The Negro in the military service of the United States, 1639-1886
Series: National Archives microfilm publications -- microcopy no. 823; NARA -- T823
Publisher: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: African American troops; African American soldiers; United States. Army; United States
Notes: Microfilm copy of the original in the War Dept. Library.

Original title-page: The Negro in the military service of the United States: a compilation of official records, state papers, historical extracts, etc. relating to his military status and service, from the date of his introduction into the British North American colonies. Prepared under the direction of Brigadier Gen. Richard C. Drum by Elon A. Woodward, chief of the Colored Troops Div., Adjutant General's Office. 1888.
Table of contents: title: reel 1. vols. 1&2, 1639-1862; title: reel 2. vol. 3, pts. 1&2, 1863; title: reel 3. vols. 4-5, 1864; title: reel 4. vol. 6, 1865-1877; title: reel 5. vol. 7, Treatment and exchange of prisoners of war, 1862-1865. Regular army, 1866-1886.