Certificate of Discharge for Private James Tribble, who served in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War

Title: Certificate of Discharge for Private James Tribble, who served in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War
Alternative title: Certificate of Service Discharge for James Tribble
Date Created: undated
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: Private James Tribble served in the Colored Infantry, Company 6, 66th Regiment, during the Civil War. He enlisted on December 20, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi and is listed as a farmer. He mustered out on March 20, 1865 in Natchez, Mississippi. He is honored on Plaque C-76 African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC. He died December 31, 1892 and is buried in the Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Caption: Certificate: Certificate of Service / To all whom it may concern: This is [illegible] James Tribble, who enrolled on the 30th day of [November or December] mber one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, to serve three years, was Discharged on the 20th day of March, 1866, ninth [?] Company in Natchez, Miss., while holding the grade of private in Co. 6, 66th Regiment of U. S. Colo. [Colored] Troops Volunteers. This Certificate is given upon evidence that the original discharge has been lost or destroyed and in all cases upon the condition imposed by the Act of Congress approved March, 187[?] that it "shall not be accepted as a voucher for payment of any claim against the United States for pay, bounty, or other allowance, or as evidence in any other case." Given at the War Department, Washington, D. C., this 6th day of January A.D. 1891.