"they want to send their children to school"
Teachers reported to the Freedmen’s Bureau monthly listing information such as the number of students enrolled in their school, sources of financial support, and...
All present
This item contains information abstracted from a company muster roll that documents Private Nathaniel M. McGehee's service with Company M of the 3rd Regiment of the...
Application for military headstone
In 1929, Mrs. Mande M. McGehee applied to the Office of the Quartermaster General in the War Department for a headstone for the unmarked grave of Nathaniel M....
Art of farming
James Cunningham, at age 11, entered into this indenture agreement with Alexander Cunningham to be his apprentice to learn the art of farming. The Freedmen's Bureau...
Battles on Bull Run
The Cartographic and Architectural Branch holds many Civil War maps including this one of the Battles on Bull Run on July 21, 1861.
Complaint (Dorothy Davis et al. vs. Prince Edward County School Board)
This complaint was filed by numerous residents of Prince Edward County, Virginia, against their school board for injustices they found in Virginia's policy of...
Confiscated
This inventory, dated August 29, 1863, lists items confiscated by Union soldiers from Arlington House, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's home. The courts eventually...