Minnie A. Hill Papers 1865-1869 1865-1869

Hill, Minnie A.

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Minnie A. Hill began her tenure at the National Freedman’s Relief Association in 1865, receiving her initial commission to serve as a teacher in Petersburg, Virginia.  It appears she previously taught at a school in Norfolk, Virginia.  In 1866, the Freedman’s Union Commission reappointed Hill to another one year term.  In 1867, the Commission appointed Hill as principal of a school on Pocahontas Island in Petersburg, where she served until at least 1869.  Further information about t...

National Freedman's Relief Association

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Andersonville Prison, represented in the collection through its hospital records and registers, was located in southwest Georgia and operated for 15 months between 1864 and 1865. The site was used by the Confederate Army as a prisoner-of-war camp for captured Union soldiers. At the time of its closure, almost 13,000 Union soldiers had died at Andersonville. The records were collected by E. P. Hopkins, a captured soldier from Ohio who worked as a steward in the prison hospital. ...

Freedman's Union Commission (U.S.)

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