William A. Gladstone Afro-American military collection, 1773-1987

Collection Summary

Title	William A. Gladstone Afro-American military collection, 1773-1987
Inclusive Dates	1773-1987
Bulk Dates	1861-1865
ID No.	MSS83434
Collector	Gladstone, William A., collector
Extent	500 items
Extent	5 containers plus 4 oversize
Extent	3.6 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011131
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm96083434
Summary	Correspondence, pay vouchers, orders, muster rolls, enlistment and discharge papers, receipts, contracts, affidavits, tax records, miscellaneous military documents, and printed material documenting African Americans in military service, with the bulk concerning the Civil War service of the United States Corps d'Afrique (organized in 1863 and renamed United States Colored Troops in 1864).
Online Content	The William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection is available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000062. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available. A transcription dataset from the William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection is available online at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2021387727.