Compiled Military Service Records for U.S. Colored Troops
In 2000, Julius K. Hunter and Friends invested in a collection of Genealogical Resources in Microfilm and Microfiche for the St. Louis County Library. Many of those films have been digitized and are now available through FamilySearch or Fold3. This includes all of the Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who served with the U.S. Colored Troops (Civil War).
The Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served with the U.S. Colored troops is digitized and available from FamilySearch.
The following list provides quick links to each record set as found on FamilySearch or identifies those found on Fold3.
- Artillery: Artillery Organizations - M1818 (Digitized on Fold3)
- Cavalry: 1st through 5th U. S. Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th U. S. Colored Cavalry - M1817
- Infantry: 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored) - M1898
- 55th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored) - M1801
- 1st U.S. Colored Infantry, 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Colored) Company A, 1st U.S. Colored Infantry (1 Year) - M1819
- 2nd-7th U.S. Colored Infantry including the 3rd Tennessee Volunteers (African Descent), 6th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent), 7th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent), and Miscellaneous Service Cards - M1820
- Infantry Organizations, 8th through 13th, including the 11th (new) - M1821
- Infantry Organizations, 14th through 19th - M1822