Southern Claims Commission

Willis Cole, the Battle of Bentonville, and the Southern Claims Commission, Part 2

by ECW Guest Post

Posted on January 16, 2025

The Southern Claims Commission

by Jon Tracey

Posted on November 22, 2024

“We Helped Them Escape Whenever We Could”: Southern Claims Commission Records Reveal a Free Black Petersburg Family’s Civil War Experience, Part II

by Tim Talbott

Posted on May 16, 2024

“We Helped Them Escape Whenever We Could”: Southern Claims Commission Records Reveal a Free Black Petersburg Family’s Civil War Experience, Part I

by Tim Talbott

Posted on May 16, 2024

James H. Foster: “I Wanted To Be Free”

by Sarah Kay Bierle

Posted on February 13, 2023