Colored Soldiers Monument

The mission of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum is to correct a great wrong in history which pretty much ignored the heroic role of 209,145 US Colored Troops in ending slavery and keeping America united under one flag. The African American Civil War Memorial, dedicated under the leadership of Dr. Frank Smith Jr.

and Colin Powell, serves as tribute to the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The wall lists the names of 209,145 USCT who fought for freedom during the American Civil War. The bronze statue and related museum just across the street, where kids can try on Civil War attire and commemorate the.

In 1924, the Grand Army of the Republic unveiled the Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort, Kentucky. In September 1996, a national celebration in commemoration of the service of the United States Colored Troops was held. Colored Union Soldiers Monument, accompanied by Civil War Trails marker, on King and Hyde Park Streets in Hertford, N.C.

Jeffrey Shallit Situated on Academy Green, this monument is the third oldest of the few nationwide that remember United States Colored Troops (USCT), and the first dedicated to these troops broadly. The African American Civil War Memorial is the only national memorial to honor the contributions of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and sailors during the Civil War. Inscribed on the Wall of Honor are the names of more than 185,000 black soldiers and sailors and 7,000 white officers who bravely fought the forces tearing the union apart.

The memorial "Boundless" (Collection of Cameron Art Museum) is a series of 11 life-size bronze statues depicting the three ranks of United States Colored Troops (USCT) soldiers marching toward the Confederate fortifications. The monument depicts a soldier from the First Kansas Colored Infantry during the Battle of Island Mound, which took place on October 28 and 29, 1862. The soldier is shown charging forward, his left foot stepping ahead.

The Natchez U.S. Colored Troops Monument Committee has been formed to make this dream a reality. Its goal is to create a monument -- The Natchez U.S.

Colored Troops Monument -- that will honor and bear the names of more than 8,000 African American men who served with six regiments at Fort McPherson in Natchez. The African American Civil War Memorial memorializes nearly 220,000 members of the United States Colored Troops involvement in the American Civil War. The African American Civil War Memorial Museum, in the U Street district of Washington, D.C., recognizes the contributions of the United States Colored Troops (USCT).

The site consists of a 9-foot bronze statue entitled The Spirit of Freedom by sculptor Ed Hamilton of Louisville, Kentucky, and indoor exhibits at the historic Grimke School, named after Archibald Grimke. The eponymous memorial.