African American Civil War Soldiers: Research Links

Major Civil War Resources

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The American Civil War Homepage
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System (National Park Service) [ Regiment Search <> Soldier Search <> Sailor Search ]
Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Frederick H. Dyer; 1908) [ Battles <> Name Index of Commands <> Regimental Histories ]
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of
the Rebellion (1894 - 1922)
Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 (William F.Fox; 1889) [ Another copy ]
Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (WorldCat)
The United States Civil War Center (Louisiana State University Libraries)
The Valley of the Shadow (Virginia Center for Digital History)
The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880 - 1901)
Digital Libraries

19th-Century American Documents (Perseus, Tufts University)
American Civil War Collections (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
American Memory (Library of Congress)
Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College)
Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina)
Google Books (Author or Title Search)
Internet Text Archive
Making of America (Cornell University)
Making of America (University of Michigan)
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection (Cornell University)
U. S. Heritage Collection Online: Resource Guides & Finding Aids (U.S. Army Military History Institute)

Newspapers
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online, 1841-1902 (Brooklyn Public Library)
- Civil War-Era Newspapers (The Valley of the Shadow)
- Civil War Newspapers (Vicki Betts)
- Harper's Weekly Original Civil War Newspapers
- The New South Newspaper, Port Royal & Beaufort, 1862-1866
- Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers (Penn State)
- The New York Times (from 1851; free registration required)
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, 1860-1865 (University of Richmond)
Photographs & Prints
- America on Stone: 19th Century American Lithographs (Smithsonian Institution)
- Civil War (Images of 19th Century African Americans, Digital Schomburg)
- Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society
- Civil War Medical Care: Photographs and Drawings from the United States Sanitary Commission Collection, 1861-1872 (NYPL Digital Gallery)
- CivilWar at Smithsonian
- Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War (Cornell University)
- The Generals of the American Civil War
- The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes
- Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War (Library of Congress)
- Photographs of Named Civil War Enlisted Men (Library of Congress)
- Photographs of Women During the Civil War (Library of Congress)
- Pictures of the Civil War (The National Archives)
- Selected Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress)

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African American Service - Medal of Honor

