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Oaths of Enlistment of the Richmond Grays, 1900-1903. Accession 26194, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Transferred from the Office of the Adjutant General on October 3, 1964.
The Richmond Grays were organized on June 12, 1844 as Company A of the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers. The company participated in guarding Harper's Ferry following the raid by John Brown and was attached to the 12th Virginia Infantry, Company G, under the command of Col. D.A. Weisiger during the Civil War. The Richmond Grays were one of the militia companies reorganized in 1871 in the 1st Virginia Infantry Regiment. Following the Spanish-American War, the reorganization of the Virginia Volunteers continued with the assignment of new numbers to the regiments in order to distinguish those regiments who fought in the Civil and Spanish-American Wars. The Richmond Grays were assigned to Company A of the 70th Virginia Infantry Regiment.
This volume contains oaths of enlistment for the Richmond Grays company of the Virginia Volunteers between 1900 and 1903.
This collection is arranged into the following series:
Series I. Oaths of Enlistment of the Richmond Grays, 1900-1903The oaths provide the name of the soldier, place of birth, age, occupation, residence, eye & hair color, complexion, and signature. Each oath is certified by the captain of the company. Some of the oaths include a physical record of the soldier and also a consent form signed by a parent or guardian in case the soldier was a minor.