Finding Aid for the Thomas A. Walker Letter, 1864 May 2
MS-3106University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Collection processed by: Will Dewey, July 3, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Will Dewey, July 3, 2007
Encoded by: Will Dewey, July 3, 2007
Summary Information
Thomas A. Walker Letter
Date/Date Range : 1864 May 2
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection houses one letter from Captain Thomas A. Walker, superintendent of the Memphis branch of the Freedman's Bureau, to Captain C.H.H. Clark. Walker answers an accusation that black troops in his district have been engaging in "brutality and robbery" , giving evidence of their innocence.
MS-3106
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
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[Identification of Item], Thomas A. Walker Letter, MS-3106. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single oversize folder.
Biography / History
Thomas A. Walker was a captain in the United States Colored Infantry, 63rd Regiment. He was superintendent of the West Tennessee branch of the Freedmen's Bureau, an organization that aided freed slaves during and after the Civil War.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection houses one letter from Captain Thomas A. Walker, superintendent of the Memphis branch of the Freedman's Bureau, to Captain C.H.H. Clark. Walker answers an accusation that black troops in his district have been engaging in "brutality and robbery" , giving evidence of their innocence.
Subject Terms
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
Contents List
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Thomas A. Walker Letter, 1864 May 2 Scope Note: Transcription of Letter:
Office Supt. Freedmen West Tenn.
Memphis 2nd May 1864
Capt. C.H.H. Clark
Act. Asst. Adj. Gen.
Captain,
I have the honor to state as a preface to my investigation of the case of alleged brutality and robbery by colored troops, that are of the two companies connected with my departments, is on President Island, and that it is so improbable that they could have participated in this outrage, owing to their peculiar education, that I did not think it necessary to institute a search in that camp--If however no clue can be had to the perpetrators, and it is thought necessary I can do so yet, at any time
The company at Camp (?) I have examined, and find no men answering to that of the parties said to have implicated; neither could I find in the houses of the soldiers any property that could possibly be identical with that mentioned in the last recd from the detective.
As many of the families of soldier from the regiments in and around the city are in the camp last named--it is not improbable that the stolen goods may be searched in the camp
I am Captain
Very respectfully
Your obd serv
T. W. Walker
Capt 63d USI cols
Supt. Freedman
West Ten.
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