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Commander of a Black refugee camp in Washington, D.C., refuses to assign Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta to duty
James J. Ferree refuses to assign Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta to duty at camp in Washington D.C. as required in Special Order 109.
Charges brought against the commander of a white Maryland regiment for interfering with Black enlistment
Service record of Col. James Wallace, 1st E.S. Md. Vol. Inf., containing a witness statement by Col. William Birney regarding the interference by Wallace of Black recruitment in Maryland, who wrote that Wallace termed Black enlistment "'stealing' and…
Case of white women hissing at Black troops in Baltimore
"Lt. Col. John Woolley (prov. Mar.) to Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace (com. Middle dept) reporting that some ladies were hissing at the passing of colored troops on Exeter Street. They endeavored to make a dog bark at the troops to "show further their…
Black war widow Liomia Potter writes to the Adjutant General of the Army for information about her husband
Liomia Potter to L. Thomas, from Baltimore 11 Nov 1864 stating that she has not heard from her husband in months who is in 4th USCT. Adds that she and others "are all poor women from the Eastern Shore of Md just out of slavery."
Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes to Senator Henry Wilson regarding his low pay as a Black soldier despite holding the rank of major
Dr. Alexander T. Augusta to Sec. of War--Surgeon Alexander T. Augusta was in the army nearly one year until he was transferred to Baltimore, MD. At his new post the paymaster insisted that he was to get $7 month, just as all Black troops do. He wrote…
Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes about the discrimination his wife endured on the train from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.
A.T. Augusta (surgeon, 7th USCT) to Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace (cmdg Middle Department & 8th Army Corps) alleging that the Baltimore & Ohio R.R. charges Black passengers the same fare yet forces them into the front car of the train, which is filled with…
Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta reports on his ejection from a segregated streetcar in Washington D.C.
Surgeon Alexander Augusta describes his ejection from a streetcar for being Black. "I attempted to enter the car, and he pulled me out and ejected me from the platform. The consequence was I had to walk the whole distance through rain and mud, and…
Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta passes the Army medical exam against the wishes of white board members
Series of letters regarding Alexander Augusta's desire to serve as a Surgeon in what would become the 7th USCI. Augusta initially writes Lincoln and Stanton requesting an appointment from Toronto and eventually travels to D.C. to sit for the…
Black residents of Baltimore petition for redress after they are prevented from renting a concert hall to host a lecture by Frederick Douglass
B.R. Hawley to Edwin M. Stanton (sec of war) writing that Black residents of Baltimore have been unable to rent either the Maryland Institute Hall or the Templers Hall for a lecture meeting at which the announced speaker was Frederick Douglass. The…
Black pastors petition the Secretary of War to partner with the A.M.E. Church
A.W. Wayman, D.A. Payne, John M. Brown, M.F. Stuby, & James Lynch to Edwin Stanton responding to Stanton's order authorizing the Methodist Episcopal Church to oversee all Southern Methodist Churches. Wayman et al. inform Stanton of the existence of…