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Discovering the Decades 1860s Alexandria.

Important events in Alexandria, VA history during the 1860s.

Alexandria During the Civil War
The Journal of the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction.
The Political History of the United States During the Period of Reconstruction.

This is a record of Congress such as voting on the Thirteenth through Fifteenth amendments.

The Negro in the Reconstruction of Virginia
“Telegraph News: Special Dispatch To The Gazette From Washington: The Inauguration—President Grant’s Address—Vice President Colfax’s Speech.” Alexandria Gazette March 4, 1869.

The address by President Grant and Vice President Colfax on Freedmen suffrage.

The Alexandria Gazette, November 26, 1869.

The Alexandria Gazette depicted the Radical Convention of 1869 in Richmond.

Alexandria Gazette March 7, 1867.

The Alexandria Gazette and citizens recognize that Freedmen openly voted in the March 5, 1867 election.

Chronicling America March 9, 1867. Alexandria Gazette. Image 3.

This is an account of a meeting of the Republican Union Association of Alexandria after the March 5th election where Freedmen voted.

Alexandria Gazette March 1, 1867

An Alexandrian named Justitia voiced their support for the re-election of Alexandria Mayor Hugh Latham. He was subsequently reelected on the March 5th…

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