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Tag Archives: Slaves
Bernard Slave Cabins
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
Confiscating Confederate Tobacco: Thomas Hyde at Gaines’ Mill
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
U.S. Grant Urges Iowans to Approve Suffrage for Black Men
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
Posted in Newspapers, Politics, Primary Sources, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged Elections, Grant Cottage, Iowa, Iowa State Weekly Register, Slaves, suffrage, U.S. Grant, Voting, William Underhill
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The Art of Hiding Personal Effects, Part One: Slaves
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
Posted in Slavery
Tagged Hiding personal effects, March to the Sea, Slaves, William T. Sherman
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