A Day in the Life of the Civil War
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Fort Wagner
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Fort Wagner
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Tetanus Took Him
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Union Brigadier General George Crockett Strong died from complication of a wounding on July 30 th 1863. George Crockett Strong was b...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The First Second Lieutenant
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Union Lieutenant Stephen Atkins Swails the first African American to be promoted to an officer was wounded for the second time April 11 th ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A Letter Writer
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A Corporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, James Henry Gooding died July 19th 1864 in Andersonville. James Henry Gooding was born 183...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
A Distraction
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A part of the Operation Against the Defenses of Charleston, the Battle of Grimball’s Landing was fought July 16th 1863 in James Island, Sout...
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Buried Him In A Common Trench
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Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw was killed in the assault on the battery of Fort Wagner on July 18th 1863. Robert Gould Shaw was born Oc...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
They Surprised Many
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The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, one of the first African American regiments left Boston on May 28th 1863 to fight for the Union. Robert...
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