Restoring the Brotherhood of Union Confederate Pardon and Amnesty Records 18651877 2015 May

"Restoring the Brotherhood of Union: Confederate Pardon and Amnesty Records, 1865-1877"

Archives specialist John Deeben provides a brief legislative history of amnesty activity during and after the Civil War by examining the application process and resulting records of Presidential pardons and congressional amnesty offered to former Confederates.

TRANSCRIPT: You may request a rough draft transcript for this event. Please send your request to KYR@nara.gov.

HANDOUT: http://www.archives.gov/research/naturalization/411-confederate-amnesty-records.pdf

PRESENTATION SLIDES: http://www.archives.gov/calendar/know-your-records/handouts-presentations/deeben-confederate-pardons-and-amnesty-presentation.pdf

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