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  • Contrabands is a term used in reference to enslaved men and women who escaped and sought refuge with the U.S. Army during the war. "Contrabands" followed Union troops as refugees, and some worked digging ditches, building fortifications, cooking, washing laundry, or sewing. Some enlisted in the U.S. Army. Historians estimate that by the war's end, approximately 500,000 enslaved people and freed people sought refuge behind Union lines.

Robert Henderson searching for his uncle Reuben Henderson

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William Love looking for his son Jackson (2 ads)

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Adline Curriton searching for her son Sampson Herz

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Ellen Dixon searching for her son John Dixon

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Rev. J. Preston Watson reunited with friend Thomas Gannon

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Britton Richardson seeking their son Isham Richardson

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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby

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Howard McDermott searching for his sisters Ellen Cooke and Eliza Cooke

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C. M. Moore seeking their brother-in-law Hart

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Ishmael Fikes searching for Matt and John Allen

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Washington Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart

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Wash. Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart

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Elizabeth James (formerly Elizabeth Torry) searching for her sister Esther Allen

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Mary O. Johnson searching for her father David Nelson

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E. W. Sanders seeking their siblings William, Henry, James, George, Jack, Jennie, Catherine, Willie, Elijah, and Robert Sanders

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Lucinda Vanslyke (formerly Lucinda Felterman) searching for her daughter Anna Felterman

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Ed Williams searching for his brothers Andrew and Washington Dabbs

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Rev. C. Monroe looking for his brother Oscar Jones

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Richard A. McVea searching for his brother Jim Aiken

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