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African American Medal of Honor Recipients, Civil War (CWSS)
African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor : A Biographical Dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War by Charles W. Hanna (WorldCat)
African Americans and the U.S. Navy -- 1860s (Naval Historical Center)
Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers & the Medal of Honor (1870-1898) by Frank N. Schubert (Book Review; Buffalo Soldiers Research Museum)
Descriptive Pamphlet (DP) for National Archives Microfilm Publication M929: Documents Relating to the Military and Naval Service of Blacks Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor From the Civil War to the Spanish-American War
Heroes Among Us (GoArmy.com)
Medal of Honor Men [Etc.] (Library of Congress)
Included with charts and graphs showing the condition of African Americans at the turn of the century, prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois and exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900.
Real African American Heroes (Civil War, 1861 - 1865)
Thought Only of Saving the Flag (Deeds of Valor: How America's Heroes Won the Medal of Honor; v. 1, 1901)
Includes Christian Fleetwood, Alfred Hilton, Charles Veal & Alexander Kelly.
USCT Medal of Honor Recipients at New Market Heights (National Park Service)
Anderson, Bruce
- Bruce Anderson (Find A Grave)
- Bruce Anderson (Wikipedia)
Barnes, William H.
- Barnes, William H. (National Park Service)
- William Barnes (Find A Grave)
- William H. Barnes (Wikipedia)
Beaty, Powhatan
- Beaty, Powhatan (National Park Service)
- A Brief History of the Black Brigade and Powhatan Beaty (James A. Ramage Civil War Museum)
- Powhatan Beaty (Jay Caulley & Jennifer North, Washington Court House [OH] City Schools)
- Powhatan Beaty (Wikipedia)
- Remarks at the Dedication of a Reproduction of the Black Brigade Flag (James A. Ramage)
- "Students Find Heroes in History" (Cliff Radel, The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Blake, Robert
- "Afros" and Black Power in Vietnam (African-American Involvement in the Vietnam War)
- Contraband Robert Blake, USN (Naval Historical Center)
- Robert Blake (United States Navy Memorial)
- Robert Blake, Medal of Honor Recipient (Wikipedia)
Bronson, James H.
- Bronson, James H. (National Park Service)
- James H. Bronson
- James H. Bronson (Wikipedia)
- James H. Bronson-Medal of Honor Recipient Co. D 5th Regt. U.S.C.T. (Kelsey Frost, Washington Court House [OH] City Schools)
Brown, William H.
- William H. Brown (Arlington National Cemetery [unofficial])
- William H. Brown (Wikipedia)
Brown, Wilson
- Wilson Brown (Find A Grave)
- Wilson Brown (United States Navy Memorial)
- Wilson Brown, 1841-1900 (International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry)
- Wilson Brown [illustrated] (Brandon Astor Jones)
- Wilson Brown, Medal of Honor Recipient (Wikipedia)
Carney, William Harvey
- Medal of Honor Recipient [William Carney] (National Archives)
- NALC Pioneer William Carney: From Runaway Slave to Civil War Hero (NALC Postal Record)
- William H. Carney: 54th Massachusetts Soldier and First Black U. S. Medal of Honor Recipient (Thomas M. Hammond, TheHistoryNet)
- William Harvey Carney (Wikipedia)
Fleetwood, Christian A.
- Christian Fleetwood (The Progress of a People, Library of Congress)
- Christian Fleetwood (Wikipedia)
- Christian Fleetwood's Medal of Honor (Smithsonian Institution)
- Diary of Christian A. Fleetwood for 1864 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
- Fleetwood, Christian A. (National Park Service)
- Medal of Honor, Christian A. Fleetwood (Smithsonian Institution)
- The Negro as a Soldier (Christian A. Fleetwood; 1895)
Gardiner, James
- 36th U.S. Colored Infantry Medal of Honor Winners
- Civil War Monument (Gloucester County, VA)
- Gardiner, James (National Park Service)
- Grave Site of MOH Recipient James Gardiner (Home of Heroes)
- James Daniel Gardner (Wikipedia)
- Pvt. James Daniel Gardiner (Iowa Medal of Honor Heroes)
Harris, James H.
- Harris, James H. (National Park Service)
- James H. Harris (Arlington National Cemetery [unofficial])
- James H. Harris (Wikipedia)
Hawkins, Thomas R.
- Hawkins House of Honor (Joseph House for Homeless Veterans)
- Thomas R. Hawkins (Find A Grave)
- Thomas R. Hawkins (Wikipedia)
Hilton, Alfred B.
- Alfred B. Hilton (Find A Grave)
- Alfred B. Hilton (Wikipedia)
- Hilton, Alfred B. (National Park Service)
Holland, Milton Murry
- Cousins Meet, Find Relatives (Sandra Holland, Pleasanton Express)
- Holland, Milton M. (The Handbook of Texas Online)
- Holland, Milton M. (National Park Service)
- Milton Holland (Texas State Cemetery)
- Milton Murray Holland (Find A Grave)
- Sgt. Maj. Milton M. Holland (African-American News & Issues)
James, Miles
- 36th U.S. Colored Infantry Medal of Honor Winners
- Grave Site of MOH Recipient Miles James (Home of Heroes)
- James, Miles (National Park Service)
- Miles James (Wikipedia)
Kelly, Alexander
- Alexander Kelly (Find A Grave)
- Alexander Kelly (Wikipedia)
- Kelly, Alexander (National Park Service)
- Our Local Heritage : Worth Their Weight In Gold (Jeff Garrett, Alle-Kiski Today Online)
Lawson, John

African-American History Told in Headstones (Betsy Anderson, CourierPost Online)
John Lawson, Medal of Honor Recipient (Wikipedia)
Landsman John Lawson (Heroes of Camden, New Jersey)
Landsman John Lawson, USN, 1837-1919 (Naval Historical Center)

Mifflin, James
- Engineer's Cook James Mifflin, USN, 1839-???? (Naval Historical Center)
- James Mifflin (Wikipedia)
Pease, Joachim

A Forgotten Milestone: Blacks in the U.S. Navy (National Park Service)
In the War for Liberty Long Islander Joachim Pease Was One of the Bravest of the Navy's Sailors (Steve Wick, Newsday)
Joachim Pease is only Afri (Home of Heroes Forum)
A sailor search in The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System gives Togo Island as his place of birth.
Seaman Joachim Pease (Naval Historical Center)
The Sinking of the Alabama (Deeds of Valor from Records in the Archives of the United States....; v. 2, 1906)
The U. S. S. Kearsarge's Duel With The C. S. S. Alabama Official Records

