Civil War Soldier Career Files Collection

MSA SC 2554

Dates

1825-1930

Medium

Diskette, digital files (.XLS)

Restrictions

Contact Department of Special Collections with access questions.

Storage

00/71/10/01; 00/71/10/01

Description

Electronic research files, United States Colored Troops (USCT), derived from MSA S 343 ADJUTANT GENERAL (Bound Muster Rolls) and MSA S 936 ADJUTANT GENERAL (Civil War Muster Rolls and Service Records) for veterans of the United States Colored Troops credited to Maryland. PLEASE SEE ALSO related collections and MSA's Biographical Series for recent individuals listed in this collection.

History

In the 1990s, Research archivists from the Maryland State Archives built upon this initial research project with data extraction from federal records at the National Archives and Records Administration. SEE ALSO descriptions at the collection level: MSA SC 4125 and, most importantly, MSA SC 4126 where there are individual USCT veteran's pension files. The dBase records were eventually compiled into a single spreadsheet by MSA database specialists at the request of archival staff.

Further data were included under the MSA's Biographical Series database, MSA SC 3520.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Miscellaneous

Microfilm Inventory