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Freedom’s Forts
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Steve T. Phan “The Red-Legged Devils have returned” was the battle cry as elements of the modern Co. A, 5th New York Infantry, “Duryee’s Zouaves,” arrived to Fortress Monroe National Monument in 2018. … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities, Slavery
Tagged Benjamin Butler, contraband, Fortress Washington, living history, Steve T. Phan
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Slaves and Sailors in the Civil War
The enlistment of African Americans as soldiers in the United States Army during the Civil War is a well-examined topic, but less appreciated is the story of freedmen and former slaves as sailors in the navy. Wartime experiences of these … Continue reading
Posted in Navies, USCT
Tagged African American sailors, African American soldiers, Battle of Mobile Bay, black history, black history month, black-history-2018, Civil War Navy, contraband, freedmen, fugitive slaves, integrated, Isaac Chauncy, John H. Lawson, maritime history, Medal of Honor, Oliver H. Perry, racially integrated, second great awakening, Union Blockade, USS Constitution, USS Hartford, USS Minnesota, War of 1812
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Book Review: “A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time”
In the midst of the traditional military studies about bayonets and bugles, it can be easy to forget the thousands stories of those behind the lines. A new book about a relief worker in Alexandria, Virginia seeks to re-focus the … Continue reading
Sailors, Slaves, and Henry P. Moore
While doing some research for an upcoming post, I came across several photographs by Henry P. Moore, a New Hampshire artist who traveled to South Carolina in 1862. Like many of his colleagues, Moore capitalized on the outbreak of the … Continue reading
Posted in Navies, Photography, Slavery
Tagged 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, contraband, Henry P. Moore, navy, Photography, Sailors, Sea Islands, slavery, South Carolina, USS Vermont, USS Wabash
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The Port Royal Experiment—Setting the Stage for Reconstruction, Part Two
This is part two in a series. Edward Pierce, an agent to the Federal Government sent to visit Port Royal and the surrounding islands of South Carolina, wrote an in depth anthropological style report on the African American population abandoned … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged African Americans, contraband, cotton, Edward Pierce, Port Royal Experiment, Reconstruction, Sea Islands, slavery
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The Port Royal Experiment – Setting the Stage for Reconstruction, Part One
In late October of 1861, the Union Naval fleet set sail for Port Royal, South Carolina, hoping to advance Winfield Scott’s plan to blockade the Confederate ports and prevent trade with European countries. Similar to the Chesapeake Bay, Port Royal … Continue reading
Posted in Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged contraband, Edward Pierce, Port Royal Experiment, slavery
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