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U.S. Colored Troops, Infantry, 100th Regiment, Company I collection

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The I" Company of the 100th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, was stationed in Tennessee during the Civil War and was under the command of Captain David E. Straight, who was white. This collection contains 46 original documents of the regiment. Included in the collection are muster and pay rolls; inventories for clothing and equipment; furlough requests and responses; returns which indicate changes in the status of the regiment over a specific period; documents noting discharges; and inventories of the effects of deceased soldiers. The documents contain the name and rank of individual soldiers in the regiment and, in some cases, note date and place of enrollment, length of service, birthplace, age, occupation, height, complexion, and other personal data.
Names
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 100th (1864-1865) (Creator)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1864 - 1865
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 554
Topics
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
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Notes
Biographical/historical: The I" Company of the 100th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, was stationed in Tennessee during the Civil War and was under the command of Captain David E. Straight, who was white.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 oversize folder 0.01 linear feet
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Sc MG 554
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22257914
MSS Unit ID: 21175
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 357c4fa0-64c3-013d-dd28-0242ac110003
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