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 St. Louis&nbsp;County Library has placed on the internet&nbsp;&nbsp;[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/usctmo/usctmosoldiers.htm An Index to Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863–1865] (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894 – 6 rolls)This index has 5,500+ entries and can be browsed either by recruits’ names or by slave owners’ names. The index provides the following information:<br>• Recruit’s last name<br>• Recruit’s first name<br>• Age<br>• Birth State<br>• County of Birth<br>• Slave Owner<br>• County of Residence<br>• State of Residence<br>• Roll<br>• Frame
-The U.S. Congress allowed slave owners whose slaves were serving in the Military Service to request compensation for that slave.&nbsp; The claim was based on the slave's military service.&nbsp; Therefore&nbsp;The Index to [http://www.slcl.org/sc/pdfs/slv_claim_art_1_13_soldier.pdf Slave Compensation Claims found in the Compiled Service Records of U.S. Colored Troops], also provides information on the soldier.&nbsp; These records were placed in the soldier's military file.
+The U.S. Congress allowed slave owners whose slaves were serving in the Military Service to request compensation for that slave.&nbsp; The claim was based on the slave's military service.&nbsp; Therefore&nbsp;The Index to [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/slaveclaims/index-links.htm Slave Compensation Claims found in the Compiled Service Records of U.S. Colored Troops], also provides information on the soldier.&nbsp; These records were placed in the soldier's military file.
 '''Provost Marshal Papers'''<br>The Missouri State Archives includes in their collection a group of papers called the Provost Marshal Papers. These are records from the Union Army War Department. Many of the records pertain to Confederate citizens and sympathizers. Some of them specifically deal with the confiscation and destruction of property in Missouri by Confederate forces in 1864. These records span 1861-1866 and an index to the Missouri portion of the records is available [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/provost/ online.]