(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Promotion for an African American enli

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Promotion for an African American enlisted man, Edgar W. Ambleman, to the rank of Commissary Sergeant. Engraved certificate, 10x15 inches; accomplished by hand. American Eagle, E Pluribus Unum, and Commanding Officer of the 108th Regiment of Colored Infantry elaborately engraved at the top. With "108th" and "Colored Infantry" both supplied by hand. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel John J. Bishop of the 108th Regiment, and additionally by Thomas J. Neal 2nd Lieutenant, adjutant of the Regiment, January 23, 1865. Rock Island, IL, 1865

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The 108th Regiment was largely composed of former slaves, employed for the most part as guards of the Confederate prison camp on Rock Island. They saw action and lost a total of 90 men. Edgar W. Ambleman was mustered out in 1866 and settled in Ridgefield, New Jersey. He appears in the 1880 census as married with several children.