The single volume of circulars and orders received, September 1865–April 1867 (210), is arranged in subseries according to organization of issuance (Assistant Commissioner Howard, Dept. of VA., 5th District), and thereunder in general chronological order.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.66.6
The three volumes of circulars and orders received, September 1865–June 1866 and March–November 1867, 1 (363), 2 (364), and 3 (365), are arranged chronologically.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.70.5
The two volumes of circulars and orders received, July 1865–December 1868, 1 (338) and 2 (339), are arranged chronologically. The volumes contain mostly orders and circulars from the Office of the Assistant Commissioner at Richmond.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.69.8
The single volume of circulars issued, July 1867–April 1868 (215), is arranged in two subseries titled "Circulars" and "Circular Letters" and thereunder chronologically. The volume also contains reports sent (July 1867–October 1868).
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.36.6
A satirical illustrated card about the Civil Rights Act of 1866, titled "Civil Rights! Miscegenation Allowed by Congress, Despite the Veto of the President". The illustration shows a white bride and a caricatured Black groom appearing before a minister.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.26.39
A metal Union belt buckle. The metal buckle is oval shaped with the raised lettering on the front that reads [US]. There are three hooks on the back. Any backmarks that may have existed were worn away by the elements.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.92.4
One half of a U.S. Military issued tent owned by G.T. Garrison. The tent is a flat, nearly square piece of cotton cloth. Along the two sides and the upper edge there are button holes, above each of these notches are white circular bone buttons sewn to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.115.2
This preprinted and handwritten form records the successful claim against the Confederate state of South Carolina for the death of an impressed enslaved man named Dick from dysentery on October, 26, 1862. Samuel Jordan, who enslaved Dick, was rewarded…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.9
