The Civil War
The documents in this collection illustrate the important
role African Americans played during the war and stories vital to understanding American history.
Sample Black History records during the Civil War
"Negro" laborers
Christian A Fleetwood,
Medal of Honor recipient
Slaves owned by
Hardy Park ran away
William H Carney, first
black to earn Medal of Honor
Civil War Era Titles
- Southern Claims Commission
- Civil War Union Records
- Colored Troops
- Civil War Confederate Records
- Brady Civil War Photos
- Suppression of Slave Trade and Colonization (1854-72)
- Navy Survivors' Certificates
- 1860 US Federal Census
- Civil War Pensions Index, to 1900
- Confederate Amnesty Papers
- Confederate Citizens File