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Battle of New Market Heights Memorial and Education Association
ECW is please to welcome Tim Talbott On September 29, 1864, during the fighting at the Battle of New Market Heights, as Corporal Miles James of Company B, 36th United States Colored Infantry maneuvered through abatis and approached the Confederate … Continue reading
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
Significant USCT Sites in the Eastern Theater: Virginia and Washington, DC
I have had a few inquiries about significant sites for the United States Colored Troops. Over the past several years, I have spoken about each of the five sites that I am writing about in this blog. I participated in … Continue reading
African American Soldiers at Fort Gilmer
It was September 29, 1864. General Benjamin Butler’s Army of the James finally arose from its slumber, crossing the James and launching attacks against the outer Confederate fortifications around Richmond. The plan was to pierce the works and then to … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, USCT
Tagged 8th USCT, Army of the James, black history, black history month, black-history-2019, Fort Gilmer, Julius Weiss, New Market Heights, USCT, William Birney
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USCT Captain Richard Etheridge Memorialized
Emerging Civil War welcome guest author George W. Hettenhouse The Northern Outer Banks, a narrow strip of sand that extends from the Virginia/North Carolina border to Hatteras Inlet, NC, roughly 120 miles to the south, is full of history. The first English … Continue reading
Posted in Slavery, USCT
Tagged 36th USCT, black history, black history month, black-history-2018, Bodie Island, Buffalo Soldiers, Cape Hatteras, George W. Hettenhouse, Gold Lifesaving Medal, lighthouse keeper, New Market Heights, Outer Banks, Outer Banks North Carolina, Pea Island Station, Richard Etheridge, U.S. Lifesaving Service
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He Had Won for Himself an Honorable Name: Brig. Gen. John Chambliss’ Untimely Death
Today, we are pleased to welcome back author Jimmy Price The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign witnessed many dark days for the Army of Northern Virginia, but one that has received scant attention is August 16, 1864. On that day, Lee’s army lost … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged 13th Virginia Cavalry, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 41st Virginia Infantry, 5th New Hampshire, Benjamin Butler, Beverly Ford, Brandy Station, Bristoe Station Campaign, Chaffin's Farm, David Birney, David M. Gregg, East Cavalry Field, Fort Harrison, Fussell's Mill, Gettysburg, J. Irvin Gregg, John R. Chambliss, Morton's Ford, Nelson Miles, New Market Heights, Robert E. Lee, Rooney Lee, Second Deep Bottom, U.S. Grant
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The Real War that Never Got into the Books: Operations North of the James River, July-October 1864
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Jimmy Price Part One in a Series. What if I was to tell you that a series of desperate battles was fought on the footsteps of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia? … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Chaffin's Farm, Darbytown Road, Deep Bottom, Fort Gilmer, Fort Harrison, Fussell's Mill, Gravel Hill, James River, Jean Baptiste Girardey, JEB Stuart, John Gregg, John R. Chambliss, New Market Heights, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Strawberry Plains, the crater, Tilghman's Gate, USCTs
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The Fourteen Medals of Honor at the Battle of New Market Heights
Today is the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of New Market Heights, an action in a larger series of battles that made up Ulysses S. Grant’s Fifth Offensive during the joint Siege of Petersburg and Richmond. New Market Heights is … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War
Tagged 54th Massachusetts, Appomattox Court House, Army of the James, Battle of the Crater, Benjamin Butler, Charles Paine, Christian Fleetwood, Fort Fisher, Fort Wagner, Honey Hill, Medal of Honor, New Market Heights, Petersburg, Richmond, Robert G. Shaw, Siege of Petersburg, Ulysses S. Grant, USCT, William Carney
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