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Collection Reference Number GLC06133.02
From Archive Folder Items pertaining to the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Companies A-I, K 
Title Notice of transportation furnished for Private Frank Lloyd, Company K, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops
Date 7 January 1865
Author Renton, Benjamin (fl. 1865)  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Renton, Assistant Quartermaster, informs the United States Army Paymaster General that he has provided transportation to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, for Private Frank Lloyd. States that Lloyd is on a leave of absence granted by General Benjamin Franklin Butler. This document is partially printed on Assistant Quartermaster's Office (Railroad Transportation) stationery. Docketed in pencil.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  African American History  African American Troops  Union Forces  Union General  Railroad  
People Renton, Benjamin (fl. 1865)  Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893)  Lloyd, Frank (fl. 1865)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; African Americans
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) was a controversial Union general who led the forces occupying New Orleans. After the war, her served as a United States Congressman from Massachusetts, and worked with Charles Sumner on the Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing African American rights. He also helped enact the Civil Rights Act of 1871, which legislated against the Ku Klux Klan. After his tenure as a Congressman, he served as Governor of Massachusetts.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Unit 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, Company K