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Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part four)

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

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 →

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Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part two)

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

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 →

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Fredericksburg, My Favorite City in Virginia (part one)

Posted on August 11, 2016 by

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 →

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Black Confederates: Laborers or Soldiers? (part two)

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

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 →

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Sign of the Times–150 years later

Posted on May 18, 2014 by
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Catching Up on our 150th Anniversary Coverage

Posted on May 16, 2014 by

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 →

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The 23rd USCT at Spotsylvania

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

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 →

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My Life as a Black Civil War Living Historian—conclusion

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

final part in a series Going forward, I know that I have two more years of many events to go before the end of the Sesquicentennial. I have two main objectives that I want to accomplish:

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My Life as a Black Civil War Living Historian—part six

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

part six in a series As I continue in my tale, I must tell you what two moments that gave me the most pride and what event gave me the most excitement. At the first Gettysburg Remembrance Day programs that … Continue reading →

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My Life as a Black Civil War Living Historian—part five

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

part five in a series When Kevin and I joined the 54th Mass. Co. B, the 3rd USCT, and the 37th USCT in the 150th Anniversary of DC Emancipation Day on April 16, 2012, it was another very hot day!  … Continue reading →

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