A Juneteenth tribute to Middlesex County’s African American Civil War soldiers and sailors will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Antioch Baptist Church, Saluda.
More than 90 African American men with Middlesex County connections who served in the Civil War as members of the Union Navy or the Army’s United States Colored Troops have been identified, a release said.
Reenactors representing the 23rd Regiment of the United States Colored Troops will appear in uniform. Members of this Spotsylvania County-based group will speak about the Civil War involvement of colored soldiers and sailors broadly, as well as their participation in Juneteenth, specifically.
Special recognition will be given to Middlesex and Gloucester resident Samuel Mayo, a member of the Second Regiment of the United States Colored Cavalry and the 25th Corps, Cavalry Brigade who went into Galveston, Texas with General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865.
The Rev. Dr. Leonard L. Edloe, pastor of New Hope Fellowship, Hartfield, will ...