Monday, April 5, 2010

Rescue at Pine Ridge, submitted by Leon Brooks

After the Civil War,  USCT's whose service was not up were deployed in the west, and would come to be called Buffalo Soldiers
by Native-Americans. Eric Hicks has wtitten a novel about Buffalo Soldiers and submitted the following posting on his new book, and information about other productions.

Keep telling the story!:
Read the novel, Rescue at Pine Ridge, "RaPR", a great story of black military history...the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers.

How do you keep a people down?  'Never' let them 'know' their history.

The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.

Read the novel, "Rescue at Pine Ridge", 5 stars Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the you tube trailer commercial...and visit the website http://www.rescueatpineridge.com

I hope you'll enjoy the novel.  I wrote it from my mini-series movie of the same title, "RaPR" to keep my story alive.  Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn't like telling our stories...its been "his-story" of history all along…until now.  The movie so far has attached, Bill Duke directing, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with…see imdb.com at; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925633/

When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for Wells Fargo in Montana, in the 1890's, "spread the word".

Peace.





Erich & Portia Hicks
Alpha Wolf Productions, Inc.



Sunday, September 13, 2009

Public Domain Books that Refer to New Market Heights and Colored Troops

Submitted by Cpl Brooks
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Public Domain Books Mentioning Colored Troops
and The Battle of Market Heights

Free books which may be helpful for background on the upcoming commemoration. If you find any particularly notable, please share any comments you have.

Ohio in the war: her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers‎ - Page 917

by Whitelaw Reid - History - 1868
... 1804. occurred the battle of Chapin's Farm, the storming of New Market
Heights, and the capture of Fort Harrison. At daylight the colored troops moved
...

A history of the Negro troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 ...‎ - Page 338

by George Washington Williams - History - 1887 - 353 pages
Suffolk ' on their colors for their conduct in the battle of March 9th near ...
"Second-lieutenant Alpheus K. Long, Seventh United States Colored Troops; ...

The Drapers in America: being a history and genealogy of those of that name ...‎ - Page 210

by Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper - Reference - 1892 - 312 pages
John A. Andrew, as to Major Draper's fitness to command colored troops, Col. ...
where he participated in the battle of New Market Heights, Sep. 29, 1864. ...

Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States‎ - Page 847

by United States. Congress. Senate - Biography & Autobiography - 1887
Captain WH Barrett, of the Fortieth United States Colored Troops, for faithful
and ... services at the battle of New Market Heights, and also at the ...

The American annual cyclopedia and register of important events of the year ...‎ - Page 212

Juvenile Nonfiction - 1875
I went myself with the colored troops, to attack the enemy at New Market Heights
, which was the key to the enemy's flank on the north side of James River. ...

The American annual cyclopedia and register of important events of the year ...‎ - Page 212

Juvenile Nonfiction - 1875
I wont myself with tho colored troops, to attack the enemy at New Market Heights
, ... they are up again and wave their starry light over the storm of battle ...

Civil and Mexican wars, 1861, 1846‎ - Page 311

by Military Historical Society of Massachusetts - History - 1913 - 660 pages
THE CRATER At the battle of the Crater, at Petersburg, July 30, 1864, the
colored troops were ordered in after the assault was a bloody failure. ...

Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events: Embracing ...‎ - Page 212

Juvenile Nonfiction - 1875
I went myself with the colored troops, to attack the enemy at Now Market Heights
, ... they are up again and wave their starry light over the storm of battle ...

Official roster of the soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the ...

by Ohio. Roster commission - History - 1893
1st Lieutenant 5th US Colored Troops, and А. С. М. 3d Division, late 10th AC,
... 29, 1864, in battle of New Market Heights, Va. 26 Simpson, William Smith,
...

The Seventh Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion‎ - Page 306

by Henry F. W. Little - History - 1896 - 677 pages
Line of battle was at once formed, and the troops advanced upon the enemy's ...
This assault, made by General Paine's colored troops at New Market Heights, ...




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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Accessible Archives

Reviewing my email I came some interesting material that I had overlooked from
Sgt. Algernon Ward. He's found a resource, 'Accessible Archives' , for primary source documents from 18th and 19th century periodicals. Sample:

June 25, 1864
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

For the Christian Recorder.

FLORIDA CORRESPONDENCE.

Head Quarters 3rd U.S.C.T.
Jacksonville, Florida,
May 29th, 1864.

MR. EDITOR: - I, now, this beautiful Sunday afternoon, sit myself down, according to promise, to write a few lines to you, hoping they may find you and all your friends enjoying good health.

I will commence my correspondence with you by giving you my Florida Expeditions. Our regiment left Hilton Head on the 6th of February, for Jacksonville, Fla., and we arrived there on the 8th. Just as soon as we landed we were ordered to camp. Here we remained until the 8th of February, when we received orders, in the night, to surprise the rebel camp, called "Camp Finagan," about ten miles from Jacksonville. We got to the rebel camp about 1 o'clock at night, but were too late to do any good; but we had the pleasure of liberating some of our flesh and blood. There were about two hundred slaves at that place that had the pleasure of saying: "We are free from the chains and fetters of slavery." On the morning of the 9th we were ordered to fall in and march to the next station, called by the natives of the State, "Ten Mile Station." There our mounted infantry had a little skirmish with Gen. Finagan's men, and we captured four pieces of artillery from the rebels; and our regiment, of Col. Halley's brigade, was ordered to stay till the gallant 8th regiment came up to us....

Corp. Leon Brooks, 6thusct and 1st Rhode Island Regiment

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