John Norris letter

John Norris letter

Image of a letter from John Norris to Governor Sprague requesting that a "Colored Company from Buffalo" be allowed to join the Rhode Island "Colored Regiment", 1862.

See also:

Rhode Island State Archives Resources

A Battle Hard Fought - Rhode Island and the Civil War: A Sesquicentennial Observance

Civil War – Commission to Preserve the Military Records of the State

Military Records - Civil War

Civil War Recruitment Book (1861)

Board of Military Enrollment

Adjutant General - Orders Received, Executive Department (1857 - 1858;1861; 1863)

Civil War - Record Book, Orders received, First Detached Militia / Tenth Rhode Island Volunteers (1861 - 1862)

Rhode Island Militia - Enrolled Men, Town Returns (1843 - 1898)

Additional Resources

National Archives Civil War Photographs

National Archives Civil War Records

National Archives The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady

Library of Congress US Civil War: Selected Resources

Correspondence Received, Executive Department / Governor, August, 1862

1862

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Buffalo Aug. 6th/62

Gov. Sprague

Dr. Sir
I See
from the papers that
you are organizing
a Colored Regiment in
your state - If this is
the fact I should be
glad to know whether you
would accept a colored Col-
ored Company from
Buffalo to join your
regiment
I suppose all
the commissioned officers
will be White and the
non commissioned
officers colored. Respectful-
ly yours
John Norris