Spotlight: Dawson Gordney, Company K

This image is from “Lest We Forget: African American Military History by Historian, Author, and Veteran Bennie McRae, Jr.“

This soldier is one of many members of the 1st. U.S. Colored Cavalry buried at Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia. Dawson Gordney died at his home in Portsmouth, January 8, 1907. Many burials at this cemetery are of those who had been inmates at the nearby National Soldiers Home in Hampton.

Note: Until the National Archives in Washington, DC re-opens to the public I will spotlight individuals whose sketches have been published — along with a new and interesting fact that wasn’t mentioned in the original post. Click on the individual’s name in this entry to view the original sketch.