12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, Company D record books, 1861-1864
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Summary
- Creator:
- United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865)
- Abstract:
- The 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was a Union Army regiment active between 1861 and 1865 in the American Civil War. This collection consists of two ledgers, a Clothing Book and a volume titled Morning Reports, which record daily activities, particularly attendance and absense for members of the 12th Connecticut Infantry, Company D, as well as their annual allotments of clothing and equipment.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Foot (1 box with 2 volumes inside.)
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11907
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of two records books - a Clothing Book and a Morning Reports book - which were created and kept by Company D officers between 1861 and 1864.
The Clothing Book contains a registry of members of the company and their allocations for the year 1862 of items of clothing, like shirts, shoes, and hats, along with other notes for equipment like their mess kits. It has a record of the estimated value of each item, its date of issue, and any subsequent replacements recorded later on.
The Morning Reports ledger was kept from November 1861 through December 1864 by Captains Nathan Frankan and H. F. Chappell, and record the numbers present and absent for soldiers and officers, as well as any accompanying remarks explaining deviations from the tally sheet.
- Biographical / historical:
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The 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was mustered into service in 1861 in Hartford, Connecticut. It served throughout the Louisiana and Mississippi region from 1862 through 1864, and by the end of the war was stationed in Virginia and Georgia.
- Acquisition information:
- The 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, Company D record books were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in an unknown year. They were initially cataloged in 1965 as part of the U.S. Army. Units. collection.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, June 2021
Accessions described in this collection guide: unknown identification; originally cataloged by Manuscript Department in 1965.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, Company D record books, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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