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Walker, R.H., fl. 1864 [Muster out roll for William Nerland, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.228.01 Author/Creator: Walker, R.H., fl. 1864 Place Written: Jacksonville, Florida Type: Manuscript document Date: 6 October 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 26.7 cm, Width: 77.7 cm Order a Copy

Signed by R. H. [Walker?], Second Lieutenant, 52nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Most of the 35th United States Colored Troops enlisted men were freedmen and emancipated people from Virginia and the Carolinas.

Walker, R. H., fl. 1864
Beecher, James Chaplin, 1828-1886
Nerland, William, fl. 1864

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