(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Descriptive roll book of Company H 25t

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Descriptive roll book of Company H, 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. [40] manuscript pages. Folio, 15 1/4 x 10 inches, original calf, original label and inscription on front board, moderate wear; title page detached, moderate wear and minor dampstaining to contents. Vp, February 1864 to June 1865

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This regiment was recruited in Philadelphia. They served in New Orleans until June, and then spent the rest of the war at Fort Pickens near Pensacola, FL. The first page of this roll book lists the company's four white officers, followed by 2 pages of the black non-commissioned officers (corporals and sergeants), men transferred and discharged, deaths, 25 men who deserted, and finally the alphabetical descriptive roll. Each soldier's name, age, height, complexion, eyes, hair, town of birth, and enlistment date and place is given, along with a space for remarks. The regiment saw no combat, but lost 18 men to camp diseases including scurvy and diarrhea; the death list includes poignant notes such as "no property" or "effects sent to his mother." The descriptive roll's remarks often include identifying scars. One corporal was "reduced to ranks as he was in unlawful dealing with the men."