Collection Guide

Oaths of Confederate Veterans Reinstated as U.S. Citizens

Date Range: 1865
2 items

Scope and Content:
Photostat of oath taken by Confederate Veterans to be reinstated as citizens of the U.S. Alabama and Tennessee (1865). The two Confederate documents are:
1. United States of America, District of West Tennessee. Oath of James K. Stephens, Madison, Tennessee. Attested by Abram S. Mitchell, Clerk, and John W. Gates, Deputy Clerk, July 15, 1865.
2. Office of Provost Marshal, Selma, Alabama, June 14, 1865. Oath by J.F. Conoby. Attested by S.C.A. Kener, Capt. 33rd Missouri Infantry, Provost Marshal.
These two Confederate papers show the various forms and wording of oaths of citizenship used by the different states during that period.

Citation: Oaths of Confederate Veterans Reinstated as U.S. Citizens, Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Source: Gift of Florida Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Fenton Davis Avant, Historian, Tallahassee, Florida.
Manuscript Number: MSS 0:76
Location: Box 141
 



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