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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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Saving History Saturday: New Historic Marker To Be Unveiled at Franklin Battlefield
The following article is an original press release from Williamson County Chamber on August 26, 2021 FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Battle of Franklin Trust will unveil an historic marker sponsored by the American Battlefield Trust recognizing the enslaved at Rippavilla … Continue reading
Finding Miss Susie
If studying history has taught me anything, it’s that everything is connected. Places, people, and events that shaped the nation did not occur in a vacuum. The soldiers and civilians we read about did not exist in just one place … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Reconstruction, Slavery, USCT
Tagged African American Memoirs, Beaufort South Carolina, Camp Saxton, Civil War Connections, Emancipation Proclamation, Green-Meldrim Mansion, Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, Rufus Saxton, Savannah Georgia, Sherman's Headquarters, Susie King Taylor, William Sherman
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Echoes of Reconstruction: The USCT Continued to Serve After the War Was Over
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog July 18 was the 158th Anniversary of the assault of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on Battery Wagner near Charleston. The assault was the most famous single military … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, 22nd USCT, 27th USCT, 54th Massachusetts, 56th USCT, 60th USCT, Camp Chase, Camp William Penn, Charles Bentzoni, freedmen's bureau, Glory, Godfrey Weitzel, Grand Review, Helena Arkansas, Henry Sweeney, Iowa, Milton Howard, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Blog, Rock Island Arsenal
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Dying Far From Home: Pvt. Thomas Young, Co. A, 5th USCI
ECW is pleased to welcome back Tim Talbott African Americans in mid-nineteenth century America experienced the road to freedom differently. Some found the course short and straight. They claimed personal liberty as a right of birth by place or circumstance. … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Personalities, USCT
Tagged 127th Ohio, 5th USCT, Battle of New Market Heights Memorial and Education Association, BNMHMEA, Dimmock Line, Edward Hinks, New Market Heights, Petersburg, Pvt. Thomas Young, Tim Talbott, United States Colored Infantry, United States Colored Troops, USCI, USCT, XVIII Corps
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Untangling the Marmillions, Part 2
Read Part 1 HERE Naturally, with all these V.B.s, P.B.s, and E.B.s floating around, it makes research difficult, if not impossible to deduct who is who. For instance, a “V.B. Marmillion” was listed along with many other planters in St. … Continue reading
New Sign Highlights Black History in Winchester
Adapted from a news release… During Winchester’s Juneteenth weekend a new Civil War Trails sign was unveiled at 15 North Cameron Street, on the ground of City Hall. The sign enables visitors to stand in the footsteps of the 19th … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Trails, USCT
Tagged black history, Civil War Trails, USCT, Virginia Civil War Trails, Winchester
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Echoes of Reconstruction: An Immigrant Defender of Black Freedom
ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and no American military conflict was more impacted by immigrants than the American Civil War. Roughly a quarter of the United States forces … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Holidays, Reconstruction, USCT
Tagged 32nd USCT, 74th New York, E. Phillip Jacobson, Excelsior Brigade, Felix Brannigan, Francis Lieber, Germans, Immigrant Heritage Month, immigrants, irish, Patrick Young, Reconstruction, Reconstruction Era Blog, USCT, William T. Sherman
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ECW on C-SPAN 3: Jon Tracey on John Rankin
C-SPAN 3’s coverage of ECW’s recent virtual symposium continues this weekend with the premier of a talk by one of our newest talents, Jon Tracey. Jon presents a talk on John Rankin, based on his talk “John Rankin, Bravery, and … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Common Soldier, USCT
Tagged American History TV, C-SPAN 3, John Rankin, Jon Tracey, Steward Henderson
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