Record #:

12054

Author(s):

Perry, Al

Abstract:

During the lean, bitter years after the Civil War, many North Carolinians loyal to the Union cause filed claims with the United States Congress for damages. The three man board-of-commissioners set up to process the flood of damage claims from the South consisted of men from Vermont, New York, and Iowa. Of the 22,000 claims totaling $60 million, payments reached only $4 million dollars.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 29 Issue 5, Aug 1961, p7, 11, il

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina