For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops(Kelly Mezurek,UA) 2018 Trade Paperback | S/L #

Trade Paperback  |  S/L # 12073

Available in brass or black barrel

from First Manassas/Bull Run to the defense of Petersburg

At the time of his death at Little Bighorn

Measures 1 1/2" in circumference

For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops(Kelly Mezurek,UA) 2018 Trade Paperback | S/L #by Kelly D. Mezurek The 27th United States Colored Troops (USCT), composed largely of free black Ohio men, served in the Union army from April 1864 to September 1865 in Virginia and North Carolina. It was the first time most members of the unit had traveled so far from home. The men faced daily battles against racism and against inferior treatment, training, and supplies. They suffered from the physical difficulties of military life, the horrors of