(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR UNION.) WHITTINGTON, ROBERT. Soldier's "bounty" application and receipt. Partially printed documents, accomplished by hand. 4to and smaller document. With revenue stamps. Signature of O.E. Pratt, adjutant United States Colored Troops, the applicant's, made with an "X"; docketing on reverse with additional stamps, a few chips and tiny tears. Annapolis, MD, 1865
During the Civil War, and especially as casualties mounted, the Government offered a bonus to those who volunteered; this payment was called "Bounty." Here Robert Whittington, an African-American, applied for and received his "bounty" payment of fifty dollars when he mustered out. Soldier listed in Moebs (Black Soldiers, Black Sailors, Black Ink) and the Roster of Union Soldiers, Colored Troops (Broadfoot, 1997).
