Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...
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Those who have Civil War ancestors find camaraderie within the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Many Americans are proud of their ancestry, most being able to trace family trees back to a certain country, a certain event, ...
Are Florida’s Confederate statues coming back? Trump orders restoration of monuments
President Trump has ordered monuments removed or changed for "ideological" reasons to be restored. How will this affect ...
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'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America
In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War. 'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil ...
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About The Era
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida ... found themselves soldiers in great armies ...
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Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops ...
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Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
Karl Puckett [email protected] The memorial highlighting the area’s Black Civil War soldiers is planned ... and Port Royal and also Georgia and Florida. When the regiment formed ...