Guide to the New Jersey Infantry, 38th Regiment, Company “C” Provisions Document 1864 MG 1582

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Descriptive Summary
Historical Note
Scope and Content Note
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Guide to the New Jersey Infantry, 38th Regiment, Company “C” Provisions Document
1864
MG 1582

The New Jersey Historical Society
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The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher
Inventory prepared by Shawn Ryan Rosa.

Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. December 2004. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English.


Descriptive Summary

Creator: New Jersey Infantry, 38th Regiment, Company “C”
Title: New Jersey Infantry, 38th Regiment, Company “C”
Provisions Document
Dates 1864
Abstract: The collection consists of a provisions document, which lists the type and quantity of supplies distributed to soldiers during
the Civil War.
Quantity: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Collection Number: MG 1582

Historical Note

The 38th Regiment of the New Jersey Volunteers was organized at Trenton and mustered in by Companies. Led by Captain Henry
S. Spaulding, Company “C” was mustered September 10, 1864 and left the state on September 20, 1864.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of a provisions document, which lists the type and quantity of supplies distributed to members of
Company “C” in the 38th Regiment of the New Jersey Volunteers.

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Access Points

The entries below represent persons, organizations, topics, forms, and occupations documented in this collection.
Subject Names:
Spaulding, Henry S.
Subject Organizations:
United States–Army–New Jersey Infantry, 38th (1864-1865)
Subject Topics:
New Jersey–History–Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States–History–Civil War, 1861-1865.
Document Types:
Lists.
Subject Occupations
Soldiers.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1582, New Jersey Infantry, 38th Regiment, Company “C” Provisions Document,
The New Jersey Historical Society.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Phillip Cudd in April 2003.

Processing Information

The item arrived at The New Jersey Historical Society in three pieces; because it is large and brittle it is stored in the
oversize flat files.

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Container List

Document

Box Folder Title Date
DOS (mapcase) 1 Provisions document: Listing the quantity of clothing and equipment
allotted to the members of Company “C” including
caps, coats, trousers, blankets, knapsacks, canteens,
and tin plates and cups. Contains the autograph
signature of each volunteer documenting the
receipt of the items listed, as well as the autograph
signature of Capt. Henry S. Spaulding acting as
witness.
1864 Sept. 8

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