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First Union black regiment was NOT the 54th Massachusetts
1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry In the June 2009 Civil War Times edition (p. 32) the author states, [The] “54th Volunteer Massachusetts . . . [was] the first black regiment raised in the N… more →
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First Union black regiment was NOT the 54th Massachusetts
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tellinghistory wrote 3 months ago: 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry In the June 2009 Civil War Times edition (p. 32) the author st … more →
Book Review: Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families
tellinghistory wrote 8 months ago: Yearning to Breathe Free: Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families by Andrew Billingsley i … more →
Book Review: story of escaped slave Robert Smalls well-told in book aimed at middle school audience
tellinghistory wrote 8 months ago: Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story by Janet Halfmann is awarded five cannisters I re … more →
Harper’s Weekly, June 14, 1862 - account of the abduction of the Planter
tellinghistory wrote 8 months ago: Harper’s Weekly published a prominent article called “The Steamer Planter and Her Captor,” June 14, … more →
Report of Flag-Officer Du Pont, U. S. Navy, transmitting report. FLAGSHIP WABASH,
tellinghistory wrote 2 years ago: Report of Flag-Officer Du Pont, U. S. Navy, transmitting report. FLAGSHIP WABASH, Port Royal Harbor, … more →
Letter from Flag-Officer Du Pont, U. S. Navy, to Lieutenant Ammen, U. S. Navy, May 22, 1862
tellinghistory wrote 2 years ago: Letter from Flag-Officer Du Pont, U. S. Navy, to Lieutenant Ammen, U. S. Navy, regarding further ope … more →
The New York Daily Tribune, May 20, 1862 wrote about the abduction of the Planter
tellinghistory wrote 2 years ago: In an editorial . . . the first trophy from Fort Sumter . . . And the country should feel doubly hu … more →
The NY Commercial Advisor on the abduction of the Planter steamer
tellinghistory wrote 2 years ago: We suppose few events that have taken place during the war have produced a heartier chuckle of satis … more →
Abduction of the Confederate steamer Planter from Charleston, S. C., May 13, 1862.
tellinghistory wrote 2 years ago: Abduction of the Confederate steamer Planter from Charleston, S. C., May 13, 1862. Report of Flag-Of … more →
Report of Lieutenant Ravenel, C. S. Army. May 13, 1862
tellinghistory wrote 2 years ago: Report of Lieutenant Ravenel, C. S. Army. HDQRS. SECOND MILITARY DIST. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Charleston … more →
Beaufort, S. C. 1862, boat landing
tellinghistory wrote 2 years ago: Beaufort, S. C. 1862, boat landing CALL NUMBER PR-065-795-11 SOURCE COLLECTION Civil War Stereograp … more →
Report of Flag-Officer Du Pont, U. S. Navy, transmitting report. FLAGSHIP WABASH,
tellinghistory wrote 39 years ago: Report of Flag-Officer Du Pont, U. S. Navy, transmitting report. FLAGSHIP WABASH, Port Royal Harbor, … more →
Say WHAT? Matt Lauer to RFK Jr: "How's Your Dad?"
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New Frontier wrote 9 months ago: YOU GOTTA BE S#*%&IN’ US, MATT There really are no words that can fully describe the colos … more →
New RFK Jr. Book Tells Story of Civil War Hero
Editor wrote 9 months ago: “ROBERT SMALLS: THE BOAT THIEF” AVAILABLE NOW On a moonlit night in the spring of 1862, … more →
New RFK Jr. Book Due Out This Month
New Frontier wrote 10 months ago: Cover image for "Robert Smalls: The Boat Thief" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. NEW KENNEDY BOOK … more →
Before King, There was Robert Smalls
Tanisha wrote 1 year ago: A Documentary Reveals the Life and Achievements of a 19th Century African-American Congressman Wash … more →
Contemporary Novel on Atlanta Race Riot of 1906
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djsilverfish wrote 1 year ago: The Law of the White Circle: A Novel by Thornwell Jacobs (1877-1956). Foreword by W. Fitzhugh Brunda … more →
New York Tribune newspaper, article by Robert Smalls
tellinghistory wrote 1 year ago: New York Tribune newspaper, article about Robert Smalls August 27, 1862 … more →
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