Records, 1862-1866.

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Records, 1862-1866.

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Consisting chiefly of military records, 1862-1864 and 1866, re General and Special Orders, regimental and surgeon's reports, and official correspondence; records document the duty of Davis' Brigade, especially the 104th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers commanded by William Watts Hart Davis, while on the S.C. Sea Islands of St. Helena Island, Folly Island, and Morris Island. The Brigade consisted of, at various times, the 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, Independent Battalion New York Volunteers, 100th New York Volunteers, 56th New York Volunteers, 47th New York Volunteers, 11th Maine Volunteers, and 1st Connecticut Battery. General Orders of interest include one outlining camp sanitary regulations (21 February 1863), Number 59 regarding cakes cooked in fat (26 August 1863), Number 25 stopping music at funerals on Morris Island (12 September 1863), and Number 35 regarding whiskey sold to regimental surgeons (12 April 1864).

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