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Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops, 1862–1867
documentary collections avoid. Readers planning to consult the Official Records
extensively should read the Adjutant General’s own history of the editorial project in
the General Index volume of the series, as well as Dallas D. Irvine’s essay, “The
Genesis of the Official Records,” Mississippi Valley Historical Review 24 (1937):
221–29.
The compilers of the Official Records did not return the documents they used
to the War Department files from which they were taken, but kept them separate.
During the 1940s, the National Archives received old War Department documents.
Archivists classified the manuscripts that formed the basis of most of the Official
Records as Record Group 94, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, Entry 729,
Union Battle Reports.
Other manuscript documents consulted while writing this book were:
National Archives, College Park, Maryland
Record Group 217, Records of Accounting Officers of the Department of the
Treasury
Entry 732, Settled Case Files for Claims Approved by the Southern Claims
Commission
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Manuscripts
Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration
Civil War Pension Application Files
Record Group 94, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office
Entry 44, Orders and Circulars
Entry 57, Muster Rolls of Volunteer Organizations, Civil War
Entry 57C, U.S. Colored Troops Regimental Papers
Entry 159BB, Generals’ Papers and Books, Lorenzo Thomas
Entry 159DD, Generals’ Papers and Books, Daniel Ullmann
Entry 159GG, Generals’ Papers and Books, David Hunter
Entry 352, Colored Troops Division, Letters Sent
Entry 360, Colored Troops Division, Letters Received
Entry 363, Letters Received by Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas
Entry 519, Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations, Civil War
Entry 729, Union Battle Reports
Regimental Books, Civil War Volunteers
Record Group 105, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands
Entry 642, Georgia: Reports of Murders and Outrages
Record Group 108, Records of the Headquarters of the Army
Entry 35, Letters Sent and Received by General Grant
Record Group 153, Records of the Judge Advocate General’s Office
Entry 15, General Court Martial Case Files
Record Group 393, Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1821–1920
Part 1, Geographical Divisions and Departments