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The 26th United States Colored Infantry, also called the 26th New York Infantry (Colored) was an African American infantry regiment, one of three colored troop units from the state of New York, 1 that fought in the American Civil War. The unit was organized on Riker's Island in February 1864 by the Union League Club of New York.
USCT regiments were led by white Union officers, while rank advancement was limited for Black soldiers, who could only rise to the rank of non-commissioned officers. Approximately 110 Black soldiers did become commissioned officers before the end of the war, primarily as surgeons or chaplains. [ 12 ]
[6]: 165–167 [7] Despite official reluctance from above, the number of white volunteers dropped throughout the war, and black soldiers were needed, whether the population liked it or not. [8] However, African Americans had been volunteering since the first days of war on both sides, though many were turned down. [9] African-American Union ...
The Irish Brigade in the Civil War: the 69th New York and other Irish regiments of the Army of the Potomac (1998). Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace. Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898 (Oxford University Press, 1998). Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. The Encyclopedia of New York City (Yale University Press, 2nd ed. 2010) Jaffe, Steven H.
Saint-Gaudens would later draw upon this new model in his 1903 memorial to William T. Sherman in New York's Central Park. [2] Each of the twenty-three Black soldiers is rendered with distinct, individualistic features that were based on those of live models hired by Saint-Gaudens. [2]
The Civil War and New York City (Syracuse University Press, 1990) Quigley, David. Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy (Hill and Wang, 2004) excerpt; Scherzer. Kenneth A. The unbounded community: Neighborhood life and social structure in New York City, 1830-1875 (Duke University Press, 1992)
14th Brooklyn Militia, Company G, in Virginia in 1862 Colors of the 14th Brooklyn Reproduction Guidon Flag of the 14th Brooklyn. The 14th Regiment New York State Militia (also called the 14th Brooklyn Chasseurs and officially known during the American Civil War as 84th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment) was a volunteer militia regiment from the City of Brooklyn, New York.
During this period, New York City was a site of the September 11 attacks of 2001; 2,606 people who were in the towers and in the surrounding area were killed by a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, an event considered highly traumatic for the city but which did not stop the city's rapid regrowth.