Black Civil War Veterans

Archive

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Black Civil War Veterans

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.255

Scope and Content

Civil War Veterans In The St. Joseph News-Press Alonzo Weston wrote an article about Black Civil War soldiers. He was appealing to the readers to help Barbara Turner and Suzanne Lehr of the St. Joseph Museum put together an exhibit on the black soldiers buried in Mount Mora cemetery. If you were a descendant of or know any information about black Civil War Union soldiers you should contact him or Mrs. Turner or Mrs. Lehr. The soldiers were William Orey, Alexander Phillips, Robert Steel and Henry Taylor. Preservation Issues Missouri Department of Natural Resources Historic Preservation Program-Black Missourians in the Civil War. There is a picture of Logan Bennet, 65th U.S. Colored Troops. Seventeen black sailors were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The men of the 62nd and 65th U.S. Colored Troops were the co-founders of Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University). Pictured are Logan Bennett, John Jeffreys, Jacob Anderson and Nelson Bergamise. Also in this pamphlet is the Pennytown Project, the Battle of Island Mound, old Ste. Genevieve Academy, Commercial Hotel, Boonville, Missouri, the Pierce City Fire Station, Courthouse and Jail and Historic Sedalia; By Day and by Night.

Collection

Black Archives

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Slavery, Civil wars

Search Terms

Black Union Civil War Soldiers, Black History, Black Civil War Soliders, Union Army

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 24, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jacob Anderson

Person or Organization

Logan Bennett

Person or Organization

Nelson Bergamise

Person or Organization

John Jeffreys

Person or Organization

William Orey

Person or Organization

Alexander Phillips

Person or Organization

Robert Steel

Person or Organization

Henry Taylor

Person or Organization

Weston, Alonzo