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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07200 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Edward Townsend Davis to Benjamin Franklin Butler about African Americans in the Civil War |
| Date | ca. 7 March 1873 |
| Author | Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893) |
| Recipient | Butler, Benjamin Franklin |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Townsend, United States Adjutant General, replies to a letter from Butler, who served as a General in the Civil War. Informs Butler that in the Civil War, 7,122 African American men served as officers, and 178,975 served as enlisted men, for a total of 186,097. Docketed by Butler, who states that James A. Cunningham, Adjutant General of Massachusetts, had requested the information Townsend supplied. Also docketed 11 March 1873 by Cunningham, who states that the information was transmitted to Massachusetts State Representative J. B. Smith. Includes an Adjutant General's Office stamp. Written on United States Adjutant General's Office stationery. |
| Subjects | Civil War Reconstruction Military History Union General Union Forces African American Troops African American History |
| People | Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893) Cunningham, James A. (fl. 1873) Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893) Smith, J. B. (fl. 1873) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Butler served as a United States Representative from Massachusetts 1867-1874 and 1877-1878. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |