- Creator
- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 100th (1864-1865)
- Call number
- Sc MG 554
- Physical description
- 0.01 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], U.S. Colored Troops, Infantry, 100th Regiment, Company I collection, Sc MG 554, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request access to this collection.
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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase from Charles Apfelbaum Rare Books and Collections, 1994.
Processing information
Accessioned by Cheryl P. McDaniels, August 5, 1995.
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor