Affidavits of Identity
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content: Records of the Field Offices of the Freedmen's Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1872–1878
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content: Records of the Field Offices of the Freedmen's Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1872–1878 / Series 1: Field Offices of the Freedmen's Branch, Office of the Adjutant General / 1.14: Vicksburg, MS (Disbursing Officer)
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content: 1873 and 1874
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.14.10
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content: Archival materials
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content: Unbound affidavits of identity, 1873 and 1874, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of claimant. These are statements made by neighbors in which they swear that they are acquainted with the individual and know the he was enlisted in the military service of the United States in a particular unit.