African-American Civil War Soldiers
Four African-American Civil War soldiers are buried in Benton Harbor's Morton Hill Cemetery:
--L.D. Bragg (Company K of the 13th U.S. Colored Troops)
--Stephen Busby (Company A of the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops)
--William Buchanan (Company C of the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops)
--William Adams (Company C of the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops)
This is the 150th Anniversary of African-American soldiers beginning to fight in the Civil War.
Research Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Colored_Troops
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/usct/usct-united-states-colored.html
http://www.michiganinthewar.org/infantry/1stcol.htm
http://detroit1701.org/First%20Colored%20Regiment.html
--L.D. Bragg (Company K of the 13th U.S. Colored Troops)
--Stephen Busby (Company A of the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops)
--William Buchanan (Company C of the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops)
--William Adams (Company C of the 102nd U.S. Colored Troops)
This is the 150th Anniversary of African-American soldiers beginning to fight in the Civil War.
Research Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Colored_Troops
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/usct/usct-united-states-colored.html
http://www.michiganinthewar.org/infantry/1stcol.htm
http://detroit1701.org/First%20Colored%20Regiment.html