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U.S. Colored Troops Pension File Collection

MSA SC 4126
Dates
Medium	Photocopies
Restrictions
Storage	00/71/10/01; 00/71/10/01 - 00/71/10/26
Description
Biographical and electronic file, Research collection drawn from the National Archives and Records Administration (Washington, D.C.) pension files from 1861-1934 on U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) veterans who served in the Civil War. The collection consists of Civil War and Later Pension Files from the Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. The collection contains approximately 231 pension records of U.S.C.T. veterans. The photocopied images within this collection contain death records, marriage records, medical reports, burial records, reimbursement applications, and affidavits from neighbors confirming their identity as a veteran.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Pension Records
Series 2: 4126

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