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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03839 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | To the freedmen in the Department of the South |
| Date | 6 August 1863 |
| Author | Saxton, Rufus (1824-1908) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Circular declaring: "The President of the United States having appointed the 6th day of August, 1863, as a day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise for the glorious victories of our armies over the enemies of our country... Although you are still in the wilderness, your prospects for liberty were never brighter than now." Refers to the Emancipation Proclamation. |
| Subjects | Freemen African American History Slavery Confederate States of America Presidential Speeches and Proclamations President Government and Civics Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Liberty |
| People | Saxton, Rufus (1824-1908) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Beaufort, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Following the Civil War, General Saxton was the Freedman's Bureau Assistant Commissioner for the States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |