Store for Freedmen in Beaufort, South Carolina

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Description

Union troops successfully occupied the area around Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1862. Even though the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, or Freedman’s Bureau, was not created until March 3, 1865, Union victories along the coast offered newly freed slaves support from the Federal Government. This photograph, taken by Sam A. Cooley on December 18, 1864, shows a store for freedmen in Beaufort.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.

National Archives Identifier: 593457

Full Citation: 165-C-393; Photograph of Store for Freedmen in Beaufort, South Carolina; 12/18/1864; 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs, ca. 1875–1941; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/store-for-freedmen-in-beaufort-south-carolina/, March 6, 2026]

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