https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/24a2ffddf66c19d84586ef760a42cc57.pdf a794e9682ba9502f2ad6419bdaf42e0f https://fssp.artinterp2.org/files/original/12821688cd47584bc456e428583fc916.pdf b464889996276269c4c6fb7abbf0bd33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black Families in Civil War Maryland Description An account of the resource This collection documents the experiences of Black Maryland families during the Civil War. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Maryland Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource The Freedmen and Southern Society Project Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Maryland Black Drummer Boy to the Secretary of War Alexandria V.a. Feb 21st 1865 Sir I have the honor of writing you a few Lines To inform you that i want to apply for a furlough for i enlisted in December the 18th 1863 as a Drummer boy and now i am about 14 months from home and my mother has wrote for me several times for me to come home I have ask for a furlough 3 different times now and they have put me off by saying that i was nothing but a boy and did not need one so i thought i would write to a higher authority and see what they would do for me I has respects for my folks at the Age of 14 as well as those of the age of 20 years i will now be 14 years of age the 25th of December 1865 i think that i have a right to my furlough at the end of 12 months any how a native of M.D bred and born in St marys County Very respectfully Yours Reason Brown I belong to the 19th MD Co. D. U S Cold Vol Reason Brown to the secatry of war, 21 Feb. 1865, B-126 1865, Letters Received, ser. 360, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-119]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Black drummer boy Reason Brown petitions for furlough to visit his family in Maryland Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2/21/1865 Description An account of the resource Reason Brown to the Sec. of War Brown is a 14 yr old drummer boy. He has been in the army for 14 months, has applied 3 times for a furlough and cannot get one. He wants to visit family in MD-officers tell him he is too young to want to visit his family. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Alexandria, VA; St. Mary's County, MD Black soldiers bureaucracy children family military discrimination women