Charles Young early retirement letters   Save
Col. Charles Young  Collection-NAM MSS 3
Description: Variety of correspondences related to assisting Colonel Charles Young in his pursuit of returning to active service after taking an early retirement from active duty due to health issues. 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_B01F19_01_1
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Correspondence; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Col. Charles Young Collection-NAM MSS 3