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Corps d'Afrique muster roll.
- Title
- Corps d'Afrique muster roll.
- Author
- United States. Corps d'Afrique. Engineer Regiment, 1st (1863-1864), creator.
- Publication
- 1862.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | oversize_folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 823 oversize_folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 0.01 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
- Summary
- The Corps d’Afrique was officially known as the Louisiana Native Guards. The First Louisiana Native Guards was raised in August 1862 by Union general Benjamin Butler and mustered in on September 27, 1862. It was the first Black regiment in the United States. The Second Louisiana Native Guards was mustered in on October 1862, and the Third in November 1862.
- This collection includes a muster and payroll for the First Regiment of Engineers under Colonel Justin Hodge. The roll contains the names and ranks of officers, a musician, and individual soldiers in the regiment, and date and place of enrollment.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Muster rolls.
- Source (note)
- Gift of Elvin Montgomery, March 2000.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processing Information: Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, March 2000.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 823
- Author
- United States. Corps d'Afrique. Engineer Regiment, 1st (1863-1864), creator.
- Title
- Corps d'Afrique muster roll.
- Production
- 1862.
- Processing Action
- Processing Information: Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, March 2000.
- Source
- Gift of Elvin Montgomery, March 2000.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 823