United States Colored Troops Muster and Descriptive Roll

ID: 733
This file appears in: Camp Nelson

This muster roll lists the names, dates of enlistment, location of enlistment, names of owners, and other information for African American men from Kentucky's 7th, 8th, and 9th Districts, who enlisted in United States Colored Troops. The majority of the men trained at Camp Nelson. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Camp Nelson

By Sanders
Two historical markers--#1515 and #2222---commemorate Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, where most of the state's United States Colored Troops were recruited during the Civil War. Established near…