Pinn, Robert A.
- Marker #15-76 : Robert Pinn (Remarkable Ohio)
- Pinn, Robert (National Park Service)
- Robert A. Pinn (Wayne Remy, Washington Court House [OH] City Schools)
- Robert Pinn (Find A Grave)
- Robert Pinn (Wikipedia)
Ratcliff, Edward
- Edward Ratcliff (Wikipedia)
- A Man of Honor (Stephanie Heinatz, dailypress.com)
- Ratcliff, Edward (National Park Service)
Veal, Charles
- Charles Veal (Find A Grave)
- Charles Veale (Wikipedia)
- Medal of Honor Monument (Virginia is for Lovers)
- Veal, Charles (National Park Service)

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African American Service - Diaries, Documents, Letters

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Collection of John A. Bogert, 103rd Regiment, United States Colored Troops
Diary of a Black Soldier [William P. Woodlin] in the 8th U.S. Colored Troops, Company G
Letters

1863-02-09: John A. Bogert (103rd USCT)
1863-04-16: John A. Bogert (103rd USCT)
1863-04-22: Joseph M. Maitland (re commanding only white men)
1863-06-07: John A. Bogert (103rd USCT)
1863-09-00: James Henry Gooding (54th Mass.)
1864-01-19: Milton M. Holland (5th USCT)
1864-02-13: Levi Chaplin (6th USCT)
1864-05-28: Francis H. Fletcher (54th Mass.)
1864-07-08: John A. Bogert (103rd USCT)
1864-07-24: Milton M. Holland (5th USCT)
1864-08-01: George A. Huron (re Crater)
1864-08-02: James Monroe Trotter (55th Mass)
1864-10-04: Cross, Joseph Orin (29th CT)
1864-12-05: William Warren Marple (34th USCT)
1865-02-24: John A. Bogert (103rd USCT)
1865-11-25: John A. Bogert (103rd USCT

Letters (Collections)
- The Civil War Letters of Delavan Bates (30th USCT)
- James O. Martin Civil War Collection (Utah State University Libraries)
- Letters By and About Black Soldiers of the U.S. Colored Regiments Formed in North Carolina
- Levi B. Downs Papers (Clements Library, University of Michigan)
Recruitment Flyer (Supervisory Committee on Enlistments for Colored Regts.; 1863)
United States Colored Troops Service Files (New Jersey State Archives)

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African American Service - Broadsides & Pamphlets

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Addresses of the Hon. W. D. Kelley, Miss Anna E. Dickinson, and Mr. Frederick Douglass, at a Mass Meeting ... Philadelphia, July 6, 1863, for the Promotion of Colored Enlistments (1863)
The Assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863: The Memorable Charge of the Fifty-fourth Regiment.... (Luis F. Emilio; 1887)
Free Military School for Applicants for Commands of Colored Troops, No. 1210 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia (Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments; 1863)
General Washington and General Jackson, On Negro Soldiers.... (Henry Carey Baird; 1863)
Men of Color: To Arms! To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside] (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
The Negro as a Soldier in the War of the Rebellion (Norwood P. Hallowell; 1897)
Negroes and Anglo-Africans as Freedmen and Soldiers (Sarah Parker Remond; 1864)
Notes on Colored Troops and Military Colonies on Southern Soil (An Officer of the 9th Army; 1863)
What the Negro Has Done for Liberty in America (John Moore; 1895)
Why Colored People in Philadelphia are Excluded from the Street Cars (B. P. Hunt; 1866)

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African American Service - Books

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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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AfAmPay

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African American Service - General Information & Overviews

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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

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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 ]

Researching Your Civil War Ancestor

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Genealogy

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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

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New Jersey Records

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New Jersey State Archives Catalog
New Jersey State Archives Imaged Collections
- United States Colored Troops Service Files (New Jersey State Archives)

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Pension Records

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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)

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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

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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

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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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Researching a Civil War Soldier

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The emphasis is on New Jersey soldiers, including resources for the New York and Pennsylvania regiments in which many New Jersey African Americans served.

