CIVIL WAR US COLORED TROOP RECRUITS LONG ISLAND BOSTON 1863 For Sale
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CIVIL WAR US COLORED TROOP RECRUITS LONG ISLAND BOSTON 1863:
$165.00
Long Island, Boston Harbor was the site of the Draft Rendezvous for black soldiers including the men who became the famous 54th Massachusetts. An Original Request from Captain John W Trafton, Commissary of Volunteers at HQ Draft Rendezvous, Long Island, Boston Harbor, Dec 14, 1863 , to Lt Deane, Commanding the Colored Detachment, directing him to send recruits to this HQ to muster in. 1p 8 x 5" ink, signed. Edge wear, minor age stains, Overall VG. From the estate of Captain John M Deane, Freetown Mass native and at that time a USCT Recruit Commander . Comes w service info. ( Lt Deane, 29th Massachusetts was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Fort Stedman, Petersburg).
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