January 26th Rare Autograph & Book Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2023
Likely Ex-Slave Union Army Enlistment Form, partially printed, 8" x 9.75", New York, January 4, 1864. Forty-four-year-old farmer Robert Frank here enlists in the U. S. Army. With black eyes, black hair, and a black complexion, the recruit was probably a freedman. Light aging, but in otherwise fine condition.
The 26th United States Colored Infantry, also called the 26th New York Infantry (Colored) was an African American infantry regiment, one of three colored troop units from the state of New York,1 that fought in the American Civil War. The unit was organized on Riker's Island in February 1864 by the Union League Club of New York.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA.
Rare: Civil War 1864 Enlistment - 26th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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