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*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons ("Amnesty Papers").'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1003. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1976. (Family History Library {{FHL|573048|title-id|disp=films 1578739–50}} for Alabama.) Film 1578739 has a name index. These handwritten applications from 1865 to 1867 contain names of persons applying for pardon, the county of residence, date of application, a list of property owned and its value, and often their age and occupation. Sometimes the applications include their state of birth and whether they were married ( spouse’s name not given). A few African-Americans in Alabama took this loyalty oath. The Alabama pardon applications are in alphabetical order. | *United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons ("Amnesty Papers").'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1003. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1976. (Family History Library {{FHL|573048|title-id|disp=films 1578739–50}} for Alabama.) Film 1578739 has a name index. These handwritten applications from 1865 to 1867 contain names of persons applying for pardon, the county of residence, date of application, a list of property owned and its value, and often their age and occupation. Sometimes the applications include their state of birth and whether they were married ( spouse’s name not given). A few African-Americans in Alabama took this loyalty oath. The Alabama pardon applications are in alphabetical order. | ||
Some of these records have been published and are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- MILITARY RECORDS | A published list of pardons is available online: | ||
*''Pardons by the President: Final Report of the Names of Persons Who Lived in Alabama, Virginia, West Virginia, or Georgia, were Engaged in Rebellion and Pardoned by the President, Andrew Johnson.'' Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1986. Digital version at {{FSbook|78986}} - free. | |||
Some of these records have been published and are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: ALABAMA, [COUNTY]- MILITARY RECORDS | |||
==== Histories of Alabama Military Units ==== | ==== Histories of Alabama Military Units ==== | ||