual soldiers—from induction to demobilization.

Civil War Slave Compensation Claims in Compiled Military Service Records of U.S. Colored Troops - St. Louis County Library

Index by St. Louis County Library Special Collections Department of 300 slave compensation claims from the records of soldiers in the U.S. Colored Troops.

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)

Online searchable database of over 5 million soldiers from 30 states and territories. Rosters, regiments, cemeteries, battles, prisoners, Medals of Honor.

Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865

From the St. Louis County Library. Information about this microfilm set which records the recruitment of 5,000+ African Americans who enlisted in Missouri Colored Volunteers during 1863-1865.

Documenting African Americans in the Records of Military Agencies

Article by Lisha Penn.

Eighth United States Colored Troops

FamilySearch - United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865 ^FREE

Approximately 650,000 vouchers and other documents pertaining to goods and services rendered to the Confederate Government by individuals and businesses. The collection is arranged alphabetically in over 350,000 jackets. The collection is located in RG 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records and is National Archive Microfilm Publication M346. Index courtsey Fold3.

FamilySearch - United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865 ^FREE

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 original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers,prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, inspection reports; and the 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 include NARA microfilm publications pertaining to the compiled service records of the United States Colored Troops. Index courtesy of Fold3.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Colored Troops in the Civil War

Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry