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Missouri, United States
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Record Description
Record Type	Enlistments
Record Group	RG 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office,1780's-1917.
Collection years	1863-1865
Microfilm Publication	M1894. Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865.. 6 rolls.
Collection Series	Descriptive Lists of Colored Volunteers, 1864
National Archives Identifier	1223643
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Black Soldiers in the Civil War. Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops. NARA Article
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Julius K Hunter and Friends African American Research Collection St. Louis Public Library.
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What is in This Collection?

Images and index to descriptive recruitment lists 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.

Related Collections

• United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865.
• United States, Freedmen's Bureau Claim Records,1865-1872.
• United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934.

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• Name of slave owner
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• Enlistment-when, where, by whom and how long

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  Recruitment of Colored Troops, Missouri

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