U.S. Army

1866 – African Americans Serve In A Peacetime U.S. Army For The First Time

Hamilton Historical Records
African American member of the U.S. Army’s 9th Calvary Division in 1866.

In 1866, African Americans were allowed to served in the U.S. Army, during peacetime, for the first time in the history of the United States.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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