Indexed Source
"Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865" (NARA Microfilm Publication M1894). Washington, D.C.: Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection St. Louis County Library and National Archives and Records Administration, 2002.
About the records
The microfilm includes records of African American men, most of whom were slaves, who enlisted in the United States Colored Troops between 1863 and 1865 at a Missouri recruitment stations. When the volunteer was a slave, the record also includes information about his former slave owner. Original records include the following data:
Recruit’s information
- Full name
- Age
- County and state of birth
- Slave owner, if a slave
Slave owner’s information
- Full name
- County and state of residence
- Loyalty to the union (sometimes mentioned by not consistently)
Frame numbers—where are they and why are they helpful?
The frame number is a small number that appears between the top edge of the microfilm and the top edge of the document image. There is one frame number for each image. Knowing the NARA microfilm publication number (M1894), the roll number, and the frame number enables anyone to find an exact document or an exact place on a roll of film quickly and accurately.
Recruitment Station | NARA M1894 Roll | Beginning frame number | Ending frame number | Dates | FHL Roll |
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County/Station/Recruiter Index [vol. 1] | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
Index A-K, L-Z [vol. 2] | 1 | 28 | 199 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
Index A-V [vol. 3] | 1 | 200 | 297 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
W | 1 | 300 | 306 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
Y | 1 | 307 | 308 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
B | 1 | 309 | 314 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
C | 1 | 315 | 319 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
H | 1 | 320 | 322 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
J | 1 | 323 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 | |
M | 1 | 324 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 | |
P | 1 | 325 | 326 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
R | 1 | 327 | 328 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
S | 1 | 329 | 337 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
T | 1 | 338 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 | |
W | 1 | 339 | 343 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 |
Z | 1 | 345 | 1863-1865 | 2342789 | |
Albany (42) * | 1 | 346 | 366 | Jan. 8, 1864-Jan. 26, 1864 | 2342789 |
Booneville (41) | 1 | 367 | 571 | Nov. 26, 1863-Nov. 30, 1863 | 2342789 |
Brunswick (35) | 1 | 572 | 746 | Dec. 21, 1863-July 4, 1864 | 2342789 |
Cape Girardeau (22) | 2 | 3 | 112 | Jan. 1, 1863-Mar. 17, 1864 | 2342790 |
Carrollton (45) | 2 | 113 | 278 | Dec. 14, 1863-Apr. 27, 1864 | 2342790 |
Charleston (7) | 2 | 279 | 309 | Jan. 30, 1864 - Apr. 28, 1864 | 2342790 |
Chillicothe (5) | 2 | 310 | 417 | Nov. 19, 1863-Oct. 13, 1864 | 2342790 |
Clinton (21) | 2 | 418 | 435 | Aug. 26, 1864-Sept. 6, 1864 | 2342790 |
Columbia (10) | 2 | 436 | 548 | Dec. 25, 1863-July 20, 1864 | 2342790 |
Farmington (49) | 2 | 549 | 587 | Jan. 23, 1864-Mar. 17, 1864 | 2342790 |
