If you are referring to the Cohabitation Registers, many of the known copies for Virginia are at the Library of Virginia and available digitally here:



http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/HG619EQUCL1DS9THXG3USTCFRUEM2EG6N6KSTIRQK5LP3QFAVF-02167?func=collections-result&collection_id=1522&_ga=2%2E172024739%2E1483855221%2E1498746012-1520557320%2E1441310711&pds_handle=GUEST



This "Out of the Box" blog post gives a bit more background on these documents:



http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/12/09/cohabitation-registers-added-to-digital-collection/



Gregg Kimball



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For post-war marriages, check with Freedmen's Bureau records, available through the National Archives. The Bureau made it its business to validate pre-existing unions, and ratified and recorded new marriages as well.



Gene Betit





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