From the Alabama Veterans’ Museum
The Sons Of Union Veterans Needs Your Help! For Black History Month
by Sandra Thompson, Director, Alabama Veterans’ Museum "...we have suffered to save the country, we ought to be remembered." Albert Bird, Company G, 15th Regiment US Colored Infantry The Pvt Richard Taylor Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans will be sponsoring an exhibit featuring an African American soldier of the Civil War at the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives in
Athens, Alabama.
um and Archives.
We are asking for donations to help fund this important addition to the museum.
Our exhibit will tell the untold story of the 106th USCI, and the 180,000 men of the United States Colored Troops who fought and bled for the Union and to end the institution of slavery.
The 106th United States Colored Infantry was the first of only two regiments of African American men organized and formed in Alabama. They mustered and were trained in Decatur in March 1864 and saw combat at the Battle of Athens on September 23, 1864, and the Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle on September 24, 1864. Many of the men were captured at these battles and forced back into bondage. The regiment mustered out of service at Huntsville in April 1866. The Sons of Union Veterans plans to pay homage to these brave men by erecting a life size representation of a 106th USCI soldier using a state-of-theart lifelike mannequin, equipped with the finest museum-quality uniform and equipment. The exhibit will become the permanent property of the Alabama Veterans Muse-
Our goal for this project is $4,000. Any remaining funds from this effort will go towards the identification and care of the graves of Union soldiers in North Alabama. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Pvt Richard Taylor Camp of the SUVCW in Huntsville are 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. All donations are tax deductible. Donations can be made to the Taylor Camp’s Paypal account by accessing the link or scanning the QR code below.
https://www. paypal.com/ donate/?hosted_button_ id=FKUHRBS2GJH48 You can learn more about The Sons of Union Veterans at: www.suvcw.org or more about the Pvt Richard Taylor
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Camp of the SUVCW at: https://taylorcamp5 3 s u v c w. w e b s t a r t s . com. Alabama Veteran’s
Museum and Archives at: http://www.alabamaveteransmuseum. com.
February 18 - March 03, 2022
