TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Wait, what? So says a letter from a Union surgeon, William C. Towle of the 12th Maine, written from Camp Parapet, near Carrolton, Louisiana, on April 4, 1864. The most of the Negroes who were carried up river from here to work on plantations have returned having runaway as soon as they were at liberty. […]

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Note: Feel free to use the comments section to give your own views on each episode. Air Date: 050208 Subject: North Carolina’s Black Soldiers in the Civil War Era Book: Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina’s Black Soldiers in the Civil War Era (Civil War America) Guest: Richard M. Reid Summary: Richard M. Reid, author of […]

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