Marriage of a Colored Soldier at Vicksburg By Chaplain Warren of the Freedmen's Bureau

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Content type
Content type
Image
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Encyclopedia Virginia
Title
Title
Title
Marriage of a Colored Soldier at Vicksburg By Chaplain Warren of the Freedmen's Bureau
Resource Type
Resource Type
Image
Description
Description
In this wood engraving, published on June 30, 1866, in Harpers Weekly, Chaplain Joseph Warren, superintendent of education under the Freedmens Bureau in Mississippi, marries an African American couple in Vicksburg. The original drawing was made by the artist Alfred R. Waud.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
evr4414
Persons
Persons
Alfred R. Waud, artist: Creator (cre)
Genre
Genre
Prints/Drawings
Wood engraving
Subject
Subject
Harper's weekly
cartoons
newspaper cartoons
political cartoons
Freedmen's Bureau
Civil War soldiers
U.S. colored troops
Vicksburg
Reconstruction
African American weddings
freedmen
Origin Information
Origin Information
Publisher
Library of Virginia
Note
Note
Note Type
date/sequential designation
Note
June 30, 1866
Note Type
creation/production credits
Note
Library of Virginia
URL
URL
http://www.lva.virginia.gov
Restriction on Access
Restriction on Access
Restricted
Language
English
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Marriage of a Colored Soldier at Vicksburg By Chaplain Warren of the Freedmen's Bureau
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