An excerpt from the 1871 Annual Report of the Adjutant
An excerpt from the 1871 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania showing the commissioning date of William Caitlin. Caitlin was commissioned by the state in the National Guard of Pennsylvania [NGP... More
An excerpt from the 1871 Annual Report of the Adjutant
An excerpt from the 1871 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania showing the commissioning date and death of Maj. Octavious Catto, an early black civil rights leader from Philadelphia who served i... More
An excerpt from the 1870 Annual Report of the Adjutant
An excerpt from the 1870 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania showing some of the black companies in the National Guard of Pennsylvania [NGP]. The companies’ unique names were given to them by ... More
At Fort Indiantown Gap in July of 1943, a Transportation
At Fort Indiantown Gap in July of 1943, a Transportation Corps Unit Training Center was activated to train Port Battalions consisting mainly of black troops for World War II service. Fort Indiantown Gap is now ... More