Upcoming Civil War Sesquicentennial

Commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War have begun. State and local Sesquicentennial commissions,  federal agencies, and a myriad of  historic groups will hold events.  The...

United States Colored Troops Civil War Weekend

This weekend re-enactors from Boston to North Carolina are gathered at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia Pa., telling the stories of the African American struggle participate in the war to end slavery. ...

New Market? OK. But, Do You Get Paid?

This weekend, Civil War re-enactors are at Fort Harrison near Richmond Virginia,, commemorating the 145th Anniversary of the Battle of  New Market Heights, also known as Chaffin's Farm,  This battle has...

Lest We Forget

Memorial Weekend was the busiest one the 6th Regiment USCT has ever had. We participated in four commemorations, in Jamesburg, Lawrence, and Westampton New Jersey, and one in Dover Delaware. On...

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,...

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