02339cpcaa2200397 a 4500 mm 96083434 DLC 20260227111725.0 cr ||||||||||| 960326|||||||||||| eng mm 96083434 DLC DLC dacs DLC B lcmd Gladstone, William A., collector. Afro-American military collection, 1773-1987 (bulk 1861-1865). 500 items. 5 containers plus 4 oversize. 3.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, pay vouchers, orders, muster rolls, enlistment and discharge papers, receipts, contracts, affidavits, tax records, miscellaneous military documents, and printed matter documenting African Americans in military service. The bulk of the collection concerns the Civil War service of the U.S. Corps d'Afrique (organized in 1863 and renamed U.S. Colored Troops in 1864). Documents from the American Revolution consist chiefly of pay vouchers of Connecticut African Americans serving in the U.S. Continental Army. Also includes documents pertaining to slavery and printed matter such as nineteenth century speeches and writings on slavery, government orders, broadsides, and twentieth-century booklets and journal articles. Collector. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131 United States. Colored Troops. United States. Continental Army African American troops. United States. Corps d'Afrique. Slavery. United States Armed Forces African Americans. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Participation, African American. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American. Collectors. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131.3 44369 44369