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

This collection contains 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.

  • See also Ruth Ann Hager. " Slaves, Soldiers, and Citizens: Special Civil War Recruitment Lists" National Genealogical Society Quarterly 91 (June, 2003): 139-143.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

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

Collection Content

Sample Images

  • Recruitment of Colored Troops, Missouri

    Recruitment of Colored Troops, Missouri

Coverage Table

This table shows the number of records in this collection by birthplace. Records where the birthplace could not be determined are listed as Other locality.

State or Territory Records
California 538
District of Columbia 171
Florida 1
Georgia 1
Idaho 2
Iowa 12
Kansas 12
Kentucky 129
Louisiana 674
Maine 1
Maryland 5
Michigan 7
Mississippi 4
Missouri 16,098
Nebraska Territory 1
New Hampshire 14
New Jersey 31
New York 33
North Carolina 5
Ohio 8
Oklahoma 5
Other locality 68
Pennsylvania 11
South Dakota 4
Texas 21
Virginia 23
Washington 1
Wisconsin 1

Inventory

For a list of all the titles included in this Historical Records publication see United States, Missouri, Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops - Inventory.

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