CIVIL
WAR HISTORY RELATING TO LOYAL CITIZENS
(UNIONISTS)
LIVING IN THE SOUTH
VRA
plans recovering
and publishing (seven projected
volumes) 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 both at the hands
of 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 seven large volumes, the first published
in the fall of 2003, the second in the fall
of 2004 and the third published in
the fall of 2005.
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