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The Robert Richardson collection consists of Civil War documents donated by Mr. Richardson to the Archives of Michigan on Nov. 2, 1990. The collection consists of one folder arranged in one series: 1. Muster rolls, 11th Michigan Cavalry, Company G and Company K, June, 1864-September, 1865. These documents list the name and rank of each soldier in the company, when and where he joined, the company, his last pay, and comments including who has been hospitalized, taken prisoner, killed in action or deserted. Also included on the form are the remarks made by the Inspector and Mustering Officer regarding the condition of the company.

 This collection consists of muster-out and voucher forms dating 1864-1866. There are four types of records in the collection: detachment muster-out forms (showing name, rank, age, when, where, and by whom enrolled and mustered, when and by whom last paid, allowances given for travel, subsistence, clothing, equipment, and remarks); individual muster-outs (shows the same information as the first, plus data on pay rate and bounty received); regimental muster-outs (gives same information as the second, but does so for all members of a given company); and vouchers documenting pay to officers for salary, clothing, subsistence, and hired private servants. The servants were black, and the forms give their name, height, eye color, and hair color. The collection is arranged numerically by regiment, with infantry and cavalry units listed first. A name index has been prepared for easy access to the records.

This collection consists of a notebook, dating 1864, kept by Rev. James R. Gordon (1835-1876). Gordon was from Oak Grove, Livingston County, Mich. In Sept. of 1864, he joined the U.S. Chrisitian Commission and left for the east coast to look after Michigan soldiers at the Armory Hospital in Washington, D.C. The contents of this notebook are printed instructions to Commission members, a diary of daily activities, Latin exercises, and address list of ministers, and a record of Michigan soldiers encountered. The collection is arranged chronologically.