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    Manuscript Collections Farrar, B.G.
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    Farrar, B.G. Papers, 1863-1870 (bulk: 1863-1865). 13 items. Location: Misc:F. Brevet Brigadier General Bernard G. Farrar, Colonel of the 6th U.S. Colored Artillery (Heavy). Letters, orders, and affadavits relate to recruiting African-American soldiers, anticipated attacks, and plundering of plantations in the Natchez and Vidalia area. An 1870 letter to Farrar from J.W. Alfvord, General Superintendent of Education, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands relates to the education of the freedmen. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4764.
    Manuscript Topic
    Natchez, Mississippi
    Civil War
    Education
    African Americans
    Record Type
    Manuscript Collections
    Year
    1863
    Page URL: https://lib.lsu.edu/special/manuscripts/guides/farrar-bg
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