African American Service - Books

• Army Life in a Black Regiment (Thomas Wentworth Higginson; 1882)
• The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65 (Joseph T. Wilson; 1890)
• The Colored Regulars in the United States Army (T. G. Steward; 1904)
• Combat Multipliers: African-American Soldiers in Four Wars (Krewasky A. Salter)
  Introduction <> Text <> Appendix & Bibliography
• History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens (George W. Williams; 2 v., 1883) [ Volume 1 (Pre-Civil War) ]
• A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 (George W. Williams; 1888)
• Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany (Frank A. Rollin; 1883)
• The Negro as a Soldier (Christian A. Fleetwood; 1895)
• Recollections of My Slavery Days (William Henry Singleton; 1922)
• Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S. C. Volunteers (Susie King Taylor; 1902) [ Another Copy ]
• U.S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the Soldier...For the Use of the Colored Troops of the United States Infantry (U. S. War Department; 1863)

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African American Service - General Information & Overviews

• African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum
• African American Soldiers (American Experience, PBS)
• African Americans in the Civil War (Connie Slaughter; CRM Online)
• African Americans in the U. S. Army
• Black POW Treatment (National Archives)
• Black Soldiers (Mr. Lincoln and Freedom)
  The menu at left includes additional information pages.
• Black Soldiers in the War Between The States: A Critical Look At Their Service (John Bernhard Thuersam)
• Civil War (Toward Racial Equality; Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874)
• "The Colored Regiments" (Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches; 1905)
• "The Colored Troops" (William F. Fox, Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865; 1889)
• The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War (National Archives)
• Fighting for Freedom: Black Union Soldiers of the Civil War (Fort Ward Museum)
• General Orders No. 46 Concerning the Recruitment of Non-White Troops (The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History)
• General Orders, No. 143 (U.S. Adjutant General's Office, General Orders for 1863; 1864)
  Established the Bureau of Colored Troops
• Guide to U.S. Colored Troops Regimental Designations (St. Louis County Library)
  Currently includes introduction and cavalry units
• History of African Americans in the Civil War (CWSS)
• Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865: Chapter VI (James L. Bowen; 1889)
• "The Negro as a Soldier" by William Eliot Furness (Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read...Illinois [MOLLUS]; vol. 2, 1894)
• "The Negro in the Late War" by George E. Sutherland (War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Wisconsin...MOLLUS; 1891)
• "Negro Soldiers in the Civil War" (George Hazzard, Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906; v. 1, 1906)
• "Negro Soldiery" (Horace Greeley, The American Conflict; vol. 2, 1867)
• Preserving the Legacy of the U. S. Colored Troops (Budge Weidman; National Archives)
• Resting Places of United States Colored Troops, Officers and Sailors (Bennie J.McRae, Jr.)
• "Two Years With a Colored Regiment: A Woman's Experience" by Frances Beecher Perkins (The New England Magazine; Jan., 1898)
• United States Colored Troops (Encyclopedia of Genealogy)
• United States Colored Troops in the Civil War (Bennie J. McRae, Jr.)
• United States Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research (Hartwick College)
• U.S. Colored Troop Regiments (Pennsylvania in the Civil War)
• "A Woman's Ministry" (William Howell Reed, Hospital Life in the Army of the Potomac; 1866)

