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The 150th Anniversary of the United States Colored Troops
Today’s blog post comes from archives specialist Jackie Budell. On May 22, 1863, the War Department issued General Orders 143, establishing a Bureau of Colored Troops in the Adjutant General’s Office to recruit and organize African American soldiers to fight for the Union Army. With this order, all African American regiments were designated as United [...]
Posted by Hilary on May 22, 2013, under - Civil War, Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: andrew johnson, Bureau of Colored Troops, digitization, Edmund Delaney, fold3, Fortune Wright, genealogy, hanging, Harvey C. Graves, kentucky, Louisiana, manumission, murder, Record Groud 94, self defense, slavery, trial, United States Colored Troops, USCT, war Department
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Secession, Congress, and a Civil War Awakening at the Archives
The U.S. Capitol under construction, 1860 (National Archives Identifier 530494) As a new year begins, the 112th Congress reconvenes for a second session of legislative activity. Representatives and senators from across the country are again descending upon the Capitol, ready to commence debates, proceedings, and hearings. This is how the legislative branch of the Federal Government [...]
Posted by Gregory Marose on January 6, 2012, under - Civil War, News and Events, Rare Photos, Unusual documents.
Tags: 112th Congress, 1860, 36th Congress, Adam Goodheart, Alabama, Arkansas, civil war, Confederate, federal government, Florida, Georgia, kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, missouri, North Carolina, secession, South Carolina, Tennessee, texas, Union
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