Manuscripts

Muster rolls of companies B and F of the 24th U.S. Infantry

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Description: The muster rolls, each measuring 53 x 81 cm, were kept when the regiment was stationed on the Texas-Mexico border of the Rio Grande Valley in 1874. The documents record information such as pay, duties, discharges, health, and some genealogical information of troop members.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1874.
Call number: mssHM 83978
Creator: United States(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from McBride Rare Books, March 2023.
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