A Guide to the U.S. Colored Troops Muster
Rolls 1864, the 30th and 43rd Regiments,
1864 U.S. Colored Troops, the 30th and 43rd
Regiments, Muster Rolls, 1864
1976-55i
A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives
Collection Number 1976-55i
Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State
University
Special Collections and Archives Johnston Memorial Library P.O. Box 9406 Virginia State University Petersburg, Virginia 23806 USA Phone: (804) 524-5582 Fax: (804) 524-6959 Email: refdesk@vsu.edu URL: https://library.vsu.edu/
The U.S. Colored Troops Muster Rolls 1864, the 30th and
43rd Troops, Accession #1976-55i, Special Collections and
Archives, Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State
University, Petersburg, VA.
The United States Colored Troops were authorized by
Congress in 1863. During the "War of Rebellion" over 180,000
African Americans, several in the Union Army. Two of the many
were apart of the 30th and 43rd Colored Regiments. These two
units were involoved in the heavy fighting around Petersburg
in 1864.