United States Colored Troops Circulars, 1864.

ArchivalResource

United States Colored Troops Circulars, 1864.

Printed circulars include: #60 (Aug. 1, 1864) re: surveying troop members as to whether or not they were free men by April 19, 1861; #49 (June 28, 1864) re: method to fill vacant officer positions; and #26 (March 21, 1864) re: mustering reports. A photocopy of Townsend's biography is included.

1 folder.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7431245

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Adjutant-General's Office

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk58fj (person)

The Continental Congress on June 17, 1775, appointed an Adjutant General of the Continental Army. After 1783 no further provision was made for such an officer until an act of March 5, 1792, provided for an adjutant, who was also to do the work of inspector. An act of March 3, 1813, established an Adjutant General's Department and an Inspector General's Department which were united the following July under one head, the Adjutant and Inspector General. Separate heads for the two Depar...

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f3jf2 (person)

Edward Davis Townsend (August 22, 1817 – May 10, 1893) was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1869 to 1880. The son of David S. & Eliza (Gerry) Townsend and grandson of Vice President Elbridge Gerry, Townsend was educated at Boston's Latin School before graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1837. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Second U. S. Artillery and served as that regiment's adjutant and participating in the Second Seminole War and the relocati...

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1864-1866)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m08fmw (corporateBody)

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. Dept. of the Army. General orders.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f7n93 (corporateBody)