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Black mother Delia Fry writes to the Adjutant General of the Army for information about her son
Delia Fry to Thomas from Baltimore, 21 Oct 1864 stating that she has heard that her son Jesse Fry of 4th USCT has been killed and he was her only source of support.
Black war widow Liomia Potter writes to the Adjutant General of the Army for information about her husband
Liomia Potter to L. Thomas, from Baltimore 11 Nov 1864 stating that she has not heard from her husband in months who is in 4th USCT. Adds that she and others "are all poor women from the Eastern Shore of Md just out of slavery."
General Joseph Hooker directs his subordinates to send Black men into rebel territory to search for their families and gather military intelligence
Capt. Joseph Dickinson (AAG) to Brig. Gen, Daniel E. Sickles ordering the sending out of all Black Marylanders who will be likely to gather information on the rebel forces on the south side of the Rappahanock. They have families on the other side of…
Sarah Parsons retrieves her daughters from her former enslaver with help from the military
Saml B Lawrence to Col. Wm H. Browne (AAPMG for MD & DE) directing him to send the deputy pro mar at Salsbury "to compel Joshua W Phillips, in Barren Creek District Somerset Co, to deliver to Sarah Parsons (colored) all her children now withheld from…
White Baltimore resident Sarah Alnutt petitions the military for help returning a Black child taken from her residence by family members
White Baltimore resident Sarah Alnutt to Gen. Lew Wallace asking for help returning Black child Dolly Parran, who was apparently taken from her residence by distant relations. Includes a letter from the Baltimore police, who investigated the…
Kitty Bowland claims her son was illegally arrested and forced into the Army
Statement of Mrs. Kitty Bowland that her son was arrested and then impressed into the army by the local justice of the peace.
The deputy provost marshal for Kent County reports that local officials used state indenture laws to facilitate the theft of Black children by former enslavers
Bartus Trew (Deputy Prov. Marshal for Kent Co.) to Major Este informing Este that over one hundred free Black children have been bound out by the county Orphan’s Court without the consent of their parents. Trew reports receiving numerous complaints…
Black drummer boy Reason Brown petitions for furlough to visit his family in Maryland
Reason Brown to the Sec. of War Brown is a 14 yr old drummer boy. He has been in the army for 14 months, has applied 3 times for a furlough and cannot get one. He wants to visit family in MD-officers tell him he is too young to want to visit his…
Henrietta Emory explains that she is too poor to provide evidence in her pension case
Contains a series of petitions from Henrietta Emory (wife of deceased James Emory) to various claims agents requesting assistance obtaining the back pay and pension due her upon the death of her husband. She spells out the difficulty that many Black…