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Colored Infantry Civil War
Regiment Coloed Infantry
102D U.S.
His Excellency, Austin Blair Governor of Michigan, Jackson, Mich.:
Sir, —I am instructed by the Secretary of War to inform you that you are hereby authorized to raise one regiment of infantry to be composed of colored men, to be mustered into the United States service for three years, or during the war.
To these troops no bounties will be paid. They will receive ten dollars per month and one ration per day, three dollars of which monthly pay may be in clothing.
The organization of the regiment must conform in all respects with the requirements of General Orders No. 110, War Department, 1863, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.
Civil War
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