The Forgotten Story of the Black Man Who Was the First to Shed Blood in the Civil War
Mar 31, 2025
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Nicholas Biddle died broke, never received a pension, and was never officially recognized as a Union soldier because of his age and the color of his skin—but he was treated as a soldier by his company and was the first to shed blood in the Civil War, just days after the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter.
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