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Missouri Infantry, 23rd Regiment, Co. A Clothing Account Book
Wyles Mss 62  
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  • Administrative Information
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Missouri Infantry, 23rd Regiment, Co. A Clothing Account Book,
    Date (inclusive): 1861-1864
    Collection Number: Wyles Mss 62
    Creator: United States. Army. Missouri Infantry Regiment, 23rd Company A
    Extent: .2 linear feet (1 bound volume)
    Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
    Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
    Physical Location: Vault
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access Restrictions

    None.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    Missouri Infantry, 23rd Regiment, Co. A Clothing Account Book. Wyles Mss 62. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquisition Information

    Purchase.

    History

    Information about Missouri's role in the Civil War may be found in printed works such as:
    • Anders, Leslie. The Eighteenth Missouri (1968).
    • Anders, Leslie. The Twenty-first Missouri (1975).
    • Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri (1865). Contains lists of officers for the 23rd Missouri.
    • Baird, Samuel. With Merrill's Cavalry (1981).
    • Brugioni, Dino A. The Civil War in Missouri: As Seen from the Capital City (1987).
    • Dyer, Robert. Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri (1994).
    • Fannin, William. Defenders of the Border: Missouri's Union Military Organizations in the Civil War (1982).
    • Missouri. Civil War Centennial Commission. The Civil War in Missouri, 1861-1865 (1960).
    • United States. Record and Pension Office. Organization and Status of Missouri Troops, Union and Confederate, in Service during the Civil War (1902).

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Leatherbound volume, with lists of clothing issued to soldiers in Company A, 1861-1864, along with a one-page return for Company E, of present and absent officers and enlisted men for September 1864.