Black Brigade of Cincinnati
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The Black Brigade of Cincinnati was a military unit that was organized during the Civil War when the city of Cincinnati was in danger of being attacked by the Confederates. The men that were a part of the Black Brigade were among the first of their race to be employed by the military of the North.
Cincinnati did not allow black males to join their volunteer militia. On September 2, 1862, many blacks were rounded up by the local police and impressed into service to help construct emergency fortifications around the city. Labor was hard, and the police guards at times oppressed the workers by force. Soon after, Federal officer Colonel Dickson was placed in charge, and he treated the men fairly. These black men worked on the fortifications until September 20.
The Black Brigade was later recognized as the first formal organization of Northern Colored People for military reasons.
[edit] Further reading
- Peter H. Clark, Black Brigade of Cincinnati: Being a Report of Its Labors and a Muster-Roll of Its Members etc., 1864, accessed at Ohio Historical Society[1] Jan 22, 2007
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| Ohio in the American Civil War |  |
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| 1861: Early military recruiting - Camp Chase - Camp Dennison - Department of the Ohio - McClellan's Buckeyes seize western Virginia - Fighting McCooks - Johnson's Island POW camp 1862: Anti-war movement - Knights of the Golden Circle - First Confederate incursion into Ohio - Defense of Cincinnati - Black Brigade of Cincinnati 1863: "Fort Fizzle" - Morgan's Raid - Battle of Buffington Island - Battle of Salineville 1864-65: Hundred Days Men - Ohio's generals and admirals - Ohio's regiments - Cincinnati in the Civil War - Cleveland in the Civil War - Buckeye POWs and the Sultana Post-war memorialization: Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument |
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