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Black mother Delia Fry writes to the Adjutant General of the Army for information about her son
Delia Fry to Thomas from Baltimore, 21 Oct 1864 stating that she has heard that her son Jesse Fry of 4th USCT has been killed and he was her only source of support.
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."
Sarah Parsons retrieves her daughters from her former enslaver with help from the military
Saml B Lawrence to Col. Wm H. Browne (AAPMG for MD & DE) directing him to send the deputy pro mar at Salsbury "to compel Joshua W Phillips, in Barren Creek District Somerset Co, to deliver to Sarah Parsons (colored) all her children now withheld from…
White Baltimore resident Sarah Alnutt petitions the military for help returning a Black child taken from her residence by family members
White Baltimore resident Sarah Alnutt to Gen. Lew Wallace asking for help returning Black child Dolly Parran, who was apparently taken from her residence by distant relations. Includes a letter from the Baltimore police, who investigated the…
Governor Bradford complains to Lincoln that Black Marylanders have been unjustly freed from jail by Black soldiers
A.W. Bradford to Lincoln complains that a troop of colored soldiers committed an outrage in Prince Georges County by freeing prisoners from the county jail. Bradford asks Lincoln to have those guilty of this outraged punished and orders issued to…
Free Black Woman Barbara Diggs petitions for the release of her children, who were bound out against her will
Statement of Barbara Diggs, a free woman of color, whose children "are slaves of Dr. Featherbridge of Talbot Co Md" he "claiming the right of binding them to him." File includes a massive number of enclosures, mostly dealing with apprenticeship 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…
Kitty Bowland claims her son was illegally arrested and forced into the Army
Statement of Mrs. Kitty Bowland that her son was arrested and then impressed into the army by the local justice of the peace.
Formerly enslaved Matilda Johnson petitions the Freedmen's Bureau for the return of her children and household goods, after which the agency waived her right to her children
Series of complaints around property rights and apprenticeship for Black residents of Anne Arundel County. Of special interest are the two complaints by Matilda Johnson relating to her children and household goods being held illegally by James Boyle.…
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…