18 Mar Pick one historical figure or group on the list provided–each of these people or groups are connected to African American Military History from 1860 to1865.
Pick one historical figure or group on the list provided–each of these people or groups are connected to African American Military History from 1860 to1865.
Tell the class the history of this person(s) or units as it relates to African American Military History and remember to cite where you found your information. Also read two of your peers Soldier discussions and comment on the units or people they chose in comparison to the ones your wrote about.
Pick wisely!!!..You cannot repeat a person already covered in the INITIAL post where another student has claimed or points will be taken off for repeating material already covered and label your discussion heading with the key figure’s name.
***You can label your heading prior to writing your discussion response…so you can claim the person or regiment before someone else does.
Example of Discussion heading title:
3. USCT 5th Regiment at the Battle of Saltville in 1864
Pick one from the list below of African American Military regiments or figures.
First Sergeant Powhatan Beaty of Richmond, VA at the Battle of Chapin’s Farm in 1864
13th U.S.C.T at the Battle of Nashville in 1864 (the 13th USCT flag captured)
USCT 5th Regiment at the Battle of Saltville in 1864
April 12, 1864 in Fort Pillow, Tennessee
8th U.S.C.T., from Philadelphia and the Appomattox Campaign
7th U.S.C.T. regiment, recruited in Maryland and the Appomattox Campaign
29th USCT
Colonel Ulysses Doubleday’s brigade
41st U.S.C.T
45th U.S.C.T
Colonel William W. Woodward’s brigade
127th U.S.C.T
Major General Edward Ord’s Union Army of the James
Majors James W. Pegram and Thomas P. Turner forming a troop of colored soldiers
“Negro Brigade” of Confederate States Colored Troops
73rd U.S.C.T
1st Louisiana Native Guard after the siege on Port Hudson on May 27, 1863
Captain Louis A. Snaer, Co. B., 73rd U.S.C.T
6th U.S.C.T and the combat they encountered at Chapin’s Farm Battle in 1864
Charles Tyler Trowbridge and how is he tied to the 33rd USCT
Cincinnati Black Brigade
35th U.S.C.T
the Third U. S. Colored Cavalry and the march on Vicksburg
Battle of Fort Blakely and the 11 regiments of Colored Troops who participated in this battle
Robert Small
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment’s assault on Fort Wagner
Eighth United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.). and the Battle of Olustee, 1864
1st and 2nd South Carolina Volunteers. 1863
Harriet Tubman’s service in the Civil War (1860 to 1865 history)
the Corps d”Afrique regiments out of Louisiana
Robert Gould Shaw
Cathay Williams or a.k.a. William Cathay, a soldier of the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment
FIRST Kansas Colored Infantry, the battles at Honey Springs and US Senator James Lane
