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Two
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512:"Freedom by the Sword: Don Troiani's New Market Heights Painting to be Unveiled June 24th"
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The three men's courage at New Market
Heights is depicted in a painting,
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In March 1865, the 6th Regiment was reassigned to the
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from February 2 to February 6, 1864, an expedition to
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530:"6th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry"
492:The Remarkable Life of a Quaker Civil War Hero
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94:2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVIII Corps
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400:Department of North Carolina
337:Second Battle of Fort Fisher
331:and took part in the failed
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246:in aid of Brigadier General
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172:United States Colored Troops
262:from March 17 to March 21.
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102:2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
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484:American Civil War portal
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362:and took part in General
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318:Battle of Chaffin's Farm
384:Raleigh, North Carolina
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248:Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
449:Three Medals of Honor
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256:King and Queen County
349:Battle of Wilmington
279:City Point, Virginia
244:New Kent Court House
322:Battle of Fair Oaks
236:Wistar's Expedition
426:Nathan H. Edgerton
392:Joseph E. Johnston
368:Carolinas Campaign
345:Sugar Loaf Battery
267:Benjamin F. Butler
228:Yorktown, Virginia
200:Carolinas Campaign
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220:Fort Monroe
192:Fort Fisher
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556:Categories
544:2007-02-13
523:References
451:by artist
423:Lieutenant
275:Petersburg
196:Wilmington
164:Union Army
142:commanders
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