Tag Archives: U.S. Colored Troops

Reprise: The U.S. Colored Troops

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Dick Stanley

Soldiering Freedmen are a small part of the novel because they didn’t fight in the Battle of Fort Sanders, but were only on garrison guard duty. Particularly around the Knoxville jail, Castle Fox, which held some Confederate prisoners. But whereas … Continue reading →

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Reprise: The U.S. Colored Troops

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Soldiering Freedmen are a small part of the novel because they didn’t fight in the Battle of Fort Sanders. But they were on garrison guard duty. Particularly around the Knoxville jail, Castle Fox, which held some Confederate prisoners. But whereas … Continue reading →

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USCT Tennessee

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Rare photo of a U.S. Colored Troops Tennessee regiment on parade. Via USCT Chronicle.

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The USCT did march, afterall

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Dick Stanley

It’s long been said that the U.S. Colored Troops were denied the right to march in the Union victory parades in Washington City in May, 1865. Apparently a few did. The rest were busy working: Hari Jones, curator of the … Continue reading →

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