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Individual Stories

Men such as Martin R. Delany, a longtime resident of Pittsburgh and the first black major in the Union Army, had life stories as inspiring as any in American history.  Yet so many of the African American patriots of the … Continue reading

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100 Voices

100 Voices is one of the projects associated with the Pennsylvania Grand Review. The Pennsylvania Tourism Office selected 100 African Americans who fought in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. Many of these veterans were either born … Continue reading

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Anita Talks Genealogy

Anita Talks Genealogy is Genealogy from an African American Perspective. Continue reading

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Alexander Kelly and the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm

Alexander Kelly was an African-American Civil War soldier who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.  He was born on April 7, 1840 in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania and worked as a coal miner prior to his involvement in the war. On August … Continue reading

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William H. Carney at Fort Wagner

On May 31, 1897, the city of Boston erected a monument created by the American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in honor of the 54th Massachusetts and its colonel, Robert Gould Shaw. The monument commemorates the regiment’s participation in the second attack … Continue reading

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Front and Center: Some Who Served in the United States Colored Troops

It is with great pride that I write about my ancestors, who were Soldiers in the United States Colored Troops.
This is their Roll Call:
1. Corporal Walter Samuel Pinn, 54th Massachuetts United States Colored Troops, Company B;
2. Corporal Uriah Martin, 41st United States Colored Troops, Company B (Lancaster County Pennsylvania),
3. Private William Martin, 45th United States Colored Troops, Company K (Lancaster County Pennsylvania);
4. Private Henry Green, 41st United States Colored Troops, Company B (Lancaster County Pennsylvania);
5. Private Benjamin Green, 25th Regiment United States Colored Troops, Company B, (Lancaster County Pennsylvania)
May this not be their last Roll Call. We are the voice of our ancestors, but not the only voices. The descendants of these soldiers continue to live in the Region and throughout the world. Some are themselves soldiers wearing the uniform of our Country proudly. We give thanks to Pennsylvania for honoring our Ancestors, and recognizing the diverse groups of Soldiers who fought during the “War Between the States.”

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Charles H. Parker, 3rd Regiment U.S.C.T.

(Essay written by Debra McCauslin — For the Cause Productions, Gettysburg, PA) Charles H. Parker died in 1876 and was buried at Yellow Hill Cemetery near Biglerville in Adams County. Parker was born in Virginia and enlisted at age 18 … Continue reading

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William H. Mathews, 127th Regiment U.S.C.T.

(Essay written by Debra McCauslin — For the Cause Productions, Gettysburg, PA) William H. Mathews of Adams County was born free in Pennsylvania in 1849.His parents were Edward and Annie (Gant) Mathews and originally from Carroll County, Maryland where they … Continue reading

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Isaac Cole, 32nd Regiment U.S.C.T.

(Essay written by Frank Hebblethwaite — Park Ranger, Hopewell Furnace NHS) Abraham Lincoln referred to history as the “mystic chords of memory”. Those mystic chords of collective memory bind us together. Our common history connects us to each other in … Continue reading

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