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Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery : the African American history of America's most hallowed ground /

From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Murphy, Ric (Author), Stephens, Timothy J., 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Subjects:
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) > History.
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) > History.
National cemeteries > Virginia > Arlington > History.
Freedman's Village (Arlington County, Va.) > History.
African Americans > Virginia > Arlington County > History > 19th century.
Freedmen > Virginia > Arlington County > History > 19th century.
Arlington County (Va.) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The Men Who Shaped Arlington
  • A City under Siege
  • Arlington plantation
  • enslavement at Arlington
  • Civil War
  • Washington's Contraband
  • health and Medical Care
  • Freedman's Village
  • National Cemeteries
  • United States Colored Troops
  • The Contraband Cemetery
  • The Forgotten Union blue
  • eviction
  • Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Retribution.