October 1, 2015
U.S. Colored Troops and the Civil War
Where: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum - Union Theater
More than 178,000 African-Americans fought for the Union cause during the Civil War, the vast majority of them serving in regiments designated as United States Colored Troops. Presented by Robert Davis, Civil War Scholar and Re-enactor. Other re-enactors will participate in the presentation to a certain extent, as well as, the presentation will include audio clips. Event will begin at 6:30 p.m.
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Historian to speak on Lincoln, black Union soldiers during the Civil War
By Rachel Hatch on October 8, 2015
Historian to speak on Lincoln, black Union soldiers during the Civil War
John David Smith
Historian John David Smith, author of Soldiering for Freedom, will talk about Abraham Lincoln’s goals for African American recruits into the Union army during the Civil War at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 8, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.
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