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Enlistment roll of Company A, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1863

Enlistment roll of Company A, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1863 Printed form completed in manuscript

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    Printed form completed in manuscript

    Dimensions: 53.2 cm x 35 cm

    Donated to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Captain John W. M. Appleton in May 1863


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    [ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

    The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was the first black regiment raised in the North during the Civil War. This enlistment roll includes personal information about enlistees in Company A, such as name, age, residence, marital status, occupation, and height, but not all of the men listed were mustered into the regiment.