Muster Roll for Company E of the 24th Infantry

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Printed muster roll, accomplished by hand with an added sheet of paper describing actions taken against "mauraders". Entries were made by Captain John Clous of company E of the 24th Infantry between June 13 and August 31st of 1874. The document consists of an elephant folio sheet, folded to form two folio pages with lists of 60 men, signed or marked with their "X." On the back of the document, Captain Clous signed the document and marked the station as "Fort Brown, Texas" and the date as "31 August 1874."

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