Click here or on the image above to view a brief article and a larger image on the Encyclopedia Virginia website.
Click here to view the sidebar about the Fifteenth Amendment posted last week (May 20, 2024).
May 27, 2024 by leslie1863
Click here or on the image above to view a brief article and a larger image on the Encyclopedia Virginia website.
Click here to view the sidebar about the Fifteenth Amendment posted last week (May 20, 2024).
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While researching the lives of my great-great-grandfather Edward R. Pitt and his brother William Thomas Pitt of Norfolk County, Virginia, I found fascinating (and sometimes disturbing) details about the civilian and military experiences of those who served in the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry.
The regiment included free men, freedom seekers and white officers from the United States and abroad. It was organized at Camp Hamilton, Virginia in 1863, attached to Fortress Monroe, Virginia in 1864, and mustered out at Brazos Santiago, Texas in 1866.
Leslie Anderson, MSLS
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