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Register of Sick and Wounded — Columbia Hospital

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The single–volume register of sick and wound, October 1865–August 1868 (144), is arranged in chronological order and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.18.6
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Darlington (Acting Assistant Surgeon)

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, May–November 1868 (186), is arranged in chronological order by date admitted and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.22.2
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Register of Sick and Wounded Freedmen — Monroe (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded freedmen, November 1867–August 1868 (354), is arranged numerically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.37.9
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Georgetown (Hospital)

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, December 1865–December 1867 (203), is arranged chronologically by date admitted. The volume also contains reports of smallpox (Jan.–May 1866).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.25.6
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Hopkins Turn Out (Acting Assistant Surgeon)

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, November 1866–December 1867 (217), is arranged chronologically by date admitted.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.30.2
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Huntsville (Freedmen's Hospital)

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The single volume register of sick and wounded, January 1866–July 1868 (89), is arranged chronologically by date of admission and includes each patient's name, sex, nature of illness, date of admission, and date of discharge or death.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1900, File 4.15.5
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Legareville (Acting Assistant Surgeon)

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, January 1867–January 1868 (223), is arranged in general chronological order.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.36.2
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Register of Sick and Wounded — McClellanville

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, January–November 1868 (232), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.42.1
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Orangeburg (Hospital)

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, March–December 1868 (258), is arranged in chronological order and numbered. The volume also contains a register of sick and wounded, District of Colleton at Summerville (July–Nov. 1868).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.45.2
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Register of Sick and Wounded Refugees and Freedmen — Rost Home Colony

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded refugees and freedmen, September–December 1866 (163), is arranged by month and thereunder by adult male, adult female, male child, or female child.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.53.4
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Shreveport (Hospital)

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The single volume register of sick and wounded, November 1865–May 1868 (445), is arranged chronologically by date admitted and numbered.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.63.7
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Summerville (Hospital)

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, September–October 1866 and June 1867–July 1868 (274), is arranged chronologically. For a register of sick and wounded for the District of Colleton at Summerville (July–Nov. 1868), see the single–volume…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.54.2
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Register of Sick and Wounded — Surgeon

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The single–volume register of sick and wounded, October–December 1865 and August 1866–October 1867, is arranged by sex and thereunder arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 3.4.6
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Register of Soldiers' Families and Destitutes Receiving Rations at Portsmouth — Norfolk (Subassistant Commissioner, 1st District)

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The single–volume register of soldiers' families and destitutes receiving rations at Portsmouth, March–July 1865 (401), is arranged first by soldiers' families and second by destitutes, thereunder alphabetically by initial letter of surname of family, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.20
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Register of Subsistance Stores Issued to Destitute Citizens — New Iberia (Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of subsistance stores issued to destitute citizens, April–June 1867 (451), is arranged chronologically by date issued. The volume also contains a register of blank contracts (February–April 1867), arranged chronologically by date…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.43.13
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Register of Subsistence Stores Issued — Atlanta (Freedmen's Hospital)

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The single–volume register of subsistence stores issued, February–September 1868 (113), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.10.7
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Register of Summons Issued by Freedmen's Court — Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of summons issued by Freedmen's Court, March–April 1866 (391), is arranged chronologically. The volume also contains a register of persons confined by the provost marshal at Petersburg.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.17
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Register of Supplies and Clothing Issued to Destitutes — Natchitoches (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single volume of registers of supplies and clothing issued to destitutes, July 1867–July 1868 (376), is arranged separately by supplies (July 1867–July 1868) and clothing (Mar.–June 1868), and thereunder arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.42.18
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Register of Taxes Collected for Schools — Franklin (Agent and Assistant Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single-volume register of taxes collected for schools, April–December 1867 (291), is arranged by school. The volume also includes a register (Undated) arranged by initial letter of surname, containing a list of names, acreage and number of family.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 5.20.23
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Register of Transportation Furnished — Greenville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of transportation furnished, November 1866–March 1867, is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.27.16
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Register of Vouchers Forwarded — Farmville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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The single–volume register of vouchers forwarded, December 1867–January 1869 (169), is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.27.10
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Register of Vouchers Issued — Quartermaster

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The single–volume register of vouchers issued, July 1865–April 1866 (54), is arranged by month. The entries give the date the voucher was issued, name of person to whom issued, amount, and purpose of expenditure. Most vouchers are for rent of buildings.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, File 2.4.2
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Register of Vouchers — Superintendent of Education

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The single–volume register of vouchers, October 1866–February 1869 (53), is arranged in chronological order and numbered and has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 2.1.6
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Registered Bounty Claims

Aug. 1866–Oct. 1870

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Cataloged as “Registered Bounty Claims”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, Item 4.1.8.1
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