Shreve, Richard L.R. (fl. 1863-4) Morning reports of Co: B 72nd Regt. Penna Vols. Fire Zouaves
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02988 Author/Creator: Shreve, Richard L.R. (fl. 1863-4) Place Written: various places Type: Manuscript signed Date: January 1863 - June 1864 Pagination: 55 p. : docket ; 38 x 28 cm. Order a Copy
Daily morning reports for B Company, listing status of men under Captain Richard L.R. Shreve. Each day lists place, number of men according to rank, and notes on the days actions. Each day is signed by a first sergeant and a company commander. For the first few months Shreves signs as commander, which Fred Boland signs. The first sergeants signing are E. F. Wallington, Jesse D. E. Sterling, F. L. Mannes, and Samuel M. Sparks. Daily entries are made variously in different hands belonging to these men. Includes casualty reports for the Battle of Gettysburg. The Pennsylvania 72nd Volunteers were also known as the Philadelphia Fire Zouaves. The regiment was under the command of colonel De Witt Clinton Baxter. Original suede leather covers, rebacked.
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