Correspondence between Charles Young and son Charles Noel, signed “T.J.C.N. Young   Save
Col. Charles Young Collection_ MSS21
Description: A hand-written letter to Col. Charles Young from son Charles Noel, in Paris in regards to his well being. Col. Charles Young the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. In 1918, after being forced into retirement, due to health concerns, he rode on horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio to Washington D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS21_B01F46_02_1
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Horses; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Col. Charles Young Collection_ MSS21