Determine the Regiment in Which He Served
- Resources
Obtain Federal Records
Look for State Records
- New Jersey Records
Use the Links Here to Learn More About the Regiment
- Main Page
Use Standard Genealogy Resources to Learn More About the Soldier

Resources

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The Lincoln Funeral Procession, Washington, D.C.

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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (v. 46, pt. 3):

16 April 1865. Asst. Adj.-Gen. T. S. Bowers to Maj.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord: Please send forward...one of the best regiments of colored troops.... (p. 797)
17 April 1865. Maj.-Gen. G. Weitzel to Asst. Adj.-Gen. Col. E. W. Smith: I have designated the Twenty-second U. S. Colored Troops...to participate in the funeral ceremonies (p. 816)
18 April 1865. Jno. A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, to Maj.-Gen. E. O. C. Ord: Has the colored regiment...yet started for Washington...? (p. 825)

[Handbill] [1865 April 19] Order of the Funeral Procession [of] President Abraham Lincoln (Lehigh University)

The 22nd United States Colored Infantry is presumably one of the "Two regiments of Infantry" listed on the sixth line.
Also note at the bottom of the handbill that "The troops designated to form the escort will assemble...and form line precisely at 11 o'clock A. M...."

Supplement to the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (pt. 2, v. 77). "Record of Events for Twenty-second United States Colored Infantry, December 1863-June 1865" (p. 556-581):

Field and Staff:
"April 17-19.--The regiment was ordered to Washington to participated [sic] in the funeral exercises of the President of the United States. Arrived on April 19, in time to take its place at the head of the procession." (p. 558)
Regiment:
"April 17. -- Received orders at 5 p.m. to proceed to Washington to participate in the funeral solemnities of President [Abraham] Lincoln. Started at 6 [p.m.] in light marching order. Reached City Point a little after midnight, distance eighteen miles."
"April 18. -- Went on board transport at 2 a.m. Started at 4 a.m. The boat lay by that night in the Potomac [River]."
"April 19. -- Reached Washington at 12 m. Reported; marched to Pennsylvania Avenue and between Sixth and Seventh [Streets] met the procession. Halted; wheeled into column, left in front, and became the head of the procession. After the funeral the men were quartered at Soldiers' Rest, the officers at hotels." (p. 560)
Company B:
"April 17. -- Received orders to report to Washington to participate in the funeral ceremonies of our late lamented President. Were quartered in Soldiers' Rest." (p. 563)
Company C:
"April 17. -- Received orders to proceed to Washington, District of Columbia to take part in the funeral ceremonies of President Lincoln." (p. 565)
Company D: "April 17-19. -- Left Poplar Grove Church and arrived at Washington April 19." (p. 567)
Company E:
"April 17. -- It was ordered to Washington to participate in the funeral obsequies of President Lincoln." (p. 569)
Company F:
"April 19. -- Left Petersburg for Washington to attend the funeral of President Lincoln." (p. 571)
Company G:
"April 19. -- Arrived in Washington, District of Columbia, just in time to have the honor to form part of the funeral procession escorting the remains of our beloved late Chief Magistrate and Commander in Chief, Abraham Lincoln, from the White House to the Capitol." (p. 573)
Company H:
"April 17. -- In the evening it started for City Point. There embarked for Washington to attend the funeral of the President." (p. 576)
Company I:
"April 17-28. -- The company, together with the regiment, was ordered to Washington and participated in the funeral services of the late President Lincoln, after which it was sent into Charles County, Maryland to assist in the search for J. Wilkes Booth, which search occupied until April 28." (p. 578)

Other Accounts

Washington in Lincoln's Time (Noah Brooks; 1895)

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African American Service - Photographs, Prints, Etc.

