Recent Footnote Pages by bgill
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Henry Berry Lowrie & The Lumbee
Henry Berry Lowrie or "Henry Berry Lowry" (born c. 1844 – 1847-disappeared 1872) led an outlaw gang in North Carolina during and after the American…
by bgill
Updated 18 Nov 2009 - 4,067 views
Contributions 3 images, 1 comment, 3 stories
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Officers and Men of the Texas Republican Army
Battle of San Jacinto 21st April 1836
by bgill
Updated 17 Oct 2009 - 8,173 views
Contributions 12 images, 5 comments, 29 stories
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Female hangings 1632 to 1900
It is thought that altogether around 505 women were put to death in the U. S. between 1608 and 1900. At least eight teenage girls were hanged. Hannah…
by bgill
Updated 02 Sep 2009 - 11,351 views
Contributions 1 story
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CONFEDERATE AFRICAN AMERICANS~CIVIL WAR
Military history of African Americans is that of African Americans in the United States since the arrival of the first black slaves in 1619 to the present…
by bgill
Updated 30 Jul 2009 - 12,226 views
Contributions 18 images, 1 comment, 38 stories
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Confederate Grave Yard found in Campbell County
Two women’s efforts lead to discovery of burial ground
by bgill
Updated 25 Jun 2009 - 575 views
Contributions 1 comment, 1 story
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TENNESSEE COLORED PENSION APPLICATIONS FOR CSA SERVICE
"The Negros' pension law passed by the Tennessee Legislature, provides that Negros Pensioned by this Act must have been bona fide residents of this State…
by bgill
Updated 21 Jun 2009 - 131 views
Contributions 1 comment, 1 story
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A NATION OF BRAVES
Honor for Indian Heroism
by bgill
Updated 10 Jun 2009 - 508 views
Contributions 1 comment, 6 stories
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Born a Slave
Died Free
by bgill
Updated 05 Jun 2009 - 6,841 views
Contributions 8 images, 3 comments, 11 stories
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Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely Jr.
The first African American Admiral in the U.S. Navy, appointed on April 28, 1971
by bgill
Updated 21 May 2009 - 779 views
Contributions 1 image, 1 comment, 1 story
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YOCUM'S INN
THE DEVIL'S OWN LODGING HOUSE
by bgill
Updated 06 May 2009 - 275 views
Contributions 1 comment, 1 story
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COLONEL ANDREW DONNALLY, JR. and Family
Profile
by bgill
Updated 28 Apr 2009 - 370 views
Contributions 1 comment, 1 story
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The Trail of Tears
* ge-tsi-ka-hv-da a-ne-gv-i *Between 1790 and 1830 the population of Georgia increased six-fold. The western push of the settlers created a problem.…
by bgill
Updated 13 Apr 2009 - 5,617 views
Contributions 20 images, 2 comments, 16 stories
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CONFEDERATE MEDAL OF HONOR
The two following articles are Confederate Medal Of Honor Citations for heros in the Confederate Armed Services, in which the Robert E. Lee Camp had the…
by bgill
Updated 03 Apr 2009 - 741 views
Contributions 2 images, 1 comment, 2 stories
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Amistad ~ 1839
In 1839, in waters off the coast of Cuba, a group of forty-nine Africans ensnared in the Atlantic slave trade struck out for freedom.
by bgill
Updated 27 Mar 2009 - 2,276 views
Contributions 24 images, 1 comment, 54 stories
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Native American Soldiers of the Revolutionary War from Plymouth County
list of soldiers identified as "Indian," compiled from recruiting documents in the collection of the Pilgrim Society, by Jeremy D. Bangs, Visiting…
by bgill
Updated 26 Mar 2009 - 2,507 views
Contributions 1 comment, 2 stories
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Longstreet's Scout~Henry Thomas Harrison
During the early morning hours of June 28, 1863, Union General George Gordon Meade was appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac while at his…
by bgill
Updated 25 Mar 2009 - 1,253 views
Contributions 1 image, 1 comment, 1 story
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Rediscovering Jamestown
Lives & Legends ~ The People of Jamestown~From the Colonial National Historic Park
by bgill
Updated 21 Mar 2009 - 9,004 views
Contributions 19 images, 1 comment, 25 stories
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FEMALE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS & SPIES
Like most historic battles, the U.S. Civil War had its spies--men and women--on both sides. It was a hazardous occupation with few rewards.
by bgill
Updated 20 Mar 2009 - 33,848 views
Contributions 36 images, 3 comments, 28 stories
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U.S. Colored Troops and Sailor Awarded Medal of Honor
CIVIL WAR ~ PAGE ONE
by bgill
Updated 24 Feb 2009 - 2,395 views
Contributions 22 images, 12 stories
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Pennsylvania Civil War Soldier EXECUTIONS
During the Civil War, over 267 men were convicted of crimes such as desertion and murder. Because desertion undermined the discipline of soldiers and…
by bgill
Updated 19 Feb 2009 - 593 views
Contributions 1 story
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