I've often found Everton's little daily to have some good information in
it. Has anyone used this particular index to look up any of OUR folks?
I'll be looking for this index film next time I visit the Nat. Archives,
if they hold them in Seattle (Sand Point).
Valorie
EVERTON'S FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE
Monday, 29 May 2000
This Day in History: 29 May 1865
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, President Andrew Johnson
moved quickly to heal some of the wounds by proclaiming a general
amnesty to those who supported the Southern cause in a decree dated
29 May 1865.
Johnson's proclamation wasn't the end of the matter. Rather, it was
just the beginning. High-ranking officials of the Confederacy and its
military forces were excluded from the general amnesty, and even the
people who were included were required to petition for presidential
pardon.
The records of these amnesty petitions can be valuable for family
historians because of the biographical and genealogical data they
include. Fortunately, many of the earliest applications have been
preserved by the U.S. National Archives, and are available on
microfilm. Happily, the National Archives staff has included an index
to the names appearing on this microfilm record.
Resources:
Case Files of Applications From Former Confederates for
Presidential Pardons ("Amnesty Papers"), 1865-1867
National Archives microfilm publication M1003.
U.S. National Archives
http://www.nara.gov
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