African-American Troops: Civil War, 127th Regiment, muster roll, 1864-1865

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Summary

Abstract:
One large folded document (muster roll) in folder. For the "127th Regiment (Company D) of Colored Troops" under the comand of Captain F. (Franklin) Cogswell. Contains information related to enlistment, deportment, payroll .
Extent:
0.02 linear feet (1 folder)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], African-American Troops: Civil War, 127th Regiment, muster roll, Wyles SC 1122. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

One large folded document (muster roll) in folder. For the "127th Regiment (Company D) of Colored Troops" under the comand of Captain F. (Franklin) Cogswell. Contains information related to enlistment, deportment, payroll .

Biographical / historical:

127th Regiment Infantry: Organized at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia, Pa., August 23 to September 10, 1864. Ordered to City Point, Va., September, 1864. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps and Dept. of Texas, to October, 1865.

Service: Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., September, 1864, to April, 1865. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 29-30. Fort Harrison September 29. Darbytown Road October 13. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches north of the James River before Richmond until March, 1865. Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 29-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Petersburg and City Point until June. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, June and July. Duty at various points on the Rio Grande until October. Mustered out October 20, 1865.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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:

[Identification of Item], African-American Troops: Civil War, 127th Regiment, muster roll, Wyles SC 1122. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
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(805) 893-3062
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