Description: Photograph of Ada Young, wife of Charles Young, taken by Fernand de Gueldre in Chicago, Illinois. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B06F25
Subjects: African American women; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: Photograph of Ada Young, the wife of Charles Young, with Lucienne Dalencour and Winnifred Scott. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B06F21_B
Subjects: African American women; African American men; African American soldiers; Military officers; Correspondence; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Photograph of Marie Young, daughter of Colonel Charles Young, standing with a horse in front of their home, which Colonel Young named Youngsholm, in Wilberforce, Ohio. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F62_3
Subjects: African American women; African American children; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographs of Ada Young, wife of Colonel Charles Young, standing in front of the Youngs' home in Wilberforce, Ohio. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F71_09
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Military officers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Young's mother, Arminita, and her second husband. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F84_C
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Military officers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Photograph of Marie Young, the daughter of Colonel Charles Young, riding a pony. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F63_1
Subjects: African American men; African American women; African American children; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: A proclamation deeming Wednesday June 1, 2016 as Colonel Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument Day in appreciation of Colonel Young by Marsha J. Bayless, Mayor of the City of Xenia, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F05_B
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; Buffalo Soldiers Day; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF)
Places: Xenia (Ohio); Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Noel Young, the son of Colonel Charles Young, sitting on a horse at the family home in Wilberforce, Ohio. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F54_1
Subjects: African American men; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Noel Young, son of Colonel Charles Young, standing with two other children near the Young family barn. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F71_04
Subjects: African American men; African American children; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Noel and Marie Young, the children of Colonel Charles Young, sitting on a horse with a third unidentified child. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F84_B
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Horses; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Noel Young, the son of Colonel Charles Young, standing next to a vehicle. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F84_F
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Noel Young, the son of Colonel Charles Young, and an unidentified woman. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F84_J
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; African American women; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.