Category: USCT
Preview of New Will Smith Film Emancipation “Inspired” by Story of “Gordon”: From Tortured Slave to Freedom Fighter
Will Smith’s new film Emancipation will be released on December 2, 2022. The film is based on the story of “Gordon,” an enslaved African American…
Louisville Exhibit on Kentucky’s Black Union Soldiers Fighting for Freedom
A new exhibit on the United States Colored Troops has opened for Veterans Day weekend at the Roots 101 African American Museum in downtown Louisville,…
Grand Opening of US Colored Troops Heritage Trail Nov. 12, 2022 Near Mobile, Ala.
On November 12, 2022, the park near Mobile, Alabama at the site of the Battle of Fort Blakeley will hold the grand opening of its…
Honey Springs Battlefield Visitor Center Grand Opening Today Nov. 5 in Oklahoma
Honey Springs was the largest Civil War battle fought in the State of Oklahoma and today its battlefield is getting a new visitor center. Today,…
56th USCT Honored in St. Louis for Service During Civil War and Reconstruction
Last Friday the SUV held a memorial ceremony in St. Louis honoring the men of the 56th United States Colored Troops (56th USCT). The 56th…
NY Times Obituary of an Enslaved North Carolinian Who Escaped Slavery Joined the Navy & and Went on to Success in Reconstruction
Over the last year the New York Times has been publishing obituaries of people who died a long time ago. These are men and women…
Podcast: Bryan Cheeseboro of National Archives Discuss Civil War Research and Educating the Public
Bryan Cheeseboro is an important person in the Civil War reenactment community, a historian of African American troops in the war, a historic site preservationist,…
Gallery of Photos of United States Colored Troops & Civil War Era African Americans On Display in Manhattan
The Kimmel Windows Gallery at New York University is opening a new exhibit; The Black Civil War Soldier on Oct. 13 and on view until…
Exhibit of Paintings of United States Colored Troops Opens in Lexington Park Md.
I received this press release of a new exhibit that people near Lexington Park, Maryland may want to visit. The U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Interpretive…
Barbara Gannon on Finding the “Lost Graves” of Black Soldiers Killed at the Battle of Olustee: Video
I was reading Kevin Levin’s Substack yesterday and he posted this talk by historian Barbara Gannon, which I had not seen before. Gannon teaches history…