tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post6689939512388422816..comments2023-10-18T02:04:41.258-07:00Comments on The USCT Chronicle: Tennessee Black Soldiers Honored at National CemeteryAngela Y. Walton-Rajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-87804842673644286012011-04-18T08:39:42.727-07:002011-04-18T08:39:42.727-07:00To Lloyd Monroe,
Thanks for mentioning the monume...To Lloyd Monroe,<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning the monument to the Kansas Colored. I have visited the Honey Springs Battlefield, and have seen that monument. I mentioned it on my African-Native American blog and have an image of it there. <br />( http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2GgGU8-uVoI/TaR_skOfDVI/AAAAAAAABZw/lWZyEpteoM8/s1600/Marker1stKansCol.JPG )<br /><br />I also have an image of the Indian Home Guards as well on that post: <br />http://african-nativeamerican.blogspot.com/2011/04/civil-war-in-indian-territory-honoring.html <br /><br />You are correct that these sites should be held as places of honor, and truly these men of courage did not fight nor die in vain.<br /><br />Thank you for your remarks!Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-5959735788523656642011-04-18T08:35:23.812-07:002011-04-18T08:35:23.812-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-19772378881814491492011-04-18T08:33:56.261-07:002011-04-18T08:33:56.261-07:00Bill,
Thank you for visiting the blog, and for yo...Bill,<br /><br />Thank you for visiting the blog, and for your remarks. The task to honor our ancestors is an ongoing one and it their shoulders upon which we stand.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-32011434278892766972011-04-15T14:57:06.639-07:002011-04-15T14:57:06.639-07:00There is a very nice monument commemorating the 1s...There is a very nice monument commemorating the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers (later designated as the 79th US Colored Infantry--New Organization)at the site of a battle in what was then the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). A photo can be viewed here: http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4197<br />Well over twenty thousand African Americans from Tennessee served in Union USCT regiments. I too believe both battlefields and cemeteries to be sacred places. The USCT Chronicle and its author performs a necessary and valuable service in raising consciousness of the sacrifices of those long overlooked. As long as the living remember, the sacrifices of those who gave the last full measure of devotion will not have been in vain.Lloyd Monroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864484807934708034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-14102938267475844982011-04-14T16:15:04.545-07:002011-04-14T16:15:04.545-07:00Angela, you are doing an awesome job with
this bl...Angela, you are doing an awesome job with <br />this blog!<br /><br />Thanks for taking part in the Challenge!Bill Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266937924453737084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-69045476866384085892011-04-13T10:10:21.654-07:002011-04-13T10:10:21.654-07:00How lucky you are to have visited so many battlefi...How lucky you are to have visited so many battlefields! And I believe that the cemeteries are sacred places.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-55298335774511075012011-04-11T19:48:08.314-07:002011-04-11T19:48:08.314-07:00Great video. I have made it to a dozen Civil War b...Great video. I have made it to a dozen Civil War battlefields and I have only seen one USCT monument (Vicksburg) so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com