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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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The 26th United States Colored Troops-A Black Regiment from New York

Today I am starting a new feature, brief looks at African American regiments that served in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Nearly 180,000 African Americans…

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