Tag Archives: Slaves

Bernard Slave Cabins

Posted on February 13, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

A new article by guest author Michael Aubrecht One of the more overlooked spots on the Fredericksburg National Battlefield is the Bernard Slave Cabins. This area was the homestead of a number of enslaved African-Americans and a focal point of … Continue reading →

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Confiscating Confederate Tobacco: Thomas Hyde at Gaines’ Mill

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Edward S. Alexander

Thomas Worcester Hyde served as a distinguished inspector general and infantry commander in the VI Corps for much of the war. His bold assault at Antietam earned him the Medal of Honor and his New York Times obituary championed him … Continue reading →

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U.S. Grant Urges Iowans to Approve Suffrage for Black Men

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

The following was passed along by ECW’s friend William Underhill, one of the stalwart keeper’s of Ulysses S. Grant’s flame as a member of the Friends of Grant Cottage, the organization that staffs the site where Grant died in upstate … Continue reading →

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The Art of Hiding Personal Effects, Part One: Slaves

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Ashley Webb

As Union forces marched south under Sherman, wreaking havoc across several Southern states, stories of Northern atrocities spread. It’s hard to say which stories were true, and which were fanciful creations that played on Southern sentiments, like some of those … Continue reading →

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