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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05196 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | Lynchburg Virginian. [October 20, 1864] |
| Date | 20 October 1864 |
| Author | Button, Charles W. (fl. 1858-1877) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Content Description | Includes an article discussing the recruitment of African Americans for military service. States "We prefer to organize colored regiments now, while we have an abundance of the white element in the field to absorb the other, and to guard effectually against the danger which some people apprehend from arming and organizing the servile race." Contains articles pertaining to recent Civil War events. Mentions Generals John Mosby and William Tecumseh Sherman, among various others. Discusses the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces African American Troops African American History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Death Government and Civics Judiciary Supreme Court Sherman's March to the Sea |
| People | Button, Charles W. (fl. 1858-1877) Mosby, John Singleton (1833-1916) Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864) |
| Place written | Lynchburg, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |