[Genealib] New online index for Mo. U.S. Colored Troops

[Ruth Ann Hager]

Below is the announcement of a new online index. If you have questions 
about it or the National Archives microfilm publication from which it was 
derived, please feel free to contact me.

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The St. Louis County Library Special Collections Department is proud to 
announce a new online index for Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers 
for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865 
(National Archives microfilm publication M1894). This microfilm set (6 
rolls) was produced in 2002 through a partnership between the National 
Archives and the Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research 
Collection, St. Louis County Library. Unique to border states, these 
extremely rare Civil War era records provide information for approximately 
5,000 African American recruits who enlisted at a Missouri recruiting station.

Each indexed document includes a physical description of the recruit 
including his age, height, and place of birth (county and state). The 
documents also show the name and residence (county and state) of each 
recruit's former slave owner.

This new online index includes two lists, one alphabetical by name of 
recruit, the other alphabetical by name of former slave owner. About 10% of 
the recruits were listed as "free" or did not list a slave owner.

Although this is a Missouri resource, birth places of the recruits included 
23 states, the District of Columbia, and the Cherokee Nation.

The index is available at
http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/usctmo/usctmosoldiers.htm

More extensive information about the microfilm set can be found at
http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/jkh/m1894.htm

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Please share this with anyone who might benefit from it.

Ruth Ann

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Ruth Ann Hager, CG, CGL
Reference Specialist, Special Collections
St. Louis County Library
1640 South Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131-3598
(314) 994-3300 ext. 208
rhager at slcl.org
http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/
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