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South Carolina Designated Regiments in Federal Service 1862-1866 and Prince Rivers' U.S. Army Service Record, 1997 and 2005

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 9000-35, 1

Scope and Contents note

Contains the South Carolina Designated Regiments in Federal Service: A Survey of the Research Required to Prepare a History and roster of the those Black Americans who made up the five infantry regiments raised and identified with South Carolina in the Civil War 1862-1866. This research was prepared at the request of Stephen Hoffius, Director of Publications at the South Carolina Historical Society in Charleston, SC in 1997. The tabulations in the survey are based on the database rosters and unit service data found on the Civil War Solider and Sailors System of the National Parks Service, Washington, DC.

Prince Rivers served under Company A, 33rd Regiment U.S. Colored Solider Infantry and was born in Beaufort, SC.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997 and 2005

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.0 folder

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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