(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Commission issued to a corporal in the

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Commission issued to a corporal in the 8th United States Colored Troops. Partly printed Document Signed by Lt. Col. Burritt and Lt. Decker of the 8th Regiment of United States Colored Troops, completed in manuscript for Corporal William Nichols. One page, 10 x 14¾ inches; folds, wear, toning, and moderate dampstaining. Brownsville, TX, 24 October 1865

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In the United States Colored Troops regiments, only a vanishingly small number of officers were African-American, but the corporal and sergeant ranks were filled by Black soldiers. This commission was issued in occupied Texas four months after the "Juneteenth" freedom proclamation, two weeks before the regiment returned north for discharge.