Colored persons in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives . respecting colored persons employed or enlisted in the army of the United States.

Spencer, John C. - United States War Department

Published by G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1842

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8vo, pp. 4; unbound; lightly spotted. 27th Congress, 2nd session. House Doc. no. 286. One hundred six in the Quartermaster General's office (including 30 deck hands, 13 firemen, 7 cooks, and 2 carpenters); eight in the Office of Commissary General (3 coopers and 5 laborers); 570 in the Engineer Department (545 slaves, 25 "supposed free" - mostly laborers); and 28 in the Ordnance Office (all slaves). While this is likely held uncatalogued in many institutions, there is only one record of this title in OCLC - at Texas A&M.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colored persons in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives . respecting colored persons employed or enlisted in the army of the United States.
• Publisher: G.P.O., Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1842
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana
  • Military