Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 275

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
CIVIL WAR DOCUMENTS FROM COLORED TROOPS (MILITARY.) Company "E," 17th Regiment, Colored Troops. Group of over 50 partially printed, and handwritten documents, including muster and payrolls, requisitions for supplies, rifles, ordnance, and other goods. Prepared by First Lt. Augustus Kliese, Quartermaster. Various sizes, mostly 4to and 8vo; condition generally very good. should be seen. Nashville, 1864-66

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Includes documents regarding ordnance and ordnance stores, abstract of ammunition, special orders for investigation, return of equipment etc. Near a quarter million colored troops took part in the Civil War. Lincoln conceded that without their help, the Union might well have lost.