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A reception immediately following the service will be held at the
Otis B. Duncan American Legion Post 809
Corner of Capitol Street and Martin Luther King Drive
Springfield, Illinois
All events are free and open to the public.
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The photograph accompanying this invitation is probably one of the most famous photographs of a USCT soldier. Lewis Martin was a private in the 29th USCT, Co. E, and sustained traumatic injuries during the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864, in Petersburg, Virginia. Unfortunately, like many African American Civil War veterans, he did not receive a military honor recognizing his service upon his death in 1892 in Springfield, Illinois. He was not forgotten as his picture has become a familiar symbol of the tragedies and scarifies of warfare. Pvt. Martin survived the war and lived the remaining days of his life in Springfield, Illinois. He left no direct descendants and was buried in an unmarked grave in the same cemetery as President Abraham Lincoln.
For more information information on Lewis Martin and the 29th USCT, see the following:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24589557
http://usctchronicle.blogspot.com/2011/01/they-were-men-who-suffered-and-died.html
http://cwmemory.com/2008/07/30/144th-anniversary-of-the-crater/
-Yulanda Burgess
You are invited
Headstone Memorial Marker Service for Pvt. Lewis Martin
Saturday November 2, 2013
10 am
Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield, Illinois
Headstone Memorial Marker Service for Pvt. Lewis Martin
Saturday November 2, 2013
10 am
Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield, Illinois
Pvt. Martin served with the 29th Infantry, United States Colored Troops (USCT). He was recruited in Upper Alton, Illinois, where he resided after escaping slavery in Arkansas. Pvt. Martin was wounded at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia resulting in amputations to his right arm and left leg. He is buried in an unmarked grave at Oak Ridge Cemetery in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb. A head stone and memorial marker honoring his contribution to what President Lincoln called the “Nation’s new birth of freedom,” will be unveiled at his grave site during this memorial service.
A reception immediately following the service will be held at the
Otis B. Duncan American Legion Post 809
Corner of Capitol Street and Martin Luther King Drive
Springfield, Illinois
All events are free and open to the public.
_________________________________________
The photograph accompanying this invitation is probably one of the most famous photographs of a USCT soldier. Lewis Martin was a private in the 29th USCT, Co. E, and sustained traumatic injuries during the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864, in Petersburg, Virginia. Unfortunately, like many African American Civil War veterans, he did not receive a military honor recognizing his service upon his death in 1892 in Springfield, Illinois. He was not forgotten as his picture has become a familiar symbol of the tragedies and scarifies of warfare. Pvt. Martin survived the war and lived the remaining days of his life in Springfield, Illinois. He left no direct descendants and was buried in an unmarked grave in the same cemetery as President Abraham Lincoln.
For more information information on Lewis Martin and the 29th USCT, see the following:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24589557
http://usctchronicle.blogspot.com/2011/01/they-were-men-who-suffered-and-died.html
http://cwmemory.com/2008/07/30/144th-anniversary-of-the-crater/
-Yulanda Burgess
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