Papers of James A. Bates, 1864-1868.

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Papers of James A. Bates, 1864-1868.

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Chiefly official correspondence accumulated by James A. Bates during his service at Hammond Hospital and the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Included are letters, reports, muster out rolls, passes, orders, monthly returns, circulars, etc.

61 pieces.

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Bates, James A. (James Allen), b. ca. 1833.

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James A. Bates, from the State of New York, entered the volunteer service as private in Apr. 1861, and took part in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorville, and Gettysburg campaigns. In June 1864 he was appointed 1st Lieutenant of 166th Company, 2nd Battalion of Veterans Reserve Corps, organized at Hammond General Hospital in Point Lookout, Md. He was mustered out August 24, 1865 and later assigned to the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, in Richmond, Va. In May 1866 he was br...

Hammond General Hospital (Point Lookout, Md.)

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Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...

United States. Army. Veteran Reserve Corps. Co. 166, 2nd Battalion (1864-1865)

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United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...