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Civil War Bluejackets @CWBluejackets

AHRC-funded Civil War Bluejackets Project on @USNavy sailors during the American Civil War. Join our Zooniverse Community! tinyurl.com/ypr4tmpa

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Our new Press Release on the latest from the Civil War Bluejackets Project- Groundbreaking Research Using AI to Explore Civil War History. You can read more here: newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/p…

Northumbria Contributes to Groundbreaking Research Using AI to Explore American Civil War History

Northumbria University, in collaboration with the University of Sheffield, is leading an innovative citizen science project that leverages artificial...

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Rest in Peace @NavalAcademy graduate @USNavy veteran President Jimmy Carter.
U.S. Navy
@USNavy
9 Jan 2025
⚓️Fair winds and following seas, Sir. We have the watch. 🇺🇸
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Bluejacket team delighted for @NavyFB! What a win over nationally ranked Army. Congrats too on winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy! #GoNavyBeatArmy
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On Tuesday at 6pm (EET) in Jakobstad #Finland we'll be sharing some Bluejackets work on European sailors in the American Civil War. Come along to hear about "Early Emigrants: Finnish Sailors in the American Civil War, 1861-1865" details on the talk below! events.osterbotten.fi/evenem…
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#HappyVeteransDay to all US veterans but especially those who served in @USNavy A blog from our website on the remarkable story of navy vet Frank Branch, an enslaved African-American boy who fled bondage in the Confederacy to join up. civilwarbluejackets.com/2023… #VeteransDay2024

Bluejacket Community Discoveries: On the Trail of an African American Child in the Union Navy

Recently Civil War Bluejackets and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society have been collaborating as part of our efforts to identify African American sailors on the muster sheets. A …

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We were really pleased to feature in Muster, the digital arm of the @JCWE1 recently. Details on our piece, "Civil War Bluejackets: Citizen Science, Machine Learning, and the US Navy Common Sailor" can be found here: civilwarbluejackets.com/2024… #DigitalHumanities #DigitalHistory
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We were delighted to have student Madeleine Egner join us last week to undertake some research for Civil War Bluejackets. Madeleine focused on one guncrew aboard USS Wabash, and wrote about what she found- you can read all about it in our new blog post! civilwarbluejackets.com/2024…
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Our new @the_zooniverse Citizen Science Discovery Series Post is now live! You can read the Civil War letters of English emigrant sailor William Ashworth Nuttall, who ran away from his home in the West Pennines when just 11-years-old for a life at sea: civilwarbluejackets.com/2024…
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Civil War Bluejackets have just returned from a whirlwind few days speaking about the Project and conducting some U.S. Naval research in Louisiana and Mississippi. You can see what @dgleesonhistory and @irishacw got up to in our new post, available here: civilwarbluejackets.com/2024…
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David Gleeson@dgleesonhistory
18 Apr 2024
"In [2024] @CWBluejackets took a little trip, along with [Admiral Porter] down the Mighty Mississip'" #CivilWar #Navy
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We recently came across the grave of sailor William Brass at Baton Rouge National Cemetery. William was an 18-year-old farmer from Michigan when he enlisted in late August 1864. Just weeks later he was dead, succumbing to Typhoid in Baton Rouge in early November. #CWBluejackets
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For anyone near @VicksburgNPS, come join us on April 9th as we share some of our research! We'll be giving a talk titled "Meet the Bluejackets: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and African American Sailors in the U.S. Navy Mississippi River Squadron": nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-…

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Our new Bluejacket Community Discovery Post now live! In Part 1 of 2 researched and written by our @the_zooniverse moderators, we set out to uncover the story of 30 seamen who found themselves in Fort Pickens, Florida, as war-clouds gathered in 1861: civilwarbluejackets.com/2024…

Bluejacket Community Discoveries: On the Trail of “Thirty Ordinary Seamen from the Yard,” Fort...

The Civil War Bluejackets Project has benefited greatly from the dedication and commitment of our two Zooniverse moderators, R. Roberts (@GROBSTER) and Robert Croke (@SandyCycler). Their efforts in…

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Some big news as we prepare to move to Phase 2 of Civil War Bluejackets! More information here👇 civilwarbluejackets.com/2024… #DigitalHumanities #DIgitalHistory
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A major aim @CWBluejackets is to work with groups to highlight the potential of Civil War naval records. Check out some of the amazing discoveries our partners at Delaware Genealogical Society & Delaware African American Genealogical Society have made: civilwarbluejackets.com/unco…
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Today the team at Civil War Bluejackets (civilwarbluejackets.com) say #GoNavyBeatArmy! #ArmyNavy

The Civil War Bluejackets Project

AHRC Funded Project Exploring Ordinary Civil War Sailors

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U.S. Navy
@USNavy
8 Dec 2023
🚢 Anchors aweigh, sailors! 🏈⚓️ Brace yourselves for the ultimate showdown – the Army Navy game is set for Saturday, December 9, 2023, at 3 pm EST! 🇺🇸💙 #GoNavyBeatArmy #ArmyNavy
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We hope all our American friends have a great #Thanksgiving! It was a big day for U.S. sailors during the Civil War as well- here's a piece from our blog about how one Irish sailor and his comrades celebrated on the James River during the conflict: civilwarbluejackets.com/2022…

Celebrating Thanksgiving on a Union Monitor

As Thanksgiving approaches, we wanted to take a look at how U.S. sailors during the American Civil War celebrated the holiday. Thanksgiving was an important day for immigrants as well as for native…

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Our new post- in a follow up to our last Bluejackets Community Discoveries Series Post, one of our Zooniverse transcribers uncovers new details about African American sailor Frank Branch and his family: civilwarbluejackets.com/2023… #Zooniverse

Bluejacket Community Discoveries: An Update on the Search for Frank Branch, African American Child...

Our last post in the Community Discoveries series told the story of Frank Branch, an African American boy enslaved in Richmond, Virginia who escaped to enlist in the wartime U.S. Navy (you can read…

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U.S. National Archives
@USNatArchives
30 Oct 2023
The National Archives and the National Park Service (@NatlParkService) are collaborating on a special project to transcribe the Revolutionary War pension files. Join in! archives.gov/citizen-archivi… #RevWarVets #ReadingCursiveIsASuperpower
A portrait image of George Washington. NAID: 94272008.

ALT A portrait image of George Washington. NAID: 94272008.

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A fantastically preserved #Bluejackets linen naval jumper on display @ATLHistCenter. This example was worn by Carpenter's Mate Stephen Roach from New York. Stephen served aboard USS Kittatinny as part of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.
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