“That Had Earned Him the Right to Vote Anywhere:” Black Soldiers Vote in the 1864 Presidential Election
Historically speaking, some elections are more important than others. However, it [...]
Fallen, but not Forgotten – 1st Sgt. William Henry Hazzard, Co. K, 6th USCI
On August 4, 1864, Capt. Henry F. Young, 7th Wisconsin Infantry, wrote [...]
Fallen, but not Forgotten – Corp. Pompey Cotton, Co. D, 38th USCI
Photograph courtesy of Wisteria Perry “Penetrating gunshot [...]
Fallen, but not Forgotten – Sgt. John Grinnell, Co. E, 38th USCI
In the Border States of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri the [...]
Sister Lydia Penny – “Like a Ministering Angel”
We are fortunate that several United States Colored Troops (USCT) soldiers [...]
Fallen but not Forgotten – Pvt. Henderson Taborn, Co. A, 5th USCI
During the mid-nineteenth century, Oberlin, Ohio, known as a “hotbed of [...]
Fallen, but not Forgotten: Pvt. James Chaney, Co. I, 1st USCI
Historians estimate that perhaps as many as twenty percent of Civil [...]
Dying Far From Home – Pvt. Edward Williams, Co. C, 6th USCI
During the Civil War, soldiers sometimes attempted to describe the nature [...]
Fallen, But Not Forgotten – Pvt. Emanuel Patterson, Co. D, 6th USCI
On October 10, 1858, Emanuel Patterson stood beside Elizabeth Perrill in the [...]
Dying Far From Home – Pvt. Thomas Young, Co. A, 5th USCI
African Americans in mid-nineteenth century America experienced the road to [...]