Walker, T. A. (fl. 1863-1865) [Abstract of receipts from various sources on account of City Colored Schools]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08649.12 Author/Creator: Walker, T. A. (fl. 1863-1865) Place Written: Tennessee Type: Document signed Date: 30 June 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 39.3 cm. Order a Copy
Signed by Walker, Captain in the 63rd United States Colored Troops and Superintendent, Freedmen's Department, District of West Tennessee. Lists the names of people who paid the Department, dates the Department received payment, and reason for payment. Notes that a John Moody paid the Department $5 in "Fines for cruel treatment of a Negro." Marked at the top as a duplicate.
The 63rd U.S. Colored Troops were organized 11 March 1864 from the 9th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent).
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