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1st U. S. Colored Infantry (Matthew Brady, American Memory)
20th Regiment, US Colored Troops, Camp Color, Civil War (New York State Military Museum)
Colored photos of the 5 wool camp colors preserved at the Museum.
29th Regiment from Connecticut at Beaufort, S.C., 1864 (Library of Congress)
African Americans and the U.S. Navy -- 1860s (Naval Historical Center)
Albumen Print of Battery A, 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery Reg (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Battle of Olustee, Fla. (America on Stone; Smithsonian Institution)
Bombproof Works Occupied by U.S. Colored Troops, Petersburg, Va. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
The Butler Medal (Smithsonian Institution)
Captain [R.W. Crockett] 81st U.S. Colored Troops, CDV in Uniform (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Carte de Visite of the Organizer of 1st U.S. Colored Infantry (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Cartes de Visite (Most Signed) of Officers of 20th Colored Infantry (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Civil War (Images of 19th Century African Americans, Digital Schomburg)
Come and Join Us Brothers (Smithsonian Institution) [ Another Copy ]
Dixie (Smithsonian Institution)
Execution of a Colored Soldier (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History) [ Another version ]
Freedom for All: 6th United States Colored Troops [Regimental Flag] (African American Odyssey, Library of Congress) [ Additional information ]
The Gallant Charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment.... (Currier & Ives; 1863)
Group of Surgeons of the Army of the James, Fort Harrison, VA, April 1865 (CivilWarPhotos.Net)
Surgeon C. C. Radmore, 114th U.S.C.T.; Surgeon J. F. Stevenson, 29th Connecticut; Assist. Surgeon J. M. Rand, 29th Connecticut; Surgeon W. A. Conover, U.S.V.; Surgeon D. McKay, 29th U.S.C.T.; Surgeon N. Folson, 45th U.S.C.T.
Guard of Colored Soldiers at Parade Rest, Port Hudson, La. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
He Died for Me! (H. L. Stephens; Library of Congress)
Make Way for Liberty! (H. L. Stephens; Library of Congress)
"Marching On!"--The Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Colored Regiment Singing John Brown's March in the Streets of Charleston, February 21, 1865 (Library of Congress)
Medal of Honor, Christian A. Fleetwood (Smithsonian Institution)
Negro Camp of 27th Ohio, USCV [U.S. Colored, Volunteers], Near Fort Burpee (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
A Negro Regiment in Action (Thomas Nast; Library of Congress)
Officers of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry (Library of Congress)
Officers of the 4th USCT (National Park Service)
One Cause, One Country: 45th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops
Regimental flag created by David Bustill Bowser.
Photographs of African Americans During the Civil War (Library of Congress)
Pickets of the First Louisiana "Native Guard" Guarding the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad (Library of Congress)
Portrait of Black soldier Private Co. I, 54th Mass. Infantry (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Presentation of Colors to the Twentieth United States Colored Infantry at Union Square New York, March 5, 1864 (Mr. Lincoln and New York)
Presented by a Committee of Ladies of Phila., Oct. 1863, 3rd United States Colored Troops
Emblem of 3rd USCT painted by David Bustill Bowser.
Quarters 10th Regt., U.S. Colored troops, Va. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
Rather Die Freemen Than Live to be Slaves, 3rd United States Colored Troops
Photograph of 3rd USCT regimental flag painted by David Bustill Bowser.
Retouching History: The Falsification of a Civil War Photograph (Jerome S. Handler & Michael L. Tuite, Jr.)
Sic Semper Tyrannis--22nd Regt. Colored Troops (America's History in the Making)
Sic Semper Tyrannis: 22th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops
Regimental flag created by David Bustill Bowser.
Strike for God and [...]: 25th United States Colored Troops
Regimental flag.
Teaching the Negro Recruits the Use of the Minie Rifle (Library of Congress)
The Twentieth United States Colored Troops Receiving their Colors on Union Square, March 5, 1864 (Mr. Lincoln and Freedom)
Victory! (H. L. Stephens; Library of Congress)
We Will Prove Ourselves Men: 127th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops
Regimental flag created by David Bustill Bowser.

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55th Massachusetts Infantry

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The Battle of Honey Hill (Kathy Dhalle)
"A Civil War Cemetery and African-American Heritage" (Steven D. Smith; Cultural Resource Management)
"The Fifty-Fifth Regiment" (James L. Bowen, Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865, p. 682-691; 1889)
See also Chapter VI for background information.
"Fifty-Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry" (Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy...1861-1865; vol. 1, 1896)
The Fifty-Fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Colord, June 1863 - September 1865 (Burt G. Wilder; 1919)
Genealogy: Military Records at Boston, MA [Waltham] (National Archives)
The Compiled Military Service Records of the 55th are available at the Northeast Region office of the Archives.
A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War (William Schouler; 1868)
James M. Trotter (Carte de visite; Mirror of Race)
Journey to Honey Hill: The 55th Massachusetts Regiment's (Colored) Journey South to Fight the Civil War that Toppled the Institution of Slavery by Wilbert H. Luck; 1976 (WorldCat)
Louisiana and Massachusetts (Mr. Lincoln and Freedom)
"Marching On!"--The Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Colored Regiment Singing John Brown's March in the Streets of Charleston, February 21, 1865 (Print; Library of Congress)
Massachusetts in the Rebellion.... (P. C. Headley; 1866)
Record of the Service of the Fifty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry by Charles Barnard Fox;1868 (WorldCat)
"A Soldier's Letter" (The Christian Recorder, July 9, 1864)
Voices of the 55th: Letters from the 55th Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865 edited by Noah Andre Trudeau;1996 (WorldCat)

