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The Black Brigade of Cincinnati was the first organization of African Americans to be used for military purposes by the North during the American Civil War. [7] [5] In 2012, a resolution was passed within the U.S. Senate recognizing members of Cincinnati Black Brigade as veterans. [16]
The Black Brigade was given its own flag and each man was paid $13 for one month's service, the same pay given to privates at that time. Seven hundred and six members of the Black Brigade built fortifications in Kentucky to protect Cincinnati. [3] They had no weapons and only had a few cavalry scouts between them and Confederate troops.
Black Brigade given the dignity of volunteering after racist abuse. Under the orders of Cincinnati Mayor George Hatch, the city’s Black men were apprehended to do the labor of digging rifle pits ...
Peter Farley Fossett (June 5, 1815 – January 3, 1901) was an enslaved laborer at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation, who after he attained his freedom in the mid-19th century, settled in Cincinnati where he established himself as a minister and caterer. He was a captain in the Black Brigade of Cincinnati during the Civil War. Fossett ...
During the Civil War, Fossett served as a captain in the Black Brigade that helped protect Cincinnati under siege by Confederate forces in September 1862. Taking a stand and refusing to leave.
On Freedom’s Doorstep: Celebrating Black History in Cincinnati 1788-1919. Celebrate Cincinnati's Black history during this fun, family-friendly afternoon. ... a Black Brigade tribute and ...
However, state and local militia units had already begun enlisting black men, including the "Black Brigade of Cincinnati", raised in September 1862 to help provide manpower to thwart a feared Confederate raid on Cincinnati from Kentucky, as well as black infantry units raised in Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, and South Carolina. [10]
The Black Brigade of Cincinnati American Civil War Memorial honors the free African Americans who constructed the defensive fortifications, around Cincinnati, Ohio, during the American Civil War, in preparation of a potential Confederate attack. The Brigade would later shoulder their shovels in a military manner and march in the victory parade ...