The following is a selected list of collections from Record Group 366 Record of Civil War Special Agents of the Treasury Department and Record Group 217 Depart of the Treasury Records. Relief associations like the American Missionary Association and the Western Sanitary Commission assisted in these relief efforts. Contraband Camps were established and many worked in support Union forces, and after the Emancipation Proclamation, enlisted in the United States Colored Troops and after 1863 worked on abandoned plantations managed by treasury agents. As more came within Union lines, army commanders appointed Superintendents of Freedmen, in Louisiana, Mississippi Valley, Virginia, etc.to manage the relief efforts. Once inside the Catalog, click on the "Search Within This Series".Ĭivil War - Pre- Freedmen's Bureau Operations 1861 -1865 ĭuring the Civil War when Union forces moved South, many enslave African-Americans left their farms and plantations for the nearest Union Army camp. They can be accessed by clicking on the National Archives identifier in the Record Description. This collection contains searchable content in the NARA Catalog.
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