Carpetbag

Accession number: 1967.9

This carpetbag was left by a northern visitor in the King and Queen County home of John Garland about 1866. The term "Carpetbaggers" was often used to refer to northern Republicans who traveled south after the end of the Civil War with the intent of reforming the newly reunited states.

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