Clark, Rufus H. (fl. 1862-1863) [Special orders no. 50 regarding the honorable discharge of Joseph C. Oliver]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08474.01 Author/Creator: Clark, Rufus H. (fl. 1862-1863) Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 February 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Signed by Clark as Adjutant, Third Regiment Louisiana Native Guards. States that Oliver, Captain of Company E, Third Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards was mustered into the service by Major [Grotius Reed] Giddings 26 November 1862 and has received pay. Marked as an extract and written at Headquarters Department of the Gulf.
Giddings was a mustering and disbursing officer in New Orleans credited with mustering in the first two African American regiments raised in Louisiana.
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