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Custodial History

Acc. 2012.401 was an addition to the Civil War Collection, Mss. 39.1 C76, until November 2017. The former citation was Civil War Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

A photostat of a letter from George B. Cogswell, Newport News, describes the arrival of the Army of the Potomac. He mentions Thomas Burrell, a former slave from near Williamsburg. The collection contains addition information on Burrell, who served in Co. F., 37th Regiment, United States Colored Troops.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Burrell, Thomas
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 37th (1864-1867)