1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/c985d51d02c041acd02f91ea3e20c544.jpg 914851a224454608db06f2684837f6ce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin<br /><em>Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian</em><br /><a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/richard-christmas--copiah-coun">Richard Christmas</a><br /><br />Co. G, 5 Reg't U.S. Col'd H. Art'y.<br /><br />Age 28 years; height 5 feet 8 1/2 inches<br /><br />Complexion Black<br /><br />Eyes Dark; hair ?<br /><br />Where born Chatham Co. N.C.<br /><br />Occupation Laborer<br /><br />Enlistment.<br /><br />When Aug 1, 1863<br />Where Vicksburg Miss<br />By whom J. G. Robbins; term 3 y'rs.<br /><br />Remarks: Married Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Civil War service record for Richard Christmas Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/richard-christmas--copiah-coun">Christmas, Richard, active 1874-1875</a>; <span>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans</span> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <span>The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; </span><em>Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations</em><span>; Microfilm Serial: </span><em>M1818</em><span>; Microfilm Roll: </span><em>82<br /><br /><span>Ancestry.com. </span>U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865<span> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.</span><br /></em> Description An account of the resource Civil War service record for Richard Christmas Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863 christmas service records