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Collection Reference Number GLC07333.02
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1870s 
Title Muster roll, Company E, 24th Regiment
Date 30 April 1874
Author Clous, John Walter (fl. 1868-1875)  
Additional authors Chairman, H. (fl. 1874) Leggett, Henry F. (fl. 1874)
Document Type Military document
Content Description Signed by Clous as Captain of Company E, 24th Regiment. Signed by H. F. Leggett, First Lieutenant of the 24th Infantry, as a witness. Signed by Major H. [Chairman?] as inspector and mustering officer of the 24th Infantry. Lists the names of soldiers, and includes their signatures or marks confirming receipt of payment for service 28 February 1874-30 April 1874. States that the 24th is led by Colonel J. H. Potter. A note written across the printed text of the muster roll indicates that the soldiers of Company E were paid 9 May 1874.
Subjects Military History  American West  American Indian History  African American History  African American Troops  Soldier's Pay  Muster Rolls and Returns  
People Chairman, H. (fl. 1874)  Clous, John Walter (fl. 1868-1875)  Leggett, Henry F. (fl. 1874)  Potter, J. H. (fl. 1874)  
Place written Fort Brown, Texas
Theme Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; African Americans; Native Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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