2nd Brigade: Colonel Ulysses Doubleday
8th United States Colored Troops
41st United States Colored Troops
45th United States Colored Troops
127th United States Colored Troops
33rd Brigade: Colonel William W. Woodward
29th United States Colored Troops
31st United States Colored Troops
116th United States Colored Troops
On April 9, 1865 here were over 5,500 Black American soldiers on the battlefield where they along with their fellow White soldiers of the United States Army forced the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia - R. E. Lee's Army, the further crumbling of the Confederacy, and the beginning of legal emancipation for all of the enslaved women, men, and children of Virginia and ultimately the whole nation.
Camp William Penn in a post-war image. This camp was the mustering site of many United States Colored Troops Unit.
Preston Taylor was a drummer in the116th USCTs. Beneath the buttons on his jacket can be seen his signature : "Preston Taylor, Co. G, 116th U.S.C.T." ON the back, the photographer is identified as L. I. Prince Photographer of New Orlean, LA.
Artist in a postwar photograph.
Davis was a Private in Companies K & G of the 8th USCTs. He was born in North Carolina and served as a private in the 8th USCTs from September 1863 to November 1865. Davis died of tuberculosis on October 14,1888.
Preston Taylor was a drummer in the116th USCTs. Beneath the buttons on his jacket can be seen his signature : "Preston Taylor, Co. G, 116th U.S.C.T." ON the back, the photographer is identified as L. I. Prince Photographer of New Orlean, LA.
UNited States Colored Troops at the Battle of Appomattox Court House