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New Jersey Genealogy

• Cyndi's List (The most comprehensive list of genealogy links) [ African-American <> NJ ]
• African American Forum (GenForum)
• African American Message Boards (Ancestry - RootsWeb) [ General <> NJ ]
• Afro-Americans in New Jersey: A Short History (Giles R. Wright)
• Central Jersey Genealogical Club
• Family History Centers in New Jersey (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
• The Genealogical Society of New Jersey
• Genealogy and Local History Collection (NJ State Library)
• New Jersey Census Information (NJ State Library)
• New Jersey Genealogy (Natalie Borisovets, Rutgers University)
• New Jersey Genealogy and Family History Resources (DistantCousin.com)
• New Jersey Genealogy Forum (GenForum) [ Mercer Co ]
• New Jersey GenWeb Project [ Mercer Co NJGenWeb ]
• New Jersey Historical Commission
• The New Jersey Historical Society
• The New Jersey Homepage of the American Local History Network [ Mercer Co ]
• New Jersey Message Board (Ancestry - RootsWeb) [ Mercer Co <> Unknown Cos ]
• New Jersey Records (NJ State Library)
• New Jersey Research Outline (FamilySearch)
• New Jersey Resources (ROOTS-L)
• New Jersey State Archives [ Genealogical Holdings <> Imaged Collections <> Searchable Databases ]
• New Jersey State Library [ Catalog <> NJ Information ]

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Genealogy

• African American Genealogy
  • African American Genealogy on the Web
• Local Resources
  • Historical Society of Princeton
  • Princeton Public Library
    • African American History: Princeton, New Jersey, 1850-1899
    • African American Princeton on the Web
    • Paul Robeson Collection for African American Family History
    • Princeton History
• State Resources
  • New Jersey Genealogy

Researching a Civil War Soldier

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New Jersey Records

• New Jersey State Archives Catalog
  • Civil War - Miscellaneous Records
  • County Military Records and Veterans' Grave Registrations
  • Department of Defense - Civil War
  • Department of Institutions & Agencies (Human Services) - Medical and Veterans Hospitals
  • Department of the Treasury - Civil War Pay Records
• New Jersey State Archives Imaged Collections
  • United States Colored Troops Service Files (New Jersey State Archives)

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Pension Records

• Civil War Records (National Archives)
  Use the Pension Records link under Part 1 and Requesting Records by Mail or Online under Part 3. Current Fees
• General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 is available at Ancestry.com (or Ancestry Library Edition at your public library)
• Microfilm Publication T288: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (National Archives)

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Compiled Military Service Records (CMSR)

• Civil War Records (National Archives)
  Use the Compiled Military Service Records link under Part 1 and Requesting Records by Mail or Online under Part 3. Current Fees
• Index to Compiled Service Records...United States Colored Troops (National Archives)
  Pamphlet accompanying Microcopy No. 589 (M589), the 98-roll microfilm reproduction of the alphabetical card index to USCT service records
• U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 are being added to Ancestry.com (or Ancestry Library Edition at your public library)

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Record of Events

• Civil War Records (National Archives)
  Use the Record of Events link under Part 1. Note: Rolls 204-217 (U. S. Colored Troops) are available at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City.
• Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies edited by Janet B. Hewett ... [et al.] (WorldCat)

An example of what may be found in the Record of Events is shown in the third section of The Lincoln Funeral Procession, Washington, D.C.

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Resources for Determining Regiment of Service

• Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (National Park Service)
  [ Soldier Search <> Regiment Search <> About CWSS]
• Index to Compiled Service Records...United States Colored Troops (National Archives)
  Pamphlet accompanying Microcopy No. 589 (M589), the 98-roll microfilm reproduction of the alphabetical card index to USCT service records
• Subscription Databases
  • American Civil War Research Database
  • Ancestry.com (or Ancestry Library Edition at your public library)
• 1890 Special Census of Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans (available at Ancestry.com or Ancestry Library Edition)

Connecticut

• Catalogue of Connecticut Volunteer Organizations.... (Connecticut Adjutant-General's Office; 1869)

New Jersey

• Record of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (William S. Stryker; 1876) [ Search online <> Contents <> Index <> United States Colored Troops ]

New York

• New York State Civil War Soldier Database (New York State Archives)
  Introduction

Pennsylvania

• Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866 (Pennsylvania State Archives)
  May contain less information than Bates, below. How to search, etc.
• History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, vol. 5 (Samuel P. Bates; 1871)
  Use the Table of Contents to find a history and muster roll for each regiment, beginning with the Third United States Colored Regiment.

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