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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06704 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Charles Sumner to unknown re: President Johnson and black suffrage, Johnston's surrender |
| Date | 2 May 1865 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Apparently written to an unknown governor. "President Johnson means to do right on the great question of Negro suffrage." Discusses Johnston's surrender. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Surrender Union Forces Reconstruction President African American History Suffrage US Constitutional Amendment American Statesmen |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Place written | Washington |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; African Americans; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |