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Perkins, Joseph G., fl. 1836-1867 [Muster roll for Company E, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06133.14 Author/Creator: Perkins, Joseph G., fl. 1836-1867 Place Written: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Type: Printed document signed Date: October 31, 1864 - December 31, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 54 cm, Width: 80 cm Order a Copy

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Lieutenants William Davis and Joseph Wheatley. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company [illegible, possibly E] between October and December 1864. States that the Company was paid $4,577.57 on 24 March 1865.

Davis, William, fl. 1864
Perkins, Joseph G., fl. 1863-1867
Wheatley, Joseph, fl. 1864

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