Category: USCT
A Future Leader of the Resistance to Reconstruction Advocates Confederate Enlistment of Black Soldiers
I have read a number of musings and proposals by Confederates to enlist Black men into the Confederate army. The most famous is General Pat…
60th United States Colored Troops: Iowa’s Black Regiment Was Mostly from Elsewhere
This is one in a series of scrapbooks focusing on United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiments. These are not regimental histories and I invite you…
27th USCT: A Black Regiment from Ohio & A Miscarriage of Justice
Feature Photo: Sgt. Qualls Tibbs 27th USCT at Camp Delaware Ohio This post is part of a series of scrapbooks I am creating on African…
22nd United States Colored Troops: A Black Regiment With a Defiant Flag
This is the second in my series on United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiments. These are scrapbooks rather than true regimental histories. I include links…
Black Celebration Day of New Won Citizenship Turns to Bloody Night in Norfolk in April, 1866
This is the story of a night of horror that began as celebration of the recognition of the citizenship of Black people. The death toll…
Around the Web February 2021: Best of Civil War & Reconstruction Blogs and Social Media
Program Notes: I had been posting this feature towards the end of the month, now I will be posting it at the start of the…
The Challenge for Frederick Douglass: Lee’s Death, Black Soldiers & the Memory of the Civil War
Frederick Douglass ECW I sometimes hear comedians joke that Black History Month, celebrated annually in February, is during the shortest month of the year. Rather…
The Families of U.S. Colored Troops: Rogue Historian Interviews Dr. Holly Pinheiro
The Rogue Historian, Keith Harris, has an interesting interview with Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. on his upcoming book focusing on the families of United…
Connecticut Creates Database of Its Black Civil War USCT Troops
The Connecticut State Library has digitalized its records of Black men from the state who served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil…
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton published by Basic Books (2016) 450pp. $32.00 Hardcover $20.99…
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