Description
- Abstract:
- The ten-foot limestone pillar was dedicated to 142 United States Colored Troop soldiers from Franklin County, Kentucky, who fought in the Civil War.
- Notes:
- Kentucky African American Civil War Memorial (Frankfort, Kentucky), Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- CC0 1.0
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Bedford (Wikipedia),
"Kentucky African American Civil War Memorial (Frankfort, Kentucky)"
(1924).
United States Colored Troops (USCT).
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:33aussv5/
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United States Colored Troops (USCT)
Included in this thematic collection are seventeen memorials that honor the vital contributions of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) to the Union victory during the American Civil War. The first all-Black units formed unofficially in Louisiana (Louisiana Native Guard, …...