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The 30th Anniversary of Glory, Celebrated by the 54th Mass, Co. B
On July 21, 2019, in solidarity with my fellow members of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Company B, I attended the 30th Anniversary showing of the movie Glory. Although several of the 54th were in Bowie, Maryland, I attended the … Continue reading
From Spotsylvania’s Eastern Front
155 years ago this evening, Ulysses S. Grant began his withdrawal from Spotsylvania Court House, swinging once more around Lee’s right flank, moving south. To recap the anniversary of the two-week battle, I want to share a project I did … Continue reading
Posted in Battles
Tagged 23rd USCT, Battle of the Ni, Central Virginia Battlefield Trust, CVBT, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Gordon Rhea, Gouverneur K. Warren, Robert E. Lee, Robert Spear, Stevenson Ridge, The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Thomas Rosser, Ulysses S. Grant
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War Comes to St. George’s (part one)
(part one of a series) Last August, I had the honor of giving a lecture at my church, St. George’s Episcopal Church, about its history during the Civil War. Several living historians, members of Women of the Civil War, the … Continue reading
Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part four)
part four of five During some of these visits to the city with my mother, I would stop at my Aunt Hattie’s house and she would always have food for us, until she got too old to cook the way … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Civilian, National Park Service, USCT
Tagged 23rd USCT, 30th USCT, 54th Massachusetts, Alrich Farm, Chancellorsville, CVC, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Hashmel Turner, Innis House, John Cummings, John J. Wright Museum, Martha Innis, Noel Harrison, Steward Henderson, Steward-Henderson-Fredericksburg-Series, Thomas Rosser, Trail to Freedom, USCT
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Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part two)
part two of five In Washington, D.C., I could go almost anywhere without too many problems with racism. However, whenever we were going south to Fredericksburg, my brothers and sisters and I were told to be on our best behavior. … Continue reading
Posted in Slavery
Tagged 23rd USCT, Carl's Ice Cream, Chancellorsville battlefield, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Hashmel Turner, John Washington, Marye's Heights, race, racism, segregation, Shiloh Baptist Church New Site, Shiloh Old Site, Steward Henderson, Steward-Henderson-Fredericksburg-Series, Trail to Freedom
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Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part one)
part one of five I have spent my entire retirement working at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields National Military Park. As a young kid standing on Marye’s Heights in 1958, fascinated by the battlefield and the view from high … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, National Park Service, Slavery, USCT
Tagged 23rd USCT, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, John Hennessy, National Park Service, slave auction block, slavery, Steward Henderson, Steward-Henderson-Fredericksburg-Series, USCT
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Black Confederates: Laborers or Soldiers? (part two)
part two of a series In 2010, I went to the Virginia Civil War 150 Signature Conference at Norfolk State University. This Conference was entitled, “Race, Slavery and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff of American History and Memory.” One … Continue reading
Sign of the Times–150 years later
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Monuments, USCT
Tagged 23rd USCT, Spotsylvania Court House, Thomas Rosser
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Catching Up on our 150th Anniversary Coverage
We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our readers for following along with our 150th anniversary coverage. Over the last two weeks we have published a large number of posts, to make it easier on our readers, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Emerging Civil War
Tagged 23rd USCT, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of New Market, Battle of Resaca, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Wilderness, Bloody Angle, Emory Upton, James Longstreet, JEB Stuart, Laurel Hill, Mule Shoe, Resaca, Robert E. Lee, Saunders Field, Ulysses S. Grant, Widow Tapp Field
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The 23rd USCT at Spotsylvania
At the beginning of the Overland Campaign, the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops was an infantry regiment in the 4th Division of the independent IX Army Corps. This regiment became the first black regiment to fight in directed combat … Continue reading
