by Toni | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog, Remarkable Documents
The lists below, made in March of 1862, record the names of contrabands in the Union Army camp at Beaufort, SC. The records are part of the collection “United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866,” available...
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by Toni | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, Remarkable Documents
“Tybee Island, Savannah River, Ga.- Views of the lighthouse and barracks” — Frank Leslie, 18961 Tybee Island Taking Hilton Head for the base of operations, the army and navy are conjointly making a series of strategic moves which must, sooner or...
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by Toni | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Remarkable Documents
In the days following the U.S. military’s capture of Port Royal, South Carolina in November of 1861, hundreds of enslaved men, women and children flocked to military encampments and Union Navy vessels, seeking freedom and protection from Confederate raids...
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