Free Black Baltimore resident Anthony Armstrong applies to raise a Black militia to defend the city
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Free Black Baltimore resident Anthony Armstrong applies to raise a Black militia to defend the city
Date
7/10/1864
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Baltimore, MD
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Headquarters of the Middle Department to a Free Black Resident of Baltimore
Copy Head Quarters, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps,
Baltimore, July 10th 1864.
Anthony Armstrong (colored), is hereby authorized to raise a company of Colored militia for the defense of this City—
As soon as the organization is completed, the Company will report at these Head quarters, when orders will be issued to furnish them with all necessary equipments— The Company will be ordered to Report to Brig. Gen. Lockwood at No 36 North Street. By Command of Maj. Gen. Wallace
(Signed) W. H. Este,
Major. & A.D.C.
Major W. H. Este to Anthony Armstrong , 10 July 1864, M-349 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4232].
Copy Head Quarters, Middle Department, 8th Army Corps,
Baltimore, July 10th 1864.
Anthony Armstrong (colored), is hereby authorized to raise a company of Colored militia for the defense of this City—
As soon as the organization is completed, the Company will report at these Head quarters, when orders will be issued to furnish them with all necessary equipments— The Company will be ordered to Report to Brig. Gen. Lockwood at No 36 North Street. By Command of Maj. Gen. Wallace
(Signed) W. H. Este,
Major. & A.D.C.
Major W. H. Este to Anthony Armstrong , 10 July 1864, M-349 1864, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4232].
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“Free Black Baltimore resident Anthony Armstrong applies to raise a Black militia to defend the city,” Black Maryland in the Civil War—A Microedition of the Freedmen and Southern Society Project, accessed June 8, 2026, https://www.fssp.artinterp2.org/items/show/55.