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  2. www.battlefields.org › learn › mapsUnited States Colored Troops (USCT) Civil War Sites

    Download Files. United States Colored Troops (USCT) Civil War Sites | 1861 to 1865 (July 2020) [PDF] 3.03 MB. Learn about the American Battlefield Trust's Map Reprint Permission Policy. Topic (s): United States Colored Troops. BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust's map of United States Colored Troops (USCT) Civil War Sites - 1861 to 1865.

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  4. www.archives.gov › blacks-civil-war › articleBlack Soldiers in the Civil War | National Archives

    • By Budge Weidman
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    The compiled military service records of the men who served with the United States Colored Troops (USCT) during the Civil War number approximately 185,000, including the officers who were not African American. This major collection of records rests in the stacks of the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA). They are little used, and th...

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    In February 1994, NARA began a pilot project to test procedures to arrange the compiled service recordsof Union volunteers prior to microfilming. This effort was made in conjunction with the National Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS). The CWSS is a computerized database identifying combatants from the Union and the Confede...

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    The CWCC volunteers have brought to light records that reveal fascinating details and stories behind the names of the soldiers of the USCT. Samuel Cabble, for example, a private in the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry (colored) was a slave before he joined the army. He was twenty-one years old. Among the documents in his file was the following le...

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  5. www.thenmusa.org › articles › united-states-coloredUnited States Colored Troops in the American Civil War

    While the exact number of African Americans who served in the USCT is still unknown, most estimates place the full number at over 180,000 volunteers. The USCT units suffered significant casualties throughout the war, with 38,000 to 43,000 dying in combat, of wounds, or due to disease in a period of just over two years.

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  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › United_States_Colored_TroopsUnited States Colored Troops - Wikipedia

    United States Colored Troops ( USCT) were Union Army regiments during the American Civil War that primarily comprised African Americans, with soldiers from other ethnic groups also serving in USCT units. Established in response to a demand for more units from Union Army commanders, USCT regiments, which numbered 175 in total by the end of the ...

  8. acwm.org › united-states-colored-troopsUnited States Colored Troops - American Civil War Museum

    In all, approximately 180,000 African-American men served in the United States Colored Troops. They fought in 39 major engagements and 410 lesser actions. Sixteen men who served in the USCTs received the Medal of Honor for courage and bravery under fire. Featured here are two artifacts (a letter as well as an image of a Confederate flag) that ...