A Guide to the Enlistment Records of the Virginia Volunteers Coast Artillery Corps, 1908-1911 #26194

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Preferred Citation

Enlistment records of the Virginia Volunteers Coast Artillery Corps, 1908-1911. Accession 26194. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Office of the Adjutant General on October 3, 1964.

A law was passed by the General Assembly on January 16, 1908, amending Section 306 of the Code of Virginia. This law stipulated that the organization, armament, and discipline of the Virginia militia or volunteers shall be the same as that of the regular and volunteer armies of the United States. In addition, the infantry regiments were again reorganized to reflect a tighter geographical grouping and were reassigned their pre-1898 designations (i.e. 1st, 2nd, & 4th Regiments). At this time, the first company of the Virginia Coast Artillery was formed to reinforce the regular army units in Hampton Roads. Three additional companies of Coast Artillery were organized by 1910, but the entire Coast Artillery Corps was disbanded in 1911 and not reorganized until 1916.

Scope and Content

Volume contains the enlistment records, including oaths of enlistment and physical record, of volunteers in Companies 1 through 4 of the Coast Artillery Corps of Virginia Volunteers between 1908 and 1911.

Contents List

Enlistment Records of the Virginia Volunteers Coast Artillery Corps, 1908-1911 .

Volume I (unnumbered)

Extent: 1 v.

The enlistment records include the following information: name, rank, age, height, complexion, hair color, eye color, county or city born, state born, occupation, residence, when enlisted, where enlisted, by whom enlisted, period enlisted for, marrried or single, remarks as to record of previous military service, and name & address of person to be notified in case of emergency. The enlistment records include an oath of enlistment signed by the volunteer swearing to support the Constitution of the United States and Virginia. Below the oath is a consent form required in case the volunteer was a minor. The physical record, as certified by the examining surgeon, notes the condition of the volunteer including his sight, hearing, heart, lungs, etc. The surgeon also noted addictions to alcohol or opium. Finally, each enlistment record is signed and certified by the company commander.