United States Colored Troops - Cleveland, OH
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Laval K-9
N 41° 29.356 W 081° 38.523
17T E 446403 N 4593271
A Civil War monument located in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WMPB0P
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2015
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The beautiful grounds of Woodland Cemetery are designed in the style of a New England Cemetery. Over sixty acres of land are rich with history dating from before the Civil War.
A tombstone dedicated to the United States Colored Troops can be found near the entrance of the cemetery just besides a historical marker and a pole with the American flag.
On the front of the monument is written:
US
CIVIL WAR
1861-1865
DEDICATED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
¨ONCE LET THE BLACK MAN GET UPON HIS PERSON THE BRASS LETTER, U.S.,
LET HIM GET AN EAGLE ON HIS BUTTON AND A MUSKET ON HIS SHOULDER AND
BULLETS IN HIS POCKET, THERE IS NO POWER ON EARTH THAT CAN DENY THAT
HE HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO CITIZENSHIP¨
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
ABOLITIONIST 1818-1895
On the back of the monument is written THE WAR FOR THE UNION along with 63 soldiers names.
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Not listed
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