Corps d'Afrique muster roll.
- Title
- Corps d'Afrique muster roll.
- Published by
- 1862.
- Supplementary content
- Author
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details. | Containeroversize_folder 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc MG 823 oversize_folder 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Muster rolls.
- Call number
- Sc MG 823
- Source (note)
- Gift of Elvin Montgomery, March 2000.
- Processing action (note)
- Processing Information: Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, March 2000.
- 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