Private Gabriel Young’s War Department Claim Form, Co. F, 5th Reg. U.S. Colored   Save
NAM_MSS21- Col. Charles Young; Manuscript Collections
Description: Private Gabriel Young, father of Col. Charles Young, War Department Claim Form (Discharge Certificate) Co. F, 5th Reg. U.S. Colored Infantry. 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_B01F62
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Horses; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: NAM_MSS21- Col. Charles Young; Manuscript Collections