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More on Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial
A bit more background about a recent article I published on a civil rights action—in 1864 Alexandria, Virginia.
Point Lookout, Maryland: A Confederate POW Camp, a Union Fort, and a Place to Fish
Point Lookout's location marked it for many things during the Civil War, including a large Confederate POW camp.
Finding Descendants from Alexandria's Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery
Char McCargo Bah explained how she found descendants from among more than 1,750 people buried in Alexandria's Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery--who can now celebrate their ancestors, many of whom escaped slavery.
Cemeteries in Old Alexandria
Last night's episode of Mercy Street included a poignant scene in which the Green and Fairfax families attempted to bury Tom Fairfax. No matter one's sympathies, seeing a funeral disrupted at gunpoint was not pleasant.