tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161176118626950263.post1774724235394042986..comments2024-01-02T10:59:51.905-05:00Comments on Freedom by the Sword: The Self Fulfilling Prophecy of Black Participation in the Sesquicentennial Jimmy Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07518362560292852052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161176118626950263.post-1330153069379903522014-01-06T07:36:45.443-05:002014-01-06T07:36:45.443-05:00Hi Jimmy,
I have specific question about the parti...Hi Jimmy,<br />I have specific question about the participation of African American soldiers at the Battle of Chickamauga. I know there were no African American regiments there, but have been reading specifically about the 125th Ohio under Colonel Opdycke. There is mention of an African American recruited into the ranks as a company cook during the spring of '63. Do you know if ad-hoc (as it Richard Buxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609222911080758291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161176118626950263.post-47849346601026034532013-09-22T21:03:37.964-04:002013-09-22T21:03:37.964-04:00I am an African American and I can attest to the f...I am an African American and I can attest to the fact that many African Americans have little to interest in the Civil War, however the reason is because neither they nor any one else read about or heard of the role they played in the Civil War before the movie "Glory" came out. I am 64, there was never ever any mention of African Americans in the Union Army or Navy in any class that IRobert Williamshttp://www.thesablearm.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161176118626950263.post-85153550862633521612013-08-13T22:37:55.869-04:002013-08-13T22:37:55.869-04:00Hi Robyn,
Thank you so much for taking the time t...Hi Robyn,<br /><br />Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, and thank you for doing the hard work of researching these forgotten stories. While the subject matter is usually painful, I feel like ignoring the African American Civil War history because of the unpleasantness of the topic is unwittingly practicing something akin to the ancient Roman practice of “damnatio memoriae” – Jimmy Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07518362560292852052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161176118626950263.post-75325019548585543812013-08-13T13:44:32.118-04:002013-08-13T13:44:32.118-04:00I am an African-American genealogist who has been ...I am an African-American genealogist who has been teaching others to research their AA roots for 14 years now, and I absolutely can attest to your experience. Most of my students and beginners in genealogy are not aware of the huge role that AA's played in the war, the large number that participated & the complex but direct role it played in their freedom. I recently told a cousin about Robyn Smithhttp://msualumni.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com