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29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers (Colored)

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29th Regiment from Connecticut at Beaufort, S.C., 1864 (Library of Congress)
Catalogue of Connecticut Volunteer Organizations.... (Connecticut Adjutant-General's Office; 1864)
Catalogue of Connecticut Volunteer Organizations.... (Connecticut Adjutant-General's Office; 1869)
Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: Military and Political Participation (The Hartford Black History Project)
Civil War Monuments of Connecticut (Connecticut Historical Society)
Includes a section on "Monuments to African Americans."
The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During the War of 1861‑1865.... (W.A. Croffut & John M. Morris; 1868)
Search "twenty-ninth" to find details about the regiment.
Out of the Briars: An Autobiography and Sketch of the Twenty‑Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers (A.H. Newton; 1910)
Regimental Indexes to the Civil War Manuscripts Project (K. Nolin, The Connecticut Historical Society)
A Sketch of the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Colored Troops (Isaac J. Hill; 1867)

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54th Massachusetts Infantry

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Regiments - Connecticut & Massachusetts

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29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers (Colored)
54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)
55th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

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Biography

The Battle for Freedom after Slavery: An Amendment Turns 140 (Jennifer L. Larson)
Bishop H. M. Turner, D.D., LL.D. (Daniel Wallace Culp, Twentieth Century Negro Literature)
Black Troops at Fort Fisher (Fort Fisher State Historic Site)
Henry McNeal Turner (This Far by Faith)
Henry McNeal Turner, 1834-1915 (The New Georgia Encyclopedia)
Rev. Henry McNeal Turner, D.D., LL.D. (William J. Simmons, Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising)
Reverend Turner: The First Black Chaplain (Harper's Weekly, December 12, 1863)
Rt. Rev. H. M. Turner, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D. (Alfred Lee Ridgel, Africa and African Methodism)

Books by Henry McNeal Turner

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20th United States Colored Infantry

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20th Infantry, US Colored Troops (New York State Military Museum)
20th Regiment, US Colored Troops, Camp Color, Civil War (New York State Military Museum)
Colored photos of the 5 wool camp colors preserved at the Museum.
Andress B. Hull: The 20th U.S.C.T.
Cartes de Visite (Most Signed) of Officers of 20th Colored Infantry (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
First Organization of Colored Troops in the State of New York, to Aid in Suppressing the Slave-Holders' Rebellion (1864)
New York State Archives Civil War Database - 20th USCT
NY State's Civil War 'U.S. Colored Troops' Organized, Trained on Rikers & Hart Islands
Presentation of Colors to the Twentieth United States Colored Infantry at Union Square New York, March 5, 1864 (Mr. Lincoln and New York)
Report of the Committee on Volunteering (Union League Club, New York; 1864)
Rikers Island-Trained USCT Regiments' Chaplains
The Twentieth United States Colored Troops Receiving their Colors on Union Square, March 5, 1864 (Mr. Lincoln and Freedom)
"The Twentieth U.S. Colored Regiment" (Harper's Weekly, March 19, 1864)
Scroll down to p. 178, column 3, to read the article.
United States Colored Troops and their Normal School Officers (Liana D. Martino in New York State History, June, 1999)
Includes Annotated Bibliography.

