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This is the roster for Civil War soldiers in the Seventy-Ninth Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, formerly the First Kansas Colored Infantry. An index is at the beginning, giving the name of the soldier, his company, and the page number his record is listed on. The lists may include name, age, place of residence,rank, and enlistment date. For many of the soldiers the roster includes the date they left the service, the place, and the reason. The index to the Kansas Adjutant General's Report, 1861-1865, (see link below) also gives the regiment and company the soldier served in.
Creator: Kansas. Adjutant General's Office
Date: 1863
Item Number: 227709
Call Number: Microfilm: AR 117, item 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227709
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Muster rolls
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Service - Army - Infantry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units - US Volunteers - 1st Kansas Colored Infantry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units - US Volunteers - 79th US Colored Infantry
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Military
People - African Americans
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Muster rolls
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227709