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USCT WEEKEND
Camp Nelson, Kentucky
SEPTEMBER 7 & 8, 2002
OPENING CEREMONY
POSTING THE COLORS
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| First Lieutenant Tom Fugate
(Left), 12th United States Colored Heavy Artillery reading
GENERAL ORDERS No. 20,
dated June 13, 1864, issued by
order of the Secretary of War thru Adjutant-General
Lorenzo Thomas.
GENERAL
ORDERS No. 20 set the stage for the organization of United States
Colored Cavalry, Infantry and Heavy Artillery Regiments within the state
of Kentucky, which subsequently led to the enlistment of over 23,000
ex-slaves and free men of color. Almost half of that number enlisted and
was trained at Camp Nelson. The
4th US Colored Heavy Artillery was the first to organize in Columbus,
and the last to organize was the 125th US Colored Infantry regiment at
Louisville. The number does not include those who departed Kentucky and enlisted in other states. |
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