#USCT

Connor Smith

CivilWar_Quotes

At the Battle of New Market Heights 9/29/1864 outside Richmond, BG Thomas Paine commanded a strike force of African American soldiers from Benjamin Butler’s Army of the James in an

Ali Watkins

AliWatkins

I left flowers at a grave today in Fleetwood, PA, something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. I’d like to tell a story about it. History nerds and

Boomer Bear

barefootboomer

At about 4 in the morning on 30 July 1864 US forces light a mine burrowed under Confederate lines along the Petersburg defenses, blowing a huge hole in the ground.

Dr Rob Thompson

DrRobThompson

Day 1 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor then Captain David G. Farragut, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States, for his defeat of Confederate traitors at the

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

The Lost Cause narrative's emphasis on the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox #OTD in 1865, at the hands of an overwhelmingly superior Union army, distorts a