(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Enlistment certificate for Rhode Islan

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Enlistment certificate for Rhode Island soldier Albert Crowell. Partially printed document, signed by the soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Nelson Viall as recruiting officer, and others. 2 pages, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; folds, minor foxing. Providence, RI, 23 September 1863

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Albert Crowell was born in Halifax, VA, and is described as a farmer, 20 years old, 5'7", with black hair, black eyes, and black complexion. He signed on for three years with the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, the state's only "Colored" regiment, which was stationed in Louisiana. Crowell survived through the end of the war, mustering out as a corporal.