(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Group of 5 documents relating to Maryl

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Group of 5 documents relating to Maryland African-Americans in military service. Various sizes; most with punch holes in left margin, otherwise minor wear. Vp, 1865-66

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A collection of post-war discharges and pay documents relating to 4 different soldiers, some or all of them being veterans of the Civil War. Includes: Signed testimony that Thomas Scott of Baltimore, late of the 39th U.S. Colored Troops, "has been free for more than ten years . . . born of free parents" (needed to prove that Scott had enlisted as a freeman, making him eligible for a higher bounty), 20 December 1865 Discharge certificate for the same Thomas Scott, giving his service history, 4 December 1865 Pay order for Thomas Scott's $50 bounty, signed with his mark, 13 December 1865 Signed affidavit by Sergeant Isaac H. Baker of the 4th U.S. Colored Troops, attesting to the identity of his soldiers Robert Dunmore and Henry Howell, 3 December 1866 Pay order for bounty due to Edward Langford of the 4th U.S. Colored Troops, signed with his mark, 14 May 1866.