Tag Archives: Robert Smalls

Robert Smalls and the Daring Capture of “Planter”

Posted on February 1, 2022 by ECW Guest Post

ECW welcomes guest author Scott L. Mingus, Sr. At dawn on May 13, 1862, an enslaved eight-man crew, with several family members and other friends onboard, brazenly stole the Confederate gunboat Planter and delivered her past unsuspecting Rebel forts and … Continue reading →

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Saving History Saturday: Tabernacle Baptist Church Continues Preserving & Interpreting Civil War History

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Emerging Civil War

In Beaufort, South Carolina, the Tabernacle Baptist Church, founded during the Civil War era, has received a grant of $250,000 to aid in historic preservation of the structure. The historic building actual dates to 1811, but the congregation organization of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls, Escaped Slave Turned Union Hero

Posted on November 20, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Eric Sterner Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls, Escaped Slave Turned Union Hero.  New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2017 Lately, public discussions of Civil War memorials have … Continue reading →

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Seizure of the Planter

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Chris Mackowski

During a recent trip to Charleston, I came across the following story, presented on a historical marker by the Historic Charleston Foundation and the African American Historical Alliance: The Seizure of the Planter

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African-Americans in the Civil War (Part 2)

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Steward T. Henderson

Part two in a series. While thousands of slaves escaped slavery before the Civil War, in many cases using the Underground Railroad, thousands more escaped slavery during the Civil War.  In 1862, from April to August the Union army occupied … Continue reading →

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