Category: USCT
South Carolina Senator Mocks Mixed-Race Reconstruction Era Legislator’s Complexion!
South Carolina’s lukewarm effort to commemorate African American achievement during Reconstruction took one step forward and two steps backward this week. The state capitol saw…
The 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, a Black Cavalry Regiment in the Union Army
This is part of my series of scrapbooks on Black regiments that served in the Civil War. While they are each focused on a single…
New Marker Tells Story of USCT from Rippavilla Plantation Near Franklin, Tenn.
The Battle of Franklin Trust unveiled a new historical marker last week at Rippavilla near Franklin, Tenn. The panel recounts the story of local enslaved…
55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: A Second “Brave Black Regiment”
This is part of my series of scrapbooks on Black regiments that served in the Civil War. While they are each focused on a single…
54th Massachusetts: “A Brave Black Regiment”
This is part of my series of scrapbooks on Black regiments that served in the Civil War. While they are each focused on a single…
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…