During the Civil War Sgt. William Walker of the 3rd. S.C. Colored Infantry was tried and executed for leading an alleged mutiny in his company during November 1863 over the policy of the Federal Army of giving African American Soldiers less than equal pay
The ex-slaves, among them African-born Thomas Peters, were organized into the Royal Ethiopian Regiment, the Black Pioneers and other units. A contemporary of the period wrote that the colonists were "struck with horror" at the prospect of armed
The purpose of our page is to inform others of the significant impact many black individuals and groups have had on the United State's military history.
Johnson Whittaker was one of the first African Americans to attend the West Point military academy in 1876. But his miliary career was ended without honor after three masked men - thought to be cadets - broke into his room, slashed his face, hands and ear
Seventy-one white officers were put in charge of over 1,400 Black sailors, who loaded the ammunition in three round-the-clock seven-hour shifts. These enlisted men, many barely out of high school, were not made aware of the dangers involved in this work.
Just as was true of white Americans, black Americans fought on both sides during the Revolutionary War. Also true of both races was the fact that Tory (pro-British) sentiment was strong in Georgia. Helping convince many blacks to fight for the British was
President Bill Clinton signed a document in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Feb. 19 posthumously pardoning 1st Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper, the first black West Point graduate, convicted in 1882 of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
