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Subject: Re: [SUVCW] Southern Unionists in NC
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:34:21 EST
That is interesting. I wasn't aware of the monument. I would doubt that the
officers were from that area - though, certainly, it isn't entirely out of the
question. It seems that most officers of USCT troops - at least in the
works that I have read - were taken from among volunteers of so many Union
regiments in the field. Actually, a more interesting study would be to look at
these former officers after the war. I have seen information that shows that they
were not considered equals among officers who had served at the head of
white regiments.
I was able to locate one former slave from my home county - Page Co., Va. -
who was either freed or escaped, ended up inthe 82nd USCT, and, after the
war, came back to Page and may have even worked for his former owner after
having returned! Can't prove that last bit, but there are some things that give
this as a strong possibility.
Robert Moore
Cdr., Camp #1881
In a message dated 12/19/2007 11:26:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
Interesting to note on that aspect of history is that at Gloucester Court
House, VA; with in the last couple of years there has been erected a
monument to a black Union regiment that was raised in VA. I would be
interested to know if the usual white officers were also from the area. I
have not been back down there since the monument was erected to find out.
Steve Twining, P.C.C.
L. A. Tifft Camp #15
39 Letendre Ave
Ludlow, MA 01056-1834
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