Author Talk with Raymond Evans: The 44th U.S.Colored Troops and the Fort at Dalton
Raymond Evans, local cultural anthropologist and archaeologist, has published a new book, The 44th U.S. Colored Troops and the Fort at Dalton. Evans will deliver a talk about his new work on October 26 at 10 a.m.
This regiment was organized and trained at Chattanooga and later served as occupation troops here. The soldiers were not native Chattanooga men. Most were refugees from enslavement in Georgia and some came off plantations in the Sequatchie Valley. The 44th would see dangerous service in north Georgia, and the scene of their capture was the fort at Dalton. Later in the war General William T. Sherman wrote the Commander of the Army of Georgia that it had been reported there were many escaped prisoners from the 44th regiment serving as teamsters, officers' servants, etc., and that if there were any such in his army, to have them forwarded to their regiment at Chattanooga. Most of these 44th troops remained in the area after the war, and many of the modern Black citizens are descended from them. The men of the 44th USCT would make up about 1,000 of the approximate 180,000 African Americans who served in the ranks of the United States Army during the Civil War.
After the talk Mr. Evans will sign copies of his book.
Open to the public at no charge as part of the recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
This regiment was organized and trained at Chattanooga and later served as occupation troops here. The soldiers were not native Chattanooga men. Most were refugees from enslavement in Georgia and some came off plantations in the Sequatchie Valley. The 44th would see dangerous service in north Georgia, and the scene of their capture was the fort at Dalton. Later in the war General William T. Sherman wrote the Commander of the Army of Georgia that it had been reported there were many escaped prisoners from the 44th regiment serving as teamsters, officers' servants, etc., and that if there were any such in his army, to have them forwarded to their regiment at Chattanooga. Most of these 44th troops remained in the area after the war, and many of the modern Black citizens are descended from them. The men of the 44th USCT would make up about 1,000 of the approximate 180,000 African Americans who served in the ranks of the United States Army during the Civil War.
After the talk Mr. Evans will sign copies of his book.
Open to the public at no charge as part of the recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
Location: Downtown Auditorium
No comments:
Post a Comment