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1st Regiment Tennessee Infantry, Vounteers of African Descent
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shades_tsla_0002.jpg
Title
1st
Regiment
Tennessee
Infantry
,
Vounteers
of
African
Descent
Alternate Title
Officers of the First Regiment Tennessee Infantry Volunteers of African Descent
Date
c
.
1860s
Genre
Photographs
Description
Composite
of the
officers
of the
1st
Regiment
Tennessee
Infantry
,
Volunteers
of
African
Descent
,
United
States
Army
.
Historical note
The
United
States
Colored
Troops
(U.S.C.T.)
in
Tennessee
experienced
every
facet
of
war
between
1863
and
1865
. In the
spring
of
1863
,
General
Lorenzo
Thomas
was
appointed
Commissioner
for the
Organization
of
Colored
Troops
for the
Federal
Army
in
Tennessee
. He
began
actively
raising
black
regiments
in
Memphis
and had
3
,
000
troops
by
June
. These
first
regiments
were
designated
by
state
and
race
,
such
as the
1st
Tennessee
Volunteers
Infantry
Regiment
, A.
D
.
(African
Descent)
. This
unit
was
organized
June
27
,
1863
, at
LaGrange
,
Fayette
County
.
Subject
African
American
soldiers
-
History
-
19th
Century
;
United
States
-
History
-
Civil
War
,
1861-1865
;
United
States
-
History
-
Civil
War
,
1861-1865
,
African
Americans
Theme
Building a Future through Opportunity
Story
McKissack Family
Geographic Location
United
States
--
Tennessee
--
LaGrange
Time period
1860-69
Language
eng
Identifier
THS
193
;
14119
Credit line
Tennessee Historical Society Picture Collection, Tennessee State Library & Archives
Contributing Institution
Tennessee State Library & Archives
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,21
Archival file
shades3/shades_tsla_0002.tif
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