Recent Footnote Pages by bgill

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• A NATION OF BRAVES

  Honor for Indian Heroism

  by bgill

  Updated 10 Jun 2009 - 508 views

  Contributions 1 comment, 6 stories

• Born a Slave

  Died Free

  by bgill

  Updated 05 Jun 2009 - 6,841 views

  Contributions 8 images, 3 comments, 11 stories

• 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

• YOCUM'S INN

  THE DEVIL'S OWN LODGING HOUSE

  by bgill

  Updated 06 May 2009 - 275 views

  Contributions 1 comment, 1 story

• COLONEL ANDREW DONNALLY, JR. and Family

  Profile

  by bgill

  Updated 28 Apr 2009 - 370 views

  Contributions 1 comment, 1 story

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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