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Civil War Weekend: United States Colored Troops March to Peterboro

Harry Bradshaw Matthews, United States Colored Troops Institute, Hartwick College, Oneonta

3rd Regiment Infantry, United States Colored Troops, Philadelphia, Pa.

Robert Djed Snead portrays Rev. Jermain Wesley Loguen at induction of Loguen to National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum 2011.

AKWAABA: The Heritage Associates of Rochester NY will perform a play in response to Frederick Douglass’ call “Men of Color: To Arms!”

(Peterboro, NY – May 2013) With the issuance of the EmancipationMatthews USCTILoguen, Rev. Jermain Wesley Snead 10-12 crp cmpAKWAABA
USCT 3rd Regiment
USCT BureauProclamation Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln authorized the recruiting of African American soldiers in the Union Army. The 21st annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend will observe the Sesquicentennial of the United States Colored Troops with programs during the annual event Saturday, June 8, and Sunday, June 9. (more…)

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