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Emile E. Bucher documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0121
Abstract
A certificate of exemption for a drafted person on account of disability dated September 16, 1863, certifying that by reason of physical disability, Emile J. Bucher, of Wilmington's 3rd Ward in New Castle County, is unfit for military duty. The second document is an oversized United States of America passport for Emile E. Bucher (1868-1914), Bucher's son, describing his physical characteristics, signed by U.S. Senator Thomas F. Bayard (D-Del., 1869-1885), and issued on September 6, 1888.
Dates:
1863 September 16-1888 September 6
Nineteenth-century American military collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0541
Abstract
The Nineteenth-century American military collection is an artificial collection that contains 1.6 linear feet of American military records spanning the period 1846-1903. The bulk of the collection dates from the American Civil War (1861-1865). Additional records are from the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) and the remainder of the nineteenth century. There are also five items pertaining to the Mexican War (1846-1848) and two documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers...
Dates:
1846-1903; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
William G. Robelen U.S. Army discharge document
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0115
Abstract
U.S. Army discharge document for William G. Robelen, after three years of service in the G Company, 6th Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry, at age 18, on August 4, 1864.
Dates:
1864 August 4