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43rd United States Colored Infantry

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43rd United States Colored Regiment (Pennsylvania in the Civil War)
"Distinguished Bravery of the Colored Troops Before Petersburg" (The Monthly Religious Magazine, v. 32, p. 188-191; 1864)
History & Names of 43rd Regiment (Historic La Mott, Pennsylvania)
Forty-Third Regiment Infantry, USCT (United States Colored Troops)
The Forty-Third Regiment United States Colored Troops by Jeremiah M. Mickley (WorldCat)
"Forty-Third United States Colored Regiment" (Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; v. 5, p. 1081-1105)
Short history and unit roster.
"Mine Run to Petersburg" by Henry S. Hall (War Talks in Kansas: A Series of Papers...MOLLUS, p. 206-249; 1906)
Richard and Rhoda: Letters from the Civil War by Richard Covel Phillips (WorldCat)
"The Soldiers' Homeward Voyage: A Thrilling Experience at the Close of the Late Civil War" by Robert G. Dill (The Magazine of American History, v. 11, p. 445-453; )
"Tracing Legacy of a Black Civil War Soldier" (Donald Scott, Sr.)

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23rd United States Colored Infantry

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31st United States Colored Infantry

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31st Infantry, US Colored Troops (New York State Military Museum)
"Colored Troops--And the Riot in New York City" (Thomas Seaman Townsend, The Honors of the Empire State in the War of the Rebellion; 1889)
First Organization of Colored Troops in the State of New York, to Aid in Suppressing the Slave-Holders' Rebellion (1864)
New York State Archives Civil War Database - 31st USCT
NY State's Civil War 'U.S. Colored Troops' Organized, Trained on Rikers & Hart Islands
Report of the Committee on Volunteering (Union League Club, New York; 1864)

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30th United States Colored Infantry

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30th United States Colored Troops (The Second Maryland Infantry, U.S.A & Maryland in the Civil War)
A Boy Lieutenant: Memoirs of Freeman S. Bowley, 30th United States Colored Troops Officer by Freeman S. Bowley (WorldCat)
Collection of Civil War Stories by General Delavan Bates (Nebraska GenWeb)
Memorials of Lieut. George H. Walcott, Late of the 30th U.S. Colored Troops by Charles M. Tyler (WorldCat)
Military Records (Descriptions of African American Records, Maryland State Archives)
Thirtieth Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops (History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, vol. 2, p. 233-260; 1899)

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127th United States Colored Infantry

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127th United States Colored Regiment (Pennsylvania in the Civil War)
History & Names of 127th Regiment (Historic La Mott, Pennsylvania)
One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Regiment Infantry, USCT (United States Colored Troops)
"One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh United States Colored Regiment" (Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, v. 5, p. 1125-1139; 1871)
Short history and unit roster.
We Will Prove Ourselves Men: 127th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops
Regimental flag created by David Bustill Bowser.

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45th United States Colored Infantry

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45th United States Colored Regiment (Pennsylvania in the Civil War)
45th United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) (West Virginia Adjutant Generals' Papers, West Virginia State Archives)
The 45th U.S. Colored Infantry--West Virginia Troops (Linda Cunningham Fluharty)
Forty-Fifth Regiment Infantry, USCT (United States Colored Troops)
Forty-Fifth United States Colored Regiment (Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, v. 5, p. 1106-1124; 1871)
Short history and unit roster.
Group of Surgeons of the Army of the James, Fort Harrison, VA, April 1865 (CivilWarPhotos.Net)
Surgeon C. C. Radmore, 114th U.S.C.T.; Surgeon J. F. Stevenson, 29th Connecticut; Assist. Surgeon J. M. Rand, 29th Connecticut; Surgeon W. A. Conover, U.S.V.; Surgeon D. McKay, 29th U.S.C.T.; Surgeon N. Folson, 45th U.S.C.T.
History & Names of 45th Regiment (Historic La Mott, Pennsylvania)
One Cause, One Country: 45th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops
Regimental flag created by David Bustill Bowser.

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41st United States Colored Infantry

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41st United States Colored Regiment (Pennsylvania in the Civil War)
Black Soldiers on the Appomattox Campaign (National Parks Service)
History & Names of 41st Regiment (Historic La Mott, Pennsylvania)
"Forty-First United States Colored Regiment" (Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; v. 5, p. 1066-1080)
Short history and unit roster.

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32nd United States Colored Infantry

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32nd United States Colored Regiment (Pennsylvania in the Civil War)
Fort Howell (Wikipedia)
History & Names of 32nd Regiment (Historic La Mott, Pennsylvania)
"Thirty-Second United States Colored Regiment" (Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; v. 5, p. 1047-1065)
Short history and unit roster.

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