Giles Moore enlistment agreement in the Union army, 1863 August 19
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| Type: | Agreements | Signatures | Text | Text |
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| Creator: | Moore, Giles |
| Title: | Giles Moore enlistment agreement in the Union army, 1863 August 19 |
| Date: | 1863 Aug. 19 |
| Description: | The collection consists of a printed agreement (completed in manuscript) in which Giles Moore, previously a slave in the Cherokee Nation, enlists in the 2nd Regiment of Kansas Colored Volunteers. Moore was 35 years old and the document bears his "X" mark signature. America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. |
| Subjects: | United States. Army. Kansas Infantry Regiment, 2nd | United States. Army | Ex-slaves of Indian tribes--Kansas--History | Freedmen--Kansas--History | Kansas |
| Contributors: | Hargrett Library |
| Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga.] : Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2012 |
| Original Material: | Giles Moore enlistment agreement in the Union army, MS 1502. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries |
| Rights and Usage: | Cite as: Giles Moore enlistment agreement in the Union army, MS 1502. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/id:harg1502-001-001 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Georgia Historical Society Atlanta History Center Hargrett Library |
| Collection Information: | America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia |