Papers, 1864-1866.

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Papers, 1864-1866.

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Special orders and scattered correspondence of Samuel Swain, a Delton, Wis. native, who served during the Civil War with Company E of the 12th Wisconsin and in 1865 became a sub-commissioner for the Freedmen's Bureau for Warren County and Vicksburg, Mississippi serving with the 58th United States Colored Infantry.

0.1 linear ft. (1 folder and 1 oversized folder)

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865)

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Swain, Samuel Glyde, 1835-1904.

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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 ...

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 58th (1863-1866)

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