Local U.S. Colored Troops: The men, their lives, their deaths

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Local U.S. Colored Troops: The men, their lives, their deaths
The Pocono Record Sun, 29 May 2005 2:06 AM PDT
Here are the known facts about Stroudsburg men who served in United States Colored Troops, the designation given to the segregated regiments created for anyone classified as "colored" by the conventions of the times.

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Very interesting, and makes me feel closer to them than some high level overview! Reading their hair, eye and skin color, height, place of birth and occupation, and especially their wartime fates, is something like putting flesh on the bones.