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| Posted: Tue Jan 11th, 2011 09:49 pm |
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jbarrett202@verizon.net Member
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Reading the news today the article about African-Americans as doctors and officer in the Union army caught my attention. I thought blacks were not allowed to hold commision in either army North or South. Just wondering.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11th, 2011 10:12 pm |
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Texas Defender Member
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jbarrett- There were a small number of blacks who served as commissioned officers in the Civil War. USCT and Commissioned Officers of African-American Descent Perhaps the most well known was Major (Dr.) Martin R. Delaney. Martin Robinson Delany
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12th, 2011 12:25 am |
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jbarrett202@verizon.net Member
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You learn something new every day! Thanks for the info.
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