There’s no more emotionally contentious topic today than the heated discussions that can break out among Civil War buffs or descendents (of either side) than the question of “Was the Civil War about slavery?” And I believe there is the more »
I thought I’d change my focus in this post to look at one of the smaller repositories that I visited, the Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College in Waco, Texas. Their research center was formerly known as the Confederate Research more »
I haven’t been blogging that long, but already Kate Stone’s name has come up several times. Who was she? She was 22 years old at the time of the battle of Milliken’s Bend. She lived with her mother and siblings more »
In the second installment of my Archives Month series, I wanted to highlight Tulane University’s Special Collections – in particular, their Louisiana Research Collection, otherwise known as LaRC. I had only limited time to do research when I was there, more »
The African American regiments that fought at Milliken’s Bend would serve in what would later become known as the “United States Colored Troops” – or USCT for short. In fact, the Bureau of Colored Troops was established in the U.S. more »