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August 29, 2017 By Bob Henderson Leave a Comment

U.S.C.T. Statue

Honoring the United States Colored Infantry (U.S.C.I.)

 

The Civil War Monuments issue should take 180º turn. It’s time to honor the contributions of the 13th USCT in the Battle of Nashville. Fort Negley Park would be ideal for it’s location. The fort was constructed by African Americans, including the USCT. The grounds around the fort were “contraband camps” of Black refugees from around the region. Some may still be buried there.

Fort Negley Park is currently under threat of commercial development.

 The time is now to act and honor this page of American history. Save the park and honor the USCT.

 

USCT Monument by Aerial 3D360 on Sketchfab

 

The 13th USCT

Five color bearers of the 13th U.S.C.I. — carrying a flag with its origin:  “Presented by the Colored Ladies of Murfreesboro” — were shot down before their banner was captured. The regiment lost 40 percent of its men, the highest casualty rate of the battle of Nashville.  

The 13th U.S.C.T. was comprised of 20 officers and 556 men, most of whom had been enslaved in Tennessee. Ordered to assault Peach Orchard Hill during the battle, after many white Union regiments had failed, the 13th U.S.C.T. was slaughtered by the Confederate troops defending the hill. Yet in undertaking this task these freed slaves, untried in fierce combat, won in their deaths the admiration of friend and foe alike…read more

Blood Proof: USCT and the Battle of Nashville

#usct #usci #nashville

 

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Filed Under: Nashville, Preservation, Slavery, Tennessee, USCT

About Bob Henderson

I am a Certified Trusted Google Street View and Business View photographer. I shoot and produce 360º Virtual Tours in a variety of formats. Former Metro Historical Commission member. Native Nashvillian, served as an officer in the US Navy and Tennessee Air National Guard. I am a direct descendent of Captain Walter Scott Bearden, 41st Tennessee CSA , Private James Jarvis Maxwell, 4th Tennessee Cavalry USA, John Bond Henderson, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry CSA, John D. Kerr, McKenzie's 5th Cavalry, CSA | Great Uncle x2 Lt. David Phillips 7th Tennessee CSA, and Great Cousin x2 Major Shelah Waters 4th Tennessee Cavalry USA, Great Uncle x2 2nd Lt. George Malone, 19th TN CSA (KIA Kennesaw Mountain) Follow Bob on Google+ | LinkedIn | Facebook

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