Research Topic

Civil War

This topic appears in 32 indexed records between 1862 and 1932.
32 Indexed Records
1862 Earliest Record
1932 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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June 10, 2026

Milroy; Campaigning after Assault on Valley

MILROY.During the progress of the struggle which evenutated in the overthrow of the liberties of the South, and brought in its train, negro suffrage and all its attendant horrors, an indecent creature with the form of […]
June 10, 2026

Mortality Among Freedmen

The Richmond Enquirer says.“We are informed by physicians that the mortality among negroes is terrible, far exceeding the proportion that prevailed during the existence of slavery, and that the producing causes are filth, neglect and over […]
June 10, 2026

War Aftermath: As it was and as it is.

As it Was and as it Is.If anyone who was acquainted with Jefferson County in years that are gone, should now visit, he would think that the hands of the “Dial of Time” had been turned […]
June 10, 2026

Animosity Between Classes & Freedmen at Harpers Ferry

The Washington Star says: “We learn that the colored population at Harper’s Ferry now greatly outnumbers the white, and that considerable animosity exists between certain classes of the latter and the freedmen. A number of the […]
January 20, 2026

First Victim of John Brown Raid

Practically neglected and gradually merging into the characterless undulations of the Old Colored Cemetery in this city, is a grave that the colored people should especially honor. Over its apparently neglected surface they should raise some […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1860s 12 records
1900s 4 records
1880s 4 records
1910s 4 records
1890s 3 records
1870s 2 records