Contrabands and Freedmen’s Cemetery Memorial Design Competition 2008 The following list is taken from the book Alexandria, Virginia Death Records, 1863-1868 (The Gladwin Record) and 1869-1896 by Wesley E. Pippenger and published by Willow Bend Books of Westminster, Maryland. It is reproduced here with their very generous permission. Discovered by Wes Pippenger at the Library of Virginia, this document is generally referred to as the Gladwin Record. While certainly begun in March 1863 by Superintendent of Contrabands Rev. Albert Gladwin, the record continued to be maintained by his successors and by the local offi ce of the Freedmen’s Bureau until January 1869. Entries include name; date of the report of death or burial (which roughly correspond to the death date); age; next of kin or person making the report; residence or place of death, or both (presumably, the locations were usually one and the same); and additional comments about burial or cause of death. Ideally, each entry would include all such data, but oft en some information was not supplied. Mr. Pippenger has reorganized the chronological list into alphabetical order. The published information has here been further edited. Mr. Pippenger faithfully transcribed personal names and place names verbatim. Here, however, originally misspelled street names have been corrected, and most abbreviations have been spelled out to assist those who may not be familiar with Alexandria. Several names and associated data have been added, based upon the information contained in an 1865 memorandum book probably kept by Capt. James Ferree and now contained in the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 105, Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry 3878. Minor edits of the entries relating to soldiers’ deaths at L’Ouverture Hospital have been informed by The Roll of Honor. Names of Soldiers, Victims of the Rebellion, Buried in the National Cemetery at Alexandria, Virginia (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1866) and by Edward A. Miller, Jr.’s article “Volunteers for Freedom: Black Civil War Soldiers in Alexandria National Cemetery, Part II” in Historic Alexandria Quarterly, Winter 1998. The list commences in March 1863, nearly halfway through the Civil War. As a consequence, it does not include the deaths of all the “Contrabands” in Alexandria. At least 1,200 African Americans has perished in the immediate vicinity of Alexandria between the beginning of the war and the establishment of Freedmen’s Cemetery. Therefore, while it is not complete, the list contains entries for many individuals who died before the cemetery opened. Most of these were interred at Penny Hill, Alexandria’s public cemetery. The entries in bold are for individuals who were not, or almost certainly not, buried in Freedmen’s Cemetery. The entries in italics are soldiers who were fi rst buried in Freedmen’s Cemetery and re-interred in Alexandria National Cemetery. There are a couple of entries for soldiers which are marked by asterisks (*); these indicate soldiers who were buried in Freedmen’s Cemetery for which there is no known record of re-interment in Alexandria National Cemetery. They may yet lie in Freedmen’s Cemetery