Civil War Military records
Scope and Contents
Records of Rhode Island forces organized & engaged in the service of the Union against Confederate forces, 1861 – 1865. Includes national, executive, & military correspondence & orders, commissions, appointments & resignations, enlistment, muster & descriptive rolls, bounty & pay receipts, morning and post guard reports, monthly returns, recruits forwarded, ordnance & equipment issued, special requisitions, clothing books, field reports of casualties & alterations, desertions, court martial proceedings, compiled & consolidated service cards & records of the Provost Marshall, Quartermaster & Paymaster Generals, etc.
Records of Rhode Island forces organized & engaged in the service of the Union against Confederate forces, 1861 – 1865. Includes national, executive, & military correspondence & orders, commissions, appointments & resignations, enlistment, muster & descriptive rolls, bounty & pay receipts, morning and post guard reports, monthly returns, recruits forwarded, ordnance & equipment issued, special requisitions, clothing books, field reports of casualties & alterations, desertions, court martial proceedings, compiled & consolidated service cards & records of the Provost Marshall, Quartermaster & Paymaster Generals, etc.
Dates
- Creation: 1856-1894
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
No special restrictions unless otherwise specified.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is in the public domain unless otherwise specified. We reserve the right to restrict reproduction of materials due to preservation concerns.
Extent
99.02 Cubic Feet
Rhode Island Digital Archives
Accruals
No accruals are anticipated at this time.
Source
- Rhode Island. Adjutant General's Office (1780-) (Organization)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: Civil War Letter and Order Books: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 11th Regiments, 1861-1864 (Text)
- Box: Civil War Roll and Order Books: 2nd, 4th, 9th RI Volunteers, 1861-1864; Co. F First Infantry RI Militia, 1863 (Text)
- Box: Civil War Military records (1995-290) (Text)
- Folder: Town Bounty records: Bounty volunteers/quotas, 1862-1866 (Text)
Repository Details
Part of the Rhode Island State Archives Repository
