Guide to Tracing Your African American Civil War Ancestor

  Guide to Tracing Your African American Civil War Ancestor; by Jeanette Braxton Secret; 138 pp; paperback; 5½x8½; Published: 1997 Reprinted: 2007; ISBN 0-7884-0672-8; index; Item # HBS0672 With approximately 200,000 African Americans serving in the U.S. Colored Troops, the Union Army or Navy during the Civil War, it is very likely every African American had at least one ancestor who fought in the Civil War. This helpful guide describes how to use the following federal and state records: Military Records and Pension Records; U.S. Colored Troops' Records; Union Navy Seamen's Records; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1865; Miscellaneous Records Relating to Veteran's Claims; General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1920; and national and state archives. These records contain a wealth of information such as age; birthplace; residence; names of parents, spouses and children; occupation; and military information such as place of enlistment, rank, unit, vessels on whi