The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War (Steven M. LaBarre - BH) school the conversations that they would

the conversations that they would most have liked to have had with him

Using previously untapped court-martial records from the National Archives

S/L #34678

Boy Scout Edition Print 9" x 12"

Colley received wounds on three different occasions: first at Waterloo Bridge in 1862

The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War (Steven M. LaBarre - BH) school the conversations that they wouldFifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War In January 1863, a long anticipated military order arrived on the desk of Massachusetts Governor John Andrew. President Lincolns secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, had granted the governor authority to raise regiments of black soldiers. Two unitsthe 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantrywere soon mustered and in December, Andrew issued General Order No. 44, announcing a Regiment of Cavalry Volunteers,