Was black Civil War soldier poisoned?

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Was black Civil War soldier poisoned?
Seth Slabaugh, [email protected] 12:07 p.m. EST December 29, 2014
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Story Highlights
  • The 28th Regiment was one of the troops attached to the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
  • The 28th Regiment served valiantly in the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Va., on July 30, 1864, when nearly half of the men were killed or wounded.
  • At the war's end, there was unrest in the West, especially Texas. The 28th Regiment took up duty at Brazos, Santiago and Corpus Christi, Texas, until November, 1865.
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MUNCIE – One hundred fifty years ago, Robert Townsend, an African-American man from Indiana, enlisted in the 28th Regiment, United States Colored Troops that fought in the American Civil War.

He never served in combat because it’s quite possible he was intentionally poisoned.

“This is not going to be the stuff of ‘Glory,’ the movie,” Ball State University history professor Nicole Etcheson said during a recent lecture commemorating a new exhibit of Civil War artifacts at Bracken Library.

More: http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2014/12/29/black-civil-war-soldier-poisoned/21002339/
 
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