John Payne Civil War collection, 1858-1923.

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John Payne Civil War collection, 1858-1923.

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Correspondence and military certificates documenting the Civil War service of John Payne, a volunteer of African descent who rose to the post of second lieutenant in the Union army and became an agent of the Freedmen's Bureau after the war.

22 items (one folder)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8351449

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent.

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Rees, William.

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Rees, Samuel.

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Payne, John E.

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American cattle rancher. From the description of Papers, 1893-1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547123 Veteran of the Civil War and agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. John Payne joined the Union army as a private in the 15th Regiment Iowa Infantry. Appointed second lieutenant to the 10th Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent, he served as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General J.R. Hawkins of the 3rd Brigade, First Division, ...

Hawkins, J. R.

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Thomas, William H.

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Brigade quartermaster with the Illinois Mounted Volunteers under General Joseph Duncan during the Black Hawk War. From the description of Quartermaster's book, April-May 1832. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49931078 William H. Thomas was a blast furnace engineer. Along with Myron Sharp, Thomas gathered information and took photographs of the existing blast furnaces in western Pennsylvania. From the description of Ppaers c1924-1970 bul...

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 ...