21286602https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21286602North CarolinaWakeCounty1866Superior3101866Superiorgranted013North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaReturning home following Lee's surrender after fighting for four years in the Confederate Army, John H. Green discovered that his wife had had an affair with Jesse Hopson, a black man. In the summer of 1865, she gave birth to "a negro girl child." Green seeks a divorce.AdulteryDivorceCivil War, impact ofInterracial relationshipsIllegitimacy Veterans