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This collection includes historic documents related to the Civil War era. Navigate to different document categories by clicking on the category menu options below. To view a PDF of a document, click on the “View PDF” link for the document of interest.

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Reconstruction

Parole of Henry Kyd Douglas, April 10, 1865, Appomattox Court House (Antietam National Battlefield)

Reconstruction

Parole of Henry Kyd Douglas

April 10, 1865 (Antietam National Battlefield)

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Oath of Allegiance, to be administered to every voter, and Questions for the use of Judges of Election in Maryland (Courtesy of Chris Haugh)

Reconstruction

Oath of Allegiance

Printed March 19, 1861. (Perkins Library, Duke University)

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The Oath of Allegiance signed by former Confederate soldier J. W. Downey on June 19, 1865 (ancestry.com)

Reconstruction

Oath of Allegiance Signed by J. W. Downey

June 19, 1865 (ancestry.com)

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Freedmen’s Bureau “Teacher’s Monthly School Report,” Tolson’s Chapel, Sharpsburg, Maryland (National Archives)

Reconstruction

Freedmen's Bureau "Teacher's Monthly School Report"

1868 (National Archives)

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