1864 – A New York soldier sarcastically describes life at Camp Wadsworth, which was a contraband holding encampment located in Fairfax, Virginia
Camp Wadsworth, Fairfax, Virginia: 1864. Unbound. During the early years of the Civil War, hordes of enslaved people from Northern Virginia escaped to the District of Columbia, becoming known as contraband. In order to provide a place these refuges could be cared for and controlled, D. B. Nichols, the Superintendent..... More