Description
- Abstract:
- The over life-sized work depicts a sergeant in the United States Colored Troops 2nd Regiment standing in front of an open gate within a wall. The soldier is framed by two granite plaques mounted on each wall. The plaque on the left is a description of the important contribution of the 2nd Regiment during the Civil War. The plaque on the right contains a poem, written by D.J. Wilkins.
- Notes:
- Memorial to the 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops (Fort Myers, Florida), 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
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Ater, Renée,
"Memorial to the 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops (Fort Myers, Florida)"
(1998).
United States Colored Troops (USCT).
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:hcxcuffe/
Relations
Collection:
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United States Colored Troops (USCT)
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