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Dying Far From Home: Pvt. Edward Williams, Co. C, 6th USCI
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott, director of education and interpretation at Pamplin Historical Park During the Civil War, soldiers sometimes attempted to describe the nature of combat to friends and loved ones unfamiliar with warfare. In the … Continue reading
Posted in USCT
Tagged 6th USCT, Army of the James, Battle of New Market Heights Memorial and Education Association, Ben Butler, Camp William Penn, City Point, Deep Bottom, Dutch Gap, First Battle of Petersburg, Fort Monroe, Hampton National Cemetery, New Market Heights, Petersburg, Quincy Gilmore, Rev. Jeremiah Asher, Tim Talbott, United States Colored Infantry, United States Colored Troops, XVIII Corps
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TONIGHT: Steward Henderson on the USCT
Don’t forget, tonight at 7:00 p.m., the ECW YouTube page will feature a special premier of a talk by Steward Henderson about the USCT in the Civil War. At the ECW Virtual Symposium last spring, Steward shared the story of … Continue reading
Steward Henderson on the U.S.C.T.
We have a special treat for you coming up this Friday evening on the ECW YouTube page: Steward Henderson will be talking about the United States Colored Troops and some of the work he’s done—along with many other dedicated folks—to … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Symposium, USCT
Tagged Steward Henderson, USCT, virtual symposium 2021
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Western Swing: Day 05
For day five of our video swing of western battlefields with the American Battlefield Trust, we skipped ahead to 1864. This was an exciting opportunity for me to do some interpretation on some battlefields I’d never had the chance to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Preservation, USCT
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Battle of Franklin Trust, Brices Cross Roads, Brices Crossroads, Chris Mackowski, Eric Jacobson, Franklin, Garry Adelman, John Bell Hood, Kris White, Missed opportunity at Spring Hill, Parker Hills, Spring Hill, USCT, Western-Swing-2021
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Echoes of Reconstruction: Misusing the History of the Civil War Era in Drafting Alabama’s Constitution
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog Usually we think of the study of history as a good starting point for the drafting of new laws. This is especially true when a state adopts a … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 15th Amendment, Alabama, Alabama Constitutional Convention, Alabama state constitution, Columbia University, Dunning School, Echoes of the Reconstruction Era, Fifteenth Amendment, John Knox, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Redeemers, The Reconstruction Era Blog, United States Colored Troops, USCT, white supremacy, William A. Dunning
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Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction
One of the things I love most about the Civil War community is that books are such a major part of our overall culture. I love a good book, and love the fact that so many people around me love … Continue reading
Fallen, but Not Forgotten: Pvt. Emanuel Patterson, Co. D, 6th United States Colored Infantry
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott, director of education and interpretation at Pamplin Historical Park On October 10, 1858, Emanuel Patterson stood beside Elizabeth Perrill in the home of William Fox, justice of the peace for Aleppo Township, … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, USCT
Tagged 6th USCT, A Great Sacrifice, Battle of Petersburg, Capt. John McMurray, Col. Alonzo Draper, Col. Steven Duncan, Dimmock Line, Dutch Gap, Elizabeth Perrill, Emanuel Patterson, Gen. Edward Wild, Gen. Edwards Hinks, James G. Mendez, Tim Talbott, USCI, USCT, XVIII Corps
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Echoes of the Lost Cause: Autumn of the Lost Cause
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog The last month has been one of dislocation for those of us devoted to studying the Civil War and Reconstruction. Nathan Bedford Forrest was literally relocated, or at … Continue reading
Posted in Monuments, Reconstruction, Slavery, USCT
Tagged 54th Massachusetts, Alabama, American Battlefields Trust, Battle of Franklin Trust, Brown's Island, Emancipation Memorial, Franklin, John Knox, Lost Cause, Mary Bowser, Memphis, monument avenue, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Patrick Young, Reconstruction Blog, Richmond, Rippavilla, Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Slavery, USCT, William Carney
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Purge of the Second Louisiana Native Guards
Sometimes courage and leadership among military officers lies not in leading a battlefield charge, but challenging injustice directly. Such leadership occurred by the line officers of the Louisiana Native Guards, the largest concentration of African American military officers in the … Continue reading
From the Plantation to the Battlefield
“Journey of a slave from the plantation to the battlefield”
Posted in Slavery, USCT
Tagged enslaved, James Fuller Queen, Library of Congress, LOC, Slavery, United States Colored Troops, USCT
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