Corps d'Afrique muster roll

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unitid

{"value"=>"20990", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 823", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b22295347", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1862", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1862"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Corps d'Afrique muster roll"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 oversize folder", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.01 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"United States. Corps d'Afrique. Engineer Regiment, 1st (1863-1864)", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Elvin Montgomery, March 2000.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, March 2000.</p>"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2020 November 9"}

date_start

1862

keydate

1862

date_end

1862

date_inclusive_start

1862

date_inclusive_end

1862

extent_statement

0.01 linear feet (1 oversize folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Corps d'Afrique muster roll, Sc MG 823, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"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.", "generated"=>true}

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