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Source: Washington Post

11/6/2021

3 Black Soldiers Executed by the Confederacy to be Honored by Virginia

A Confederate private's diary casually described the execution of three members of the U.S. Colored Troops near Culpeper, Virginia. Today the work of Howard Lambert and his Freedom Foundation will honor the anonymous soldiers.

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3 Black Soldiers Executed by the Confederacy to be Honored by Virginia