He began serving in the Confederatearmy on July 1, 1864 ... would not admit him to a VA hospital because he was not a United States veteran. The United Daughters of the Confederacy and Gov.
The first Black Army officer elevated to lieutenant general, he lived to see a military post named for a slaveholding Confederate general ... arms against the United States, the commission noted ...
A new Civil War monument will be installed soon on the northeast corner of the Jasper County Courthouse lawn. It will offer the Union perspective on the ...