(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) CORPS D’AFRIQUES Provisional Commissio

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) CORPS D'AFRIQUES. Provisional Commission for Sergeant Edwin R,. Wingate of the 13th Regiment to the rank of Captain. Partially printed document, 15-5/8 x 10-7/8 inches, accomplished by hand; creases where folded; some slight wear at the edges of the folds. Printed on two sides and docketed on a third. signed by major general nathaniel banks (WGC) New Orleans: Headquarters of the Gulf, 1863

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a rare promotion for a non-commissioned officer of the corps d'afrique, made up of the first black soldiers to enter the war. The Corps d'Afrique was formed by General Banks under General Orders No 40. These were property-owning free people of color. Free mixed-race people had developed as a third class in New Orleans since the colonial years.