Fayette (27) | 2 | 588 | 784 | Dec. 26, 1863-Apr. 16, 1864 | 2342790 |
Fulton (20) | 2 | 785 | 945 | Dec. 14, 1863-Feb. 19, 1865 | 2342790 |
Glasgow (36) | 2 | 946 | 1121 | Jan. 23, 1864-Mar. 21, 1864 | 2342790 |
Hannibal (3) | 3 | 2 | 204 | Dec. 7, 1863-Mar. 21, 1864 | 2342791 |
Hannibal (39) | 3 | 205 | 281 | Mar. 21, 1864-Sept. 26, 1864 | 2342791 |
Hermann (29) | 3 | 282 | 312 | Dec. 19, 1863-Mar. 23, 1864 | 2342791 |
Ironton (18) | 3 | 313 | 389 | Dec. 3, 1863-Feb. 25, 1864 | 2342791 |
Jefferson City (51) | 3 | 390 | 591 | Nov. 21, 1863-Dec. 7, 1863 | 2342791 |
Jefferson City (47) | 3 | 592 | 794 | Dec. 8, 1863-Feb. 22, 1864 | 2342791 |
Jefferson City (50) | 3 | 795 | 890 | Feb. 22, 1864-Sept. 5, 1864 | 2342791 |
Kansas City (4) | 3 | 891 | 952 | Nov. 30, 1863-Oct. 11, 1864 | 2342791 |
Kansas City (53) | 3 | 953 | 995 | Mar. 11, 1864-Apr. 26, 1864 | 2342791 |
Kingston (12) | 3 | 996 | 1063 | Dec. 14, 1863-May 24, 1864 | 2342791 |
Richmond (12) | 3 | 996 | 1063 | May 1864 | 2342791 |
Kirksville (48) | 3 | 1064 | 1179 | Dec. 13, 1863-Feb. 29, 1864 | 2342791 |
Macon (48) | 3 | 1064 | 1179 | May 3, 1864-Mar. 16, 1865 | 2342791 |
Laclede (37) | 4 | 2 | 44 | Dec. 24, 1863-Apr. 6, 1864 | 2342792 |
Lebanon (11) | 4 | 45 | 64 | Dec. 21, 1863-Jan. 16, 1864 | 2342792 |
Lexington (31) | 4 | 65 | 258 | Nov. 24, 1863-June 24, 1864 | 2342792 |
Liberty (16) | 4 | 259 | 328 | Jan. 17, 1864-July 29, 1864 | 2342792 |
Macon (14) | 4 | 329 | 531 | Nov. 20, 1863-Mar. 7, 1864 | 2342792 |
Macon (6) | 4 | 532 | 570 | Mar. 7, 1864-Apr. 4, 1864 | 2342792 |
Marshall (32) | 4 | 571 | 777 | Dec. 14, 1863-Mar. 28, 1864 | 2342792 |
Marshall (19) | 4 | 778 | 782 | Mar. 28, 1864 | 2342792 |
Mexico (55) | 4 | 783 | 985 | Nov. 24, 1863-Jan. 22, 1864 | 2342792 |
Mexico (44) | 4 | 986 | 1102 | Jan. 22, 1864-Oct. 29, 1864 | 2342792 |
Mt. Vernon (1) | 4 | 1103 | 1111 | Dec. 25, 1863-Jan. 16, 1864 | 2342792 |
Paris (23) | 5 | 2 | 27 | Jan. 23, 1864-Mar. 1, 1865 | 2342793 |
Plattsburg (24) | 5 | 28 | 102 | Dec. 28, 1863-Apr. 6, 1864 | 2342793 |
Richmond (40) | 5 | 103 | 130 | Jan. 11, 1864-Apr. 17, 1864 | 2342793 |
Rolla (15) | 5 | 131 | 164 | Nov. 19, 1863-June 10, 1864 | 2342793 |
St. Genevieve (25) | 5 | 165 | 169 | Mar. 31, 1864-Apr. 30, 1864 | 2342793 |
St. Joseph (2) | 5 | 170 | 195 | Nov. 28, 1863-Aug. 8, 1864 | 2342793 |
Sedalia (56) | 5 | 196 | 449 | Dec. 11, 1863-Apr. 4, 1864 | 2342793 |
Springfield (54) | 5 | 450 | 546 | Dec. 24, 1863-Jan. 2, 1865 | 2342793 |
Syracuse (57) | 5 | 547 | 602 | Jan. 21, 1864-Feb. 9, 1864 | 2342793 |
Tipton, Boonville (8) | 5 | 603 | 673 | Nov. 27, 1863-Dec. 9, 1863 | 2342793 |
Tipton (38) | 5 | 674 | 877 | Dec. 10, 1863-Feb. 13, 1864 | 2342793 |
Tipton (43) | 5 | 878 | 966 | Feb. 13, 1864-Apr. 13, 1864 | 2342793 |
Troy (28) | 6 | 2 | 202 | Nov. 20, 1863-Jan. 11, 1864 | 2342794 |
Troy (17) | 6 | 203 | 341 | Jan. 16, 1864-Jan. 9, 1865 | 2342794 |
Warrensberg (13) | 6 | 342 | 424 | Nov. 23, 1863-July 15, 1864 | 2342794 |
Warrenton (9) | 6 | 425 | 457 | Jan. 12, 1864-July 5, 1864 | 2342794 |
Washington (9) | 6 | 458 | 553 | Dec. 17, 1863-Mar. 20, 1864 | 2342794 |
Wellsville (52) | 6 | 554 | 679 | Dec. 12, 1863-Apr. 18, 1864 | 2342794 |
Weston (46) | 6 | 680 | 684 | May 17, 1864 | 2342794 |
Chillicothe, Macon City, Jefferson City, Warrensberg, Benton Barracks, Sedalia, Mexico, St. Joseph, Troy (26) | 6 | 685 | 882 | Nov. 1863 | 2342794 |