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On page 59 the the author talks about the Baltimore & Ohio Railroads plans to move their railroad tracks and that they would them cut through the John Brown's Fort, was this decision made because they saw little value in preserving it? Why would they then a year later offer to move it back to Harpers Ferry from Chicago and rebuild it near it's original site? --R. King | On page 59 the the author talks about the Baltimore & Ohio Railroads plans to move their railroad tracks and that they would them cut through the John Brown's Fort, was this decision made because they saw little value in preserving it? Why would they then a year later offer to move it back to Harpers Ferry from Chicago and rebuild it near it's original site? --R. King | ||
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| + | The moving of the John Brown fort all around the country reminds me of the story of Davis and Lincoln’s log cabins. Like the John Brown fort they to were bought and sold. They also were put on display and shown in different parts of the country. They were disassembled and put together so many times that the logs got mixed up. Both cabins are mixed together now. Why has Harper Ferry become the Colonial Williamsburg of Civil War sites? Logan T | ||
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| + | Why is the 54th Massachusetts regiment the only black regiment remembered when talking about the Civil War? Like the book said there were other black regiments before the 54th. There were black regiments making assaults against Port Hudson just as heroic in Louisiana around the same time. Why have we chosen to remember the 54th incorrectly? The 54th was made up entirely of free blacks that had never been slaves. The War department did not trust ex slaves as soldiers because of an irrational fear that slaves would not fight against there owners and could be convinced by them to quit the army. The 54th was made of smart men that had a literacy rate higher than most confederate regiments. Why has this part of the 54th memory been forgotten? Logan T | ||
