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Address of the loyal Virginians to their friends in the North
Freedmen’s Bureau Acts of 1865 and 1866
The Negro Riot at Alexandria. January 1, 1866.

The cause of the riot is unclear. Nevertheless, it had strategic effectiveness that allowed the Radical Republicans to argue against Southern…

The Late Convention of Colored Men; Address to the Loyal Citizens of the United States and To Congress.” The New York Times. August 13, 1865.

Freedmen in Alexandria, VA published an article in the New York Times advocating for suffrage.

The Freedmen's Convention from The New Era (Fredericksburg, Virginia). August 18, 1865.
The Debates and proceedings of the Constitutional convention of the state of Virginia,
assembled at the city of Richmond, tuesday, December 3, 1867: beign a full and complete report of the debates and proceedings of the convention, together with the reconstruction acts of Congress and those supplementary thereto, the order of the commander of the First military district assembling the convention, and the new constitution.
Official: W. H. Samuel, phonographic reporter

An account of the Virginia Constitutional Convention along with records of Virginia as the first military district.

“The Appeal” from Proceedings of the Convention of the Colored People of VA., Held in the City of Alexandria.”

Freedmen in Alexandria advocated for their right to vote and that suffrage and intervention by the Federal government are necessary to guarantee…

A narrative of the leading incidents of the organization of the first popular movement in Virginia in 1865 to re-establish peaceful relations between the northern and southern states, and the subsequent efforts of the "Committee of Nine," in 1869, to secure the restoration of Virginia to the Union

The typed account of the events leading up to the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in Virginia, the Committee of Nine, and the end of Virginia…

February 7, 1866, Congressional Globe. Pages 702-708.

This debate between Republican moderates and Radical reinforced that everyone is protected under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Forty-Six Years in the Army.

John M. Schofield's memoir of his time in the army, including his tenure as general of the First Military District of Virginia after the Civil War.

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