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"In Memoriam"
"Proclamation"
Two February 27, 1919 Florence Herald Articles reporting that the city government of Florence planted a row of "Victory Trees" on Morrison Avenue in Florence "last Friday" to honor the soldiers of Lauderdale County, black and white, killed in the…
"Army Pvt. James H. Ingram."
A photo and brief bio of Florence native and US Army Pvt James H. Ingram, a 1958 Burrell graduate who enlisted in December of 1958, completed basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC and had just completed a 15-week radio-teletype course at Southeastern…
"Army Recruiting Attracting Many"
A Friday, September 5, 1947 Florence Herald report on the recent enlistment of four Lauderdale County men in the US Army, including African-American Herbert Beckwith of 643 West College Street, Florence.
Four Inducted in Armed Forces
A Thursday, May 9, 1957 Florence report of the induction into the armed forces of four men from Lauderdale County, including African-American Frank Evans Johnson.
Negroes Sought by New US Army
A Friday, August 1, 1947 notice by Florence Army recruiting officer Lt. Inman O. Scott that the US Army is now authorized to maintain a ten percent Negro strength and setting forth the new opportunities and enlistment/reenlistment requirements
Shoals Area African-American Draftees and Enlistments, 1942
(1) Negroes Volunteer
Shoals Area African-American Enlistments and Draftees, 1941
(1) Two Negroes Ordered to Ft. McClellan
"Veterans advocate honored as Kentucky Colonel"
This is a newspaper article about Colonel Thomas McKnight, a Tuscumbia resident and military veterans advocate.
Military Service Records of Private Miles Ingram, Co H, 110th Infantry, United States Colored Troops (USCT).
Miles Ingram (ca 1843-1890) was a slave of the Joseph Ingram plantation near Rogersville in Lauderdale County and a private in Co H, 111th Inf, United States Colored Troops (USCT). The 21 year-old, 5 feet 9 inches Ingram enlisted on February 20, 1864…
Service Records of Private Anthony Brannon, Co H, 111th Infantry, United States Colored Troops (USCT)
Anthony Brannon (1843-1929), a son of Wilkins and Adline Brannon, one of over 100 men who served in USCT regiments from Lauderdale County, enlisted in Co H, 111th Infantry, United States Colored Troops when he was 20 years old.
Five feet eight…
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