Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

John Armstrong (b. 1842 - d. 1930)
MSA SC 3520-10087
USCT Soldier, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

ADJUTANT GENERAL (Muster Rolls) 1863-1866. John Armstrong. U.S. Colored Troops. 39th Regiment, Md. Volunteer Infantry. Company B. Image 377. MdHR Number: 50,055-50. MSA S936-50.

ADJUTANT GENERAL (Muster Rolls) 1864-1865. John Armstrong. Slaves Mustered into U.S. Colored Troops. 39th Regiment, Md. Volunteer Infantry. Company B. Line 11. Image 118. MdHR Number: 50,055-51. MSA S936-51. 

BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record). John Armstrong. 01/1930-04/1930. CR 48219. [MSA SC1132-176].

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Rolls) 1864-1880. Volunteers. Slave Roll. 39th Regiment. John Armstrong. Reel: SR 4438. Page 223. [MSA SM183-1]. 

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Rolls) MSA S629. John Armstrong. Dates: 1864-1880. Description: Slaves and Owners by USCT Regiment. Roll of Slaves. QA. MSA S629-1-25.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (U.S. Colored Troops Pension File Collection) [MSA SC 4126]. John Armstrong. Box 18. Folder 391.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1880. BC. 8. Baltimore City, Maryland. "John Armstrong." Lines 45-47. Part of 1st Precinct. 16th Ward. Enumeration District 140. Image 21. SCM 4739. MSA SM61-301.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1910. BC. Baltimore City, Maryland. "John Armstrong." Lines 10-12. Part of 22nd Ward. Dover Street. Enumeration District 374. Image 326. Page 162. Sheet 5. SCM 3264. MSA SM61-437.

Newspapers and Journals -

Books -

Callum, Agnes Kane. Colored Volunteers of Maryland, Civil War: 7th Regiment United States Colored Troops 1863-1866. Baltimore, MD: Mullac Publishers, 1990.

Strong, J. G. Map of Queen Anne's County. District 4. 1866. MSA SC 5080-1. Courtesy of the Queen Anne's County Historical Society.

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/Google Earth -

Ancestry.com. 1900. United States Federal Census. "John Armstrong." Baltimore City, Maryland. 3rd Precinct. Ward 1. Dover Street. Enumeration District 3. Sheet 8. Lines 25-26. Image Page 15.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for John Armstrong. Company Descriptive Book. Company B. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 537.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for John Armstrong. Record of Returns. Company B. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 549.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for John Armstrong. Muster Out Roll. Company B. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 550.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for John Armstrong. Post Hospital Record. Company B. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 555.

Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865. Record for John Armstrong. Discharge Information. Company B. 39th United States Colored Troops. Page 557.

"John Armstrong, Journey from Slavery to Freedom" KMZ File, created 06/26/2012.

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