Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Personal Papers of Medical Officers and Physicians, ca. 1861 - 1912 File Unit: Augusta, A.T., 1863-66 Item: Letter from Alexander T. Augusta to Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana Regarding a Street Car Incident, 2

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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Personal Papers of Medical Officers and Physicians, ca. 1861 - 1912 File Unit: Augusta, A.T., 1863-66 Item: Letter from Alexander T. Augusta to Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana Regarding a Street Car Incident, 2/8/1864

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Augusta, Alexander Thomas, 1825-1890

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Augusta was born in 1825 to free people of color in Norfolk, Virginia. As a young man, he began to learn to read while working as a barber, although it was illegal for free blacks to do so in Virginia at that time. The state had restricted rights of free people of color following the Nat Turner slave rebellion of 1831. Augusta moved to Baltimore while still in his youth. He also began pursuing an education in the field of medicine. He married Baltimore native Mary O. Burgoin on January 12, 18...