Tour gives glimpse of black Civil War veterans' lives (MO)

[struggle4progress]

Sunday, November 8, 2015 ~ Updated 7:51 PM
By Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian

... dozens .. gathered at the cemetery Sunday afternoon for a Veterans Day celebration of African-American soldiers from Cape Girardeau ...

Gayther served in the Union Army, and Cooper was made to be a part of the Confederate. But another soldier, John Gale, did both ...

Midway through the war, the Confederate force he served was defeated, and Gale was offered the opportunity to join the Union Army. He gladly became a mule driver in a heavy artillery regiment ...

http://www.semissourian.com/story/2248479.html

[JDPriestly]

1. Thanks.

"It's amazing," Newbern said. "It's been 150 years, but it's never too late to say, 'Thank you.'"

http://www.semissourian.com/story/2248479.html

[tabasco]

2. What a wonderful event!

I wish I could have been there.