because of a bureaucratic error, or perhaps they are among the unknowns in the National Cemetery. Lett ers, words or numbers which are underlined indicate spellings which Mr. Pippenger considered questionable or representing possible mistakes, omissions, etc. ABBOTT, Laura, 27 SEP 1864, 10y, Princess St. bet. Pitt & Royal ADAMS, George, 5 JUL 1865 (bur. Jul. 6), 18y, L’Ouverture Hospital ADAMS, Jane, 10 APR 1865, 10y, L’Ouverture Hospital ADAMS, Mary Ellen, 21 JUL 1864, 1y6m ADAMS, Richard, 22 JUL 1865, 3y, north side Duke St. four or fi ve doors west of stone bridge ADAMS, Smith (pvt. Co. A 27th USCT), 26 MAY 1864, 30y, L’Ouverture Hospital ADDISON, Martha, 17 MAY 1864, 5m, Newtown ADDISON, Mina, 1 FEB 1864, 14y, on Washington St. nearly opposite “M.E. Church (col’d)” AGEE, Abraham Lincoln, infant, summer 1863 AGEE, Anna, 10 JUL 1864, 14d, North House ALEXANDER, Charlie, 2 JAN 1865, 7y, Washington Square ALEXANDER, Eliza, 30 MAY 1865, 22y, L’Ouverture Hospital ALEXANDER, Lucinda, bur. 23 JAN 1867, 10y, L’Ouverture Hospital ALFREDS, Willie, 29 JUN 1865, 7y, Washington Square ALLEN, Daphne, bur. 22 MAR 1868, 100y, Columbus St., no coffi n furnished ALLEN, Horace, 27 JUN 1865, 60y, cor. Columbia & Gibbon Sts. ALLEN, Sarah, 30 MAY 1865, 26y, L’Ouverture Hospital ALLSOP, Joseph (pvt. Co. A 30th USCT), 4 NOV 1864 (bur. Nov. 5), 30y, L’Ouverture Hospital AMBUSH, Katy, 29 SEP 1864, 4y, cor. Pitt & Gibbon Sts. AMOS, William, 17 JUN 1863, 18y, hospital cor. Washington & Wolfe Sts., funeral by Rev. E. Owen ANDERSON, Isaac, 27 AUG 1864, 20y, Quarter Master Hospital ANDERSON, Jackson (pvt. Co. D 27th USCT), 16 AUG 1864, 42y, L’Ouverture Hospital ANDERSON, Richard (pvt. Co. G 23rd USCT), 11 AUG 1864, 27y, L’Ouverture Hospital ANN, Minnie, 29 NOV 1865, 34y ANNIS, Infant, bur. 12 JUL 1866, 6 weeks, mother Fannie Annis, Cameron cor. West ANNISON, Jemmy [Jimmy?], 13 AUG 1865, 1y3m, Johnson Farm ANSEL, Joseph, 2 AUG 1865, 16y, L’Ouverture Hospital ARMISTEAD, Cecelia, bur. 5 FEB 1866, 112y, Mrs. C. Lamon, Duke St. bet. Columbus & Alfred, charges canceled ARMSTEAD, Hannah, bur. 5 FEB 1867, old, L’Ouverture Hospital ARMSTRONG, James (pvt. Co. C 28th Indiana Colored Infantry), 17 SEP 1864 (bur. Sep. 18), 35y, L’Ouverture Hospital ARMSTRONG, Lucy, 17 MAR 1864, 4y, Pitt St. ARMSTRONG, Peter, bur. 11 NOV 1866, 60y, Prince St. near railroad ARNOLD, John, bur. 21 JAN 1867, 55y, daughter Millie Arnold, Vinegar Hill, Franklin St. ARRINGTON, Infant, bur. 21 APR 1868, stillborn, mother Emma Arrington, Columbus St. ARRINGTON, Nancy, 27 APR 1866 (bur. April 27), 11y, Sickles Barracks ARRINGTON, Nancy, bur. 9 AUG 1868, 2y, mother Clara Cranklin, Petersburg near jail ARTIST, Moses (pvt. Co. D 27th USCT), 25 MAY 1864, 40y, L’Ouverture Hospital ASH, Harriet, 26 NOV 1864, 2y, Prince St. Barracks ASHBY, Lucy, bur. 28 FEB 1866, 2m, Alexander Ashby, south of Hunting Creek 1 mile, charges canceled ASHBY, Maria, 19 DEC 1865, Henry St. ASHBY, Mary, 26 JUN 1865, 1y6m, south Hunting Creek ASHBY, Thomas, bur. 16 JUN 1867, 70y, unknown, L’Ouverture Hospital ASHLEY, Mary, 19 DEC 1865 ATKINS, Infant, bur. 21 APR 1866, 1 week, mother Lizzie Atkins, Alfred St. AUSTIN, Alfred, bur. 3 SEP 1866, 35y, L’Ouverture Hospital