Watch Night

Watch Night, December 31st, 1862.  One hundred-fifty years ago, slaves, freemen, abolitionists and people in all walks of life, sat in churches, meeting houses and fields throughout the nation, watching and waiting for freedom's dawn. With the signing of...

Spies under cover of darkness

Freed slaves became spiesThey were made invisible by the color of their skin. They could not be seen because their enemy was blinded by ignorance. Federal troops sent African Americans, former slaves, into the...

The Battle of Sharpsburg

Antietam - a battle fought in 1862 in the American Civil War   I have stood aside the simple creek, Antietam, and watched the lazy stream meander toward Burnside’s bridge, the one built by the Civil War...

The Pennsylvania Grand Review Reenactment 2010

At the end of the Civil War, the Federal army held a Grand Review  of its troops in Washington DC to celebrate the nation's hard fought victory over the Confederacy. However, the U.S. War Department did...

Rite of Passage

Members of the 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, Reenactors Inc. extend warm congradulations to Kyle Allen, who was promoted from cadet to private. Kyle has faithfully participated for years as a cadet musician in...

United States Colored Troops – Civil War Weekend

April 3,4, and 5. In conjunction with the commemoration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday the 3rd Regiment U.S. Colored Troops is holding the  “United States Colored Troops Weekend”, at Fort Mifflin,...

Four New Pennies Debut February 12 the Birth Date of Abe Lincoln

For 100 years (since 1909) we have enjoyed what is referred to as "The Lincoln Penny". Now we will have 5 to enjoy in all. Children and adults  worldwide have collected them, carefully examining them in search...

A Proud Heritage Comes Alive

In the film Glory (1984), movie goers learned about the 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of back soldiers which fought at the Battle of  Fort Wagner. What is little known by the general public is...

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