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Washington, 1864. Three sheets, each 7 1/4 x 5 inches. Loose sheets. Two slits at gutter margins for intended binding. A couple of small creases at corners. Very good. Three interesting General Orders from the War Department at the end of 1864 relating to freedman and the organization of black troops in the Union Army. Two of the orders authorize transportation of supplies and books by the United States Army on behalf of the United States Commission for the Relief of the National Freedmen, as well as for the American Freedmen's Friends Society and the Executive Committee for the Relief of Freedmen of Iowa. The third order reorganizes black troops in the Union Army from Virginia and North Carolina into the 25th Corps.
THE INVINCIBLE IRON CLADS! ENGAGEMENT OF LEM HOWARD, THE CELEBRATED NEGRO DELINEATOR AND MICKY WARREN, THE RENOWNED COMEDIAN FROM NEW YORK: ASSISTED BY THE CELEBRATED BAND, 2d BRIG., 1st DIV., 20th A.C. SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 5th, 1864 by [Civil War]: [African Americana] - 1864
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THE INVINCIBLE IRON CLADS! ENGAGEMENT OF LEM HOWARD, THE CELEBRATED NEGRO DELINEATOR AND MICKY WARREN, THE RENOWNED COMEDIAN FROM NEW YORK: ASSISTED BY THE CELEBRATED BAND, 2d BRIG., 1st DIV., 20th A.C. SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 5th, 1864
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[Atlanta, 1864. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Small chip to top right corner, some folds and light creasing. Very good. A rare entertainment broadside for a minstrel show for the Union Army just days before Sherman's March to the Sea during the Civil War. It was likely printed on a field press by the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps of Sherman's Army. Under the command of Major General Thomas H. Ruger, the brigade took part in the invasion of Georgia and the siege of Atlanta, which they occupied from early September to mid-November 1864. This performance, which took place with their band participating, occurred around the time they were mustered out. Sherman and his army left Atlanta in ruins on November 15, to begin their "March to the Sea." The "Iron Clads" was the nickname of Samuel M. Sharpley's "Iron Clad Minstrels" formed in 1862. Based in New York City, they were traveling the length of the country, from Buffalo to New Orleans in 1864, according to an advertisement in the NEW YORK CLIPPER on May 28, 1864. Mickey Warren, "a Negro impersonator," no doubt the same as the rest of the troupe, was one of several free-lance performers that appeared with Sharpley. Tommy Pell, listed here, was another. Also listed on the program are Harry Sheppard, Jakey Canning, Prof. Wentworth, and Master Eddy, with top billing going to Lem Howard, naturally. Rare, with only one copy in OCLC, at Duke. OCLC 23450615.
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GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 296 [297 & 300]. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 2 [3 & 19], 186
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GENERAL COURT MARTIAL ORDERS No. 20. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI, VICKSBURG, MISS., JUNE 6 1865 [caption title]
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Vicksburg, Ms, June 6, 1865.. 4pp., on a small bifolium. Slight chips at upper right corner, two slits at gutter margin for intended binding. Faint foxing at edges. About very good. A brief report on the courts-martial of two officers in the 58th Colored Infantry in Vicksburg, two months after the surrender of the Confederacy. Col. Simon M. Preston, the commanding officer of the regiment, was convicted of several charges relating to a false muster roll and intentionally reporting another officer as absent with leave; he was cashiered. Lieut. W.B. Brinkerhoff was found not guilty of drunkenness on duty and joining an expedition without authority. Not located in OCLC.
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1864 Massacre of Black Soldiers by Confederate Forces
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Congressional Committee report on the Fort Pillow Massacre, 38th Congress. First edition. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1864. Measuring 6" x 9", 128 pages plus 42 unpaginated pages. This book contains two reports concerning the Fort Pillow Massacre, an American Civil War incident. The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. The battle ended with soldiers commanded by Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest massacring U.S. Army soldiers (many of them African Americans) attempting to surrender. Military historian David J. Eicher concluded: "Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history." The first section is an investigation and includes haunting testimony from witnesses "Most of the men that were killed on our side were killed after the fight was over... they were wounded, and could not walk. They…
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[Original Muster Roll for Louisiana's 99th Regiment, Company I, United States Colored Troops, Serving in the Florida Keys During the Latter Months of the Civil War]
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[Way Key, Fl, 1865. Very good.. Partially-printed muster roll completed in manuscript, approximately 21 x 31 inches. Old folds, some separations at crossfolds (as usual), minor wear and soiling. A rare muster roll recording details of the service of an African-American infantry company while stationed in Florida during the final year of the Civil War. The roll details pay from February to June 1865 for thirty-five privates, one bugler, and nine officers, including name, rank, location and date, the date each "joined for service," "mustered into service," and last date of payment, plus the name of one discharged soldier. Except for the commanding officer Capt. Oliver Ireland and First Lieutenant Solomon Whiting, all of the soldiers have "signed with an X" which was witnessed by Whiting. The privates generally received eighty-eight dollars for the four-month period, including twenty-four dollars in back pay; the officers, of course, received greater compensation. Most of the enlisted soldiers here…
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Two Partially Printed Documents by the United States Office of Board of Claims Relating to the Service of Thomas Massey, An Ex-Enslaved Soldier in the 9th Regiment of the USCT, 1864
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Baltimore and Worcester County, 1865. Two documents affixed at top edge, measuring 9 x 6 ¾ and 14 x 8 ½ inches. Tape repairs at folds, some with heavy clear tape, else excellent, good condition overall. With the embossed stamp of the Board of Claims to first document and two revenue stamps affixed. Good. A pair of documents relating to the emancipation through military service of Thomas Massey of Maryland and compensation to his enslaver, Joseph Godrey, of Worcester County, Virginia. Massey enlisted in the 9th Regiment of the USCT in 1864, and in accordance with Order 329 of the U.S. War Department, Godfrey received compensation, which was not to exceed $300. The present documents "To facilitate recruiting in the states of Maryland, Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky, the War Department issued General Order No. 329 on October 3, 1863. Section 6 of the order stated that if any citizen should offer his or her slave for enlistment into the military service, that person would, "if such slave be…
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Folk Art Memorial Drawing to the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, Presented to the Ladies of the G.A.R.
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Massachusetts, 1926. Ink on paper, 18 ½ x 23 ½ inches. Excellent. Alexander Johnson, an African-American musician from New Bedford, enlisted in the army at age 16 and was believed for some time to be the first African-American musician in the Union Army. He mustered into mustered into Company "C" of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry under Colonel Shaw. The 54th Massachusetts was the second African-American regiment in the Union army, formed only after the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry. New Bedford had a large population of escaped slaves, and African-Americans from the city enrolled heavily. Johnson had been orphaned at a young age and his adopted father, William Henry Johnson, strongly advocated for African-American enrollment in the Union army, a factor which most likely played a part in the young Alex's enrollment at age sixteen. Johnson served in the 54th for the duration of the war, including the bloody charge of Fort Wagner on Morris Island on July 18, 1863. The 54th lost 272 of its…
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