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New Jersey State Archives Searchable Catalog: Series Record Details

Series Record Description

Attention: the catalog is under construction. Records are currently being revised and descriptions may change.

Control #:	SDEA4015
Series:	Department of Defense Adjutant General's Office Civil War, 1861 - 1865 United States Colored Troops - Service Files, ca. 1862 - 1870s
Arrangement:	Alphabetical
Format:	5 boxes (2.5 cubic feet) 1 reel (35-mm)
Notes:	Includes information on black and white soldiers credited to New Jersey; a few files relate to non-New Jersey soldiers.

Guides:

Finding Aid with Scanned Images

Content Lists:

Manuscript List Microfilm List

DESCRIPTORS:

Department:

Department of Defense

Military:

Adjutant General (Office of)

Subject:

African Americans

Civil War, 1861 - 1865

Military, Wars, War-Related

Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Military Service Personnel

United States Armed Forces

Veterans and Veterans' Organizations

Records Type:

Certificates

Military Records and Service Records (Enlistments, Draft, Transfers, Discharges)

Era:

19th Century

County:

Statewide (New Jersey, All or Most Counties)

Federal:

United States Colored Troops (USCT)

Main Collection:

State Government (Departments and Agencies)

Imaged Collection (Fully or substantially scanned)

Additional Collection:

Federal

MANUSCRIPTS:

Box 1:

Aaron - Dillon

Box 2:

Doughty - Jewell

Box 3:

Johnson - Purnell

Box 4:

Quay - Trusty

Box 5:

Tucker - Zabriskie

MICROFILM:

Reel D4-135

CIVIL WAR
United States Colored Troops
Service Files (c.1862-1870s)
Book 255
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GSU Reel #579971

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