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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · 13d

Join us the first weekend in November. #usct #✊🏿 #buffalosoldier #bluearmy

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · 27d

That time we were so excited to do the military engineering presentation… we started an hour early!

Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 23

#usct #buffalosoldiers

Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 21

#usct #bluearmy

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 20

#usct #bluearmy

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 19

youtu.be/3G1uH-poZwQ?... You can now see our USCT presentation from the Huntington Beach Civil War Days event on our 97th USCT YouTube channel. #usct #dei #bluearmy

USCT Huntington Beach Civil War Days 2025 Presentation

YouTube video by 97th USCT

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 14

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 13

Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 11

Join us. #usct #bluearmy #civilwar #civilwarreenacting #buffalosoldier #✊🏿

Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 10

#usct #bluearmy

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 8

#usct #bluearmy #cavalry #buffalosoldier #✊🏿 #🦬

Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 7

#blacksky #bluearmy #usct #buffalosoldier #✊🏿 #🦬

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Sep 4

Singing “Battle Cry of Freedom” at the Huntington Beach Civil War Days event. #bluearmy #civilwar #civilwarreenacting

Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Captain Juneteenth 🇺🇲 @captregnelson.bsky.social · Aug 28

www.facebook.com/100057413539... Yes!!! #blacksky #captainjuneteenth #howardbison #Illini

Huntington Beach Civil War Days

https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2025-08-26/huntington-beach-to-become-a-portal-to-the-past-during-32nd-annual-civil-war-days

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Aug 22

Here is the official event paper for the Huntington Beach Civil War Days event Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31. See ya there! More details on our 97th USCT website.

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Jul 27

Come be part of our U.S. Colored Troops historical reenactors portraying the men who fought for freedom and equality. See our 97th USCT website for more. #bluearmy #blacksky #buffalosoldier #usct #blackhistorymatters #juneteenth #blackpower #blackhistoryeveryday #orangecountyevents #✊🏿 #🦬 #dei

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Aug 3

Be part of our U.S. Colored Troops living history group. Our next event is August 30 & 31 (Labor Day weekend). See our 97th USCT website for details. #usct #bluearmy #blacksky #blackhistory #acting #livinghistory #huntingtonbeachcivilwardays #juneteenth #buffalosoldier #✊🏿 #🦬 #civilwar #dei #larping

Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Jul 28

My latest hand drawn Civil War map is of the Escambia River and Pensacola Bay, August 1864. I used two primary source maps to create this one. Dept of the Gulf Map No 47 and the 1857 A&F RR survey map. It is drawn 3/4 inch to a mile and is 18” by 48”. #usct #escambia #map #civilwar #pollard #penink

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Jul 27

Come be part of our U.S. Colored Troops historical reenactors portraying the men who fought for freedom and equality. See our 97th USCT website for more. #bluearmy #blacksky #buffalosoldier #usct #blackhistorymatters #juneteenth #blackpower #blackhistoryeveryday #orangecountyevents #✊🏿 #🦬 #dei

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Jul 22

(Continued) …USCT men enlisting in or camped in places like Fort Barrancas, FL, Mobile, AL, Baton Rouge,LA, or Port Hudson,LA, did not have the availability of photographers to take there photos. Seventh, in the post war environment in the Deep South, many USCT veterans were murdered.

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Jul 22

(Continued) …but the photographers in the studios often restricted business to white people only. Fifth, the overwhelming majority of Union officers were white. Sixth, There are quite a few photos of enlisted men from the 54th and 55th Mass, for example. Because of where they were mustered…

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Jul 22

Fourth, the vast majority of portraits were done by private photographers who set up booths near sutlers. These were mostly with the Army of the Potomac, for example, and not any (known) in the Department of the Gulf. There were photographers with storefronts in places like New Orleans (continued)

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Jeff USCT historian @usctcapt.bsky.social · Jul 22

Second, the ratio of white to black was significantly lower so that also had its impact. Third, the number of photographers assigned to to take photos by the War Department was higher in other departments rather than the Department of the Gulf where the majority of USCT were active. (More in next)

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