Letter from a White Officer Commanding an African-American Regiment in the Civil War to His Sister, Discussing Pay and Her Husband’s Disappearance.
Petersburg, Virginia: 1864. Single letter, four 5 x 8 inch pages folded. M. Herbert Wood (c. 1839–deceased) was an officer of the 23rd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, during the American Civil War. This regiment, which consisted of African-American enlisted men with white officers, was part of the 4th Division.....