U.S. Colored Troops Grand Review
Posted by: 
Ernmark
N 40° 15.930 W 076° 52.803
18T E 340137 N 4458921
Marker placed in 2006 noting a parade on this spot honoring African-American regiments returning from the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM41H7
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2008
Views: 15
Marker Text is as follows:
Excluded from a May 1865 "Grand Review of the Armies" in Wash., DC, U.S. Colored Troops from Penna. and Mass. regiments assembled here at State & Filbert Sts. on Nov. 14, 1865 for a parade honoring their courage during the Civil War. Grand Marshal T. Morris Chester led them through Harrisburg to Sen. Simon Cameron’s Front St. home to be gratefully acknowledged. Octavius Catto, William Howard Day, Gen. JB Kiddoo, & the Rev. Stephen Smith spoke.
Marker Name: U.S. Colored Troops Grand Review
County: Dauphin
Date Dedicated: 05/06/2006
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Soldier's Grove, Commonwealth Ave. behind Capitol, Harrisburg
Category: African American, Civil War, Military
Website: [Web Link]
|
Visit Instructions:
In your log, please say if you learned something new, and if you took any extra time to explore the area once you stopped at the historic marker waymark.
Please post a photo of you OR your GPS at the marker location.