AUSTIN, Daniel, 19 SEP 1864, 1y5m, Newtown BAGBY, Edith, 4 JAN 1865, 19y, near gas house BAGBY, Mary, 29 DEC 1864, 1d, near gas house BAILEY, Hiram, 28 DEC 1865 BAILEY, Hiram, 31 DEC 1865 (bur. Jan. 5, 1866), 24y, L’Ouverture Hospital, no charge, buried by Gov’t. BAILEY, Millie, bur. 12 JAN 1869, 80y, mother Amy Bailey, coal wharf BAILEY, Patrick, 7 SEP 1865, 1y6m, Grantville BAILEY, Sally, bur. 15 JAN 1867, infant, Patsy Bailey, Henry St. bet. King & Cameron BAILEY, Walker, 17 DEC 1864, 2y, cor. King & Henry Sts. BAILY, Hiram, 28 DEC 1865, 24y, L’Ouverture Hospital BAIRD, Jeff erson, 10 JUN 1865, 14y, L’Ouverture Hospital BAKER, Henry, bur. 17 JUL 1866, 1y, mother Lucy Baker, Petersburg near Princess St. BAKER, Henry Lewis, bur. 17 JUL 1866, 1y, Lucy Baker, Pitt St., Petersburg BAKER, Mitchell, 14 APR 1866 (bur. Apr. 16), 21y, L’Ouverture Hospital BALL, Ann, 19 SEP 1864, 1d, Grantville BALL, Martha, bur. 25 JUL 1866, 15m, mother Julia Ann Ball, St. Asaph St. near cott on factory BALLARD, Jeff erson (pvt. Co. I 36th USCT), 12 SEP 1864, 16y, L’Ouverture Hospital BALTIMORE, Infant, bur. 5 JUL 1868, stillborn, mother Betsy Baltimore, near Alexandria, Loudon & Hampshire R.R. Depot BALTIMORE, Maria (twin), 2 DEC 1864, 1d, Grantville BALTIMORE, Martha (twin), 2 DEC 1864, 1d, Grantville BALTIMORE, Moses, 27 DEC 1865, 3y, NW cor. Princess & Royal Sts. BALTIMORE, Thomas, 14 JUN 1865, 60y, L’Ouverture Hospital BANDIN, Lucy, bur. 18 AUG 1866, 8y, Charlott e Bandin, Wilkes St. near railroad BANKER, Edward, 13 AUG 1864, 4y, Grantville BANKHEAD, Infant, bur. 16 FEB 1866, 3m, father Dunmore Bankhead, Vinegar Hill, charges canceled BANKS, Amy, bur. 28 APR 1866, 3m, mother Emily Banks, Petersburg near old [jus.?] dept. BANKS, Charles Henry, 29 JUL 1864, 4y, cor. Fairfax & Prince BANKS, Cintha, 2 SEP 1865, Grantville on Princess St. east of Water BANKS, Cynthia, 2 SEP 1865, 6y, cor. Royal & Gibbon Sts. BANKS, Infant, bur. 15 FEB 1866, 5d, father Edward Banks, Princess north side bet. Pitt & Royal Sts., charges canceled BANKS, James, 26 SEP 1865, 51y BANKS, John, 5 SEP 1865, 40y, cor. Fairfax & Franklin Sts. BANKS, Mary Eliza, 4 JUL 1864, 1y3m, Grantville BANKS, two infants, bur. 8 FEB 1868, stillborn, mother Carrie Ann Banks, Washington St. near Freedmen’s Cemetery BANNON, Scott , 23 JUN 1863 BAPTIST, John, 1 MAR 1865, 40y, Quartermaster Hospital BARBER, James, 21 NOV 1865, 3m BARBER, Sally, 4 APR 1864, 2y, No. 8 Prince St. Barracks BARBOUR, George, bur. 28 JUL 1866, 5y, father George Barbour, Fairfax St. near Alexandria, Loudon & Hampshire depot BARBOUR, Robert, bur. 25 JUL 1866, 2y, father George Barbour, Fairfax St. near Alexandria, Loudon & Hampshire depot BARNBY, Maria, bur. 17 AUG 1867, 22y, unknown, L’Ouverture Hospital BARNES, Ann, 17 AUG 1864, 9y, Grantville BARNES, Charlott e, 1 NOV 1864, 14y, L’Ouverture Hospital BARNES, Emma, 27 APR 1865, 5y, Grantville BARNUM, Charles, 2 JUL 1865, 19y, L’Ouverture Hospital BARNUM, Corah, 18 JUN 1863 BATES, Infant, bur. 6 JUN 1866, stillborn, mother Mary Frances Bates, Payne St. bet. Cameron & King BATTEN, Child, bur. 16 APR 1866, 3y, mother Betsy Batt en, cor. Oronoco & Asaph Sts. BATTEN, Luella, bur. 22 JAN 1866, 12y, Betsey Batt en, Oronoco St.