Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Israel Bell (b. circa 1829 - d. circa 1895)
MSA SC 5496-050570
Enlisted with Company I, 39th Regiment, USCT, in Montgomery County, 1864

Sources:

Archival Sources -

ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), Date: 1863-1866, Description: U.S. Colored Troops [MSA S936-50]. Israel Bell, Company I, 39th Regiment, Line 9.

Books -

Mitchell, Charles W. Maryland Voices of the Civil War. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Wilmer, L. Allison, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., 1899.

Internet Sources -

"39th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry." Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm.

"The African American Civil War Memorial." African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum. http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/.

"Israel Bell." Freedman's Bank Record. Baltimore, MD, 1874. Series: M816  Roll: 13, Page: 784, Account: 6506. HeritageQuest Online.

"Israel Bell." Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. www.ancestry.com.

"Israel Bell." Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm.

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