Jeff USCT historian
@usctcapt.bsky.social
Educator, videographer, Civil War documentarian, U.S. Colored Troops reenactor, Civil War historian, 97th USCT researcher. 🇺🇸 #🦬 #bluearmy #usct #buffalosoldier #✊🏿#blackhistory #civilwar
(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.
July 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
(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.
(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…
July 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
(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…