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The number of blacks, free and enslaved, rose rapidly and by 1808, muster lists reflect that blacks made up one-third of the workforce. [13] The District of Columbia slave population reached its peak of 4,520 in 1820. After that, rapid demographic changes exerted profound social ones, as free blacks increased.
1826 Muster of the Washington Navy Yard Ordinary showing officers and men assigned to the navy yard. List shows enslaved ordinary seaman Michael Shiner number 39. Those enumerated as number 40 to 45 were enslaved and mentioned as such by Shiner in his diary. This particular subterfuge was wide spread, see Washington Navy Yard 1826 muster thumbnail.
The detachment was established on 25 October 1991. NHHC DET Boston is a detachment under the direct supervision of the Director, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C. Located near the ship, the USS Constitution Museum is a private museum that interprets the ship and her history.
A muster roll is the list of members of a military unit, often including their rank and the dates they joined or left. A roll call is the reading aloud of the names on the muster roll and the responses, to determine who is present.
This list of notable members (in no particular order) is based on bios given in Alfred Seelye Roe's book, "The Ninth New York heavy artillery, a history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out, with accounts of life in a Rebel prison, personal experiences, names and addresses of ...
Pvt. George Knox of Company D on muster roll in January–February 1865. The newly organized unit was supervised by "General Davis Tillson, Chief of Artillery, Department of Ohio, commanding defenses of Knoxville, Loudon and Kingston." [6] The regiment had between 1,100 and 1,700 soldiers drawn mostly from Tennessee and North Carolina. [7]
Jail Inmate Accused of Attempted Murder Escapes Through Ventilation System, Now Considered 'Armed and Dangerous'
The NHHC is slowly updating its online DANFS to correct errors and take into account the gap in time between the print publication and the present date. NHHC prioritizes updates as follows: ships currently commissioned, ships commissioned after the original volume publication, ships decommissioned after original volume publication, and finally ...