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Category Archives: African-American
On this date in Civil War history - Fort Pillow Massacre - April 12, 1864
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Fort Pillow was located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, 40 miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. Constructed by Confederate General Gideon Pillow in 1861, it overlooked the river, and its principal function … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, African-American, Battles, Casualties, This Date in Civil War History
Tagged 13th Tennessee Cavalry, 1861, 1864, 6th U.S. Colored Light Artillery, 6th U.S. Heavy Artillery, Abraham Lincoln, african-american, April, black soldiers, Bruce Tap, Cool Creek, Ed Bearss, Fort Pillow, Fort Pillow Massacre, Gideon Pillow, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Kentucky, Lionel F. Booth, Memphis, Mississippi River, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Richmond, Tennessee, U.S.S. New Era, Virginia, William F. Bradford
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On this date in Civil War History: Battle of Fort Wagner - July 18, 1863
The storming of Fort Wagner typified the poorly planned frontal assaults launched by so many Civil War commanders. It ended in a bloody repulse for the Union attackers. The only consolation the Northern public found in the disaster was the … Continue reading
Posted in 1863, African-American, Battles
Tagged 1863, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Atlantic Ocean, Charleston, Charleston Harbor, Cummings Point, Department of the South, Fort Sumter, Fort Wagner, Gregory J.W. Urwin, John A. Dahlgren, July, Morris Island, Quincy A. Gillmore, South Carolina, Truman Seymour, Vincent's Creek
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‘Lincoln’ Historically Inaccurate? Congressman Joe Courtney Finds Big Error in Film
[amazon_enhanced asin=”B009AMANBA” /] Rep. Joe Courtney, of Connecticut, recently took in a viewing of Steven Spielberg’s film, which chronicles Honest Abe’s last months in office as he fights to abolish slavery, but was miffed when he saw two Connecticut congressmen … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, African-American, Film, Lincoln
Tagged 13th Amendment, 2012, 2013, Academy Award, Congress, Connecticut, Daniel Day Lewis, inaccurate, Joe Courtney, Lincoln (film), Oscar, Slavery, Steven Spielberg
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Oklahoma’s largest Civil War battlefield may become National Park
by Sean McLachlan The Honey Springs Battlefield Park in Oklahoma may become a new addition to the National Park Service, the Tulsa World reports. The U.S. Department of the Interior said in a report that there’s “potential action” for “support designation of Honey Springs … Continue reading
Civil War exhibit at Library of Congress focuses on people
Civil War sesquicentennial commemorations shift into high gear As Civil War sesquicentennial commemorations shift into high gear, the Library of Congress has kicked off its remembrance with “The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection,” a … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, Commemoration, Museums, Original Photos
Tagged african-american, Photo, Sesquicentennial, soldiers
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On this date in Civil War history - April 24, 1865 - Hancock issues proclamation
On this date, 146 years ago - Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock ordered the following handbills printed and distributed to free blacks in the communities of Virginia and Maryland along the Potomac River. John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1865, African-American, Assassination, Booth, Lincoln, Maryland, Surratt
Tagged 1865, Abraham Lincoln, Alexandria, April, David Herold, District of Columbia, Frederick Aiken, Free Blacks, handbills, John Wilkes Booth, Judge Holt, Lincoln Assassination, Mary Surratt, Maryland, Middle Military Division, Murder of President Lincoln, Potomac River, Virginia, Washington DC, Winfield Scott Hancock
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Harriet Tubman’s Story Told; Part of County Library’s Civil War Series
The Local Commotion Walking History company tells stories from Harriet Tubman’s life at Monmouth County Library’s Eastern Branch. By Lisa Smoltino, Holmdel Patch, Monmouth County, N.J. The soulful sounds of a freedom song rang through the air when Harriet Tubman made … Continue reading