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CIVIL WAR HISTORY RELATING TO LOYAL CITIZENS (UNIONISTS)
LIVING IN THE SOUTH

Valley Research Associates are recovering and publishing the claims made against the Federal Government by loyal citizens (Unionists) of the Shenandoah Valley against the Government for losses incurred while Union troops were camped on and around their farms: These Unionists lived in the South and suffered at the hands of both the Union Armies as well as their antagonistic neighbors who hated them for not supporting the Confederate Cause.  The true extent and influence of the Unionists in the South has not been fully examined by historians.  There were many thousands of them.  Over twenty thousand submitted claims to the Federal Government.  
These records in the National Archives contain valuable historical and genealogical information most of which has never before been made public or seen the light of day.  It is estimated that the material for Rockingham County alone will require the publication of six large volumes; the first was published in the fall of 2003, the second in the fall of 2004, the third in the fall of 2005, the fourth in the fall of 2007 and the fifth is expected to be published in 2008.

              


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Unionists and the Civil War Experience
In the Shenandoah Valley


These books begin to mine the rich social history pertaining to the Civil War. Here you will meet some of the devout, frugal and industrious folk who nurtured the agricultural bounty of the Valley only to see the fruit of this labor confiscated in random acts of violence and injustice during the war.

Of particular interest are the families of Brethren and Mennonite descent, as well as families of the Methodist Episcopal and German Reformed Churches. Within these attractively bound hardcover volumes you will find stories of war-engendered suffering, loss of life and property, miscarriages of justice and struggles of conscience.

Books compiled and edited by Norman Wenger, Dave Rodes, and Emmert Bittinger

 

 

Valley Brethren Mennonite Heritage Center

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