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A local history presentation those interested in the subject may enjoy . . . http://cjonline.com/news/2015-08-11/battle-island-mound-first-fighting-civil-war-any-black-troops I wrote about these folks in _Race and Radicalism in the Union Army_ and regard them as one of the most interesting Federal regiments of the Civil War. Among its officers was Dick Hinton, the old Chartist who rode with John Brown in Kansas and, after the war, became an important founder of the socialist movement in the U.S. ML _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
