Pick one historical figure or group on the list provided–each of these people or groups are connected to African American Military History  from 1860 to1865.

Tell the class the history of this person(s) or units as it relates to African American Military History and remember to cite where you found your information. Also read two of your peers Soldier discussions and comment on the units or people they chose in comparison to the ones your wrote about.

Pick one from the list below of African American Military regiments or figures.

First Sergeant Powhatan Beaty of Richmond, VA at the Battle of Chapin’s Farm in 1864

13th U.S.C.T at the Battle of Nashville in 1864

USCT 5th Regiment at the Battle of Saltville in 1864

April 12, 1864 in Fort Pillow, Tennessee

8th U.S.C.T., from Philadelphia and the Appomattox Campaign

7th U.S.C.T. regiment, recruited in Maryland and the Appomattox Campaign

29th USCT

Colonel Ulysses Doubleday’s brigade

41st U.S.C.T

45th U.S.C.T

Colonel William W. Woodward’s brigade

127th U.S.C.T

Major General Edward Ord’s Union Army of the James

Majors James W. Pegram and Thomas P. Turner  forming a troop of colored soldiers

“Negro Brigade” of Confederate States Colored Troops

73rd U.S.C.T

1st Louisiana  Native Guard after the siege on Port Hudson on May 27, 1863

have you investigate the participation of African Americans in the CIVIL WAR.  The discussion will ask you to highlight all the battles or events the one topic you chose from the list participated in the war.

This second interactive assignment will have you investigate the participation of African Americans in the CIVIL WAR.  The discussion will ask you to highlight all the battles or events the one topic you chose from the list participated in the war.

You may use your book and the internet to research sources to help you in your essay.

For online sources, you must ask addition questions. What is the domain (.edu?)? Who publishes the site, or sponsors it? Is it recent (has it been updated)? Are there advertisements or signs that it is a poorly designed website with all kinds of distractions? Is the site supposed to be an academic one? Or is it someone’s pet project?

Remember that this is a formal essay and you need an introduction, body, and conclusion.

Sources to use to help with research on these topics:

List of United States Colored Troops Civil War units

United States Colored Troops in the Civil War

Black Soldiers in the Civil War

United States Colored Troops (USCT)

The Role of the USCT in the Civil War

THE BRAVE BLACK REGIMENT:THE FIFTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS [NFANTRY VOLUNTEERS(COLORED),

A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion 1861186 – 978144009471.pdf

Civil War’s Black Soldiers

The Lost Black Units

Lest We Forget