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34th United States Colored Troops and 2nd South Carolina Volunteers

8th KY USCT Reg't

Pvt. NED Hopson, our patriarch, enlisted, served, discharged from Co D, 8th KY USCT Artillery Regiment H.

African American Warriors

African American Warriors

[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

African Americans in the Civil War

Links to more sites.

African Americans in the Military

African-American Civil War Memorial

Made possible by AT&T, the Web site provides information for anyone interested in freedom and historical truth or in the valor of the African-American soldiers who fought during the war. An interactive feature allows visitors to find information on the soldiers who served in the war and provides a resource that helps the descendants of these soldiers to keep this history alive. The Web site also features an online store which allows visitors to purchase souvenirs and show their support for the Foundation and it's programs.

African-American Medal of Honor Winners

African-American Medal of Honor Winners from the Civil War to the Spanish American War.

Ancestry.com - Search Military Records

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Casualty Reports of the 10th U.S. Cavalry, San Juan Hill, July 1898

List of the missing, dead and wounded Buffalo soldiers of the 10th United Stated Cavalry taken from the reports of officers following the action on San Juan Hill, Cuba during the Spanish American War.

Civil War Slave Compensation Claims from Compiled Military Service Records of USCT: Index Links: St. Louis County Library

Index by St. Louis County Library Special Collections Department of 300 slave compensation claims from the records of soldiers in the U.S. Colored Troops.

Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865

From the St. Louis County Library. Information about this microfilm set which records the recruitment of 5,000+ African Americans who enlisted in Missouri Colored Volunteers during 1863-1865.

Documenting African Americans in the Records of Military Agencies

Article by Lisha Penn.

Eighth United States Colored Troops

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry

Preserving the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops

Article by Budge Weidman.

Prologue: Racial Identity and the Case of Capt. Michael Healy

By James M. O'Toole. Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration Fall 1997, vol. 29, no. 3.

Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for C. S. A. Service

This page contains name of African-Americans with Tennessee connections who applied for pensions claiming service with the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier

From the International Museum of the Horse.

The Civil War

Several links and articles from Lest We Forget.