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

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The following information may be found in these records:

  • Name of recruit
  • Name of slave owner
  • Age
  • Physical description
  • Where born
  • Occupation
  • Enlistment-when, where, by whom and how long

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  • Recruitment of Colored Troops, Missouri

    Recruitment of Colored Troops, Missouri

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