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Image Title: Medal Of Honor Men Have Received Medals Of Honor In United States Army And Navy., 1900

Date: Ca. 1900

Summary: Portraits of 15 African American soldiers and sailors who received Medals of Honor for service in the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish American War: Sergeant John Denny, Co. B, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; Private James Gardiner, Co. I, 36th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment; Sergeant Major Milton M. Holland, Co. C, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment; Private Dennis Bell, Troop H, 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; Sergeant Brent Woods, Co. B, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; Sergeant Thomas Hawkins, Co. C, 6th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment; Corporal Isaiah Mays, Co. B, 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment; Sergeant Robert A. Pinn, Co. I, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment; Landsman John Lawson, U.S. Navy; Sargeant William H. Carney, Co. C, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; Sergeant Powhatan Beaty, Co. G, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment; Sergeant James H. Harris, Co. B, 38th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment; Sergeant Thomas Shaw, Co. K, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment; Sergeant Alexander Kelly, Co. F, 6th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment; and Sergeant Major Christian Fleetwood, Co. G, 4th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment.

Notes: Chart prepared for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 to show the economic and social progress of African Americans since emancipation.

Related Names: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Subjects: African Americans--Military service--1860-1900
Exposition universelle--(1900 :--Paris, France)--Exhibitions & displays
Medal of Honor--People--1860-1900
Military decorations--United States--1860-1900
Military personnel--1860-1900
Spanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel--American
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union
United States.--Army--People--1860-1900
United States.--Navy--People--1860-1900

Original Media: Photograph

Collections: Civil War
African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition » more info...

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