Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 311

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Volunteer Enlistment for a black soldier. Printed Document, accomplished by hand. Large 4to, printed on both sides with signatures of the recruit, recruiter and examining surgeon; creases where folded. Providence, R.I, 1863

Additional Details

Albert Crowell, an ex-slave born in Halifax, Virginia, volunteers to "Serve as a Soldier in the Army of the United States." Crowell was literate, and signed his own name.