History of the American Negro in the Great World War eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 392 pages of information about History of the American Negro in the Great World War.

History of the American Negro in the Great World War eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 392 pages of information about History of the American Negro in the Great World War.

Depot Company K—­Capt Wm. H. Lewis, commanding; 2nd Lieut.  Alvin M. Jordan, adjutant; 1st Lieut.  Norman Garrett, 1st Lieut.  Napoleon B. Roe, dentist; 1st Lieut.  George W. Antoine, medical officer; 2nd Lieut Avon H. Williams; 2nd Lieut.  Edward L. Goodlett, 2nd Lieut Frank Corbin, 2nd Lieut Frederick L. Slade, 2nd Lieut.  Walter H. Aiken, 2nd Lieut.  Rufus A. Atkins, 2nd Lieut James T. Baker, 2nd Lieut.  John S. Banks, 2nd Lieut.  Marcus A. Bernard, 2nd Lieut.  Charles E. Bryant, 2nd Lieut Henry H. Carr, 2nd Lieut.  Horace E. Colley, 2nd Lieut.  Ira R. Collins, 2nd Lieut.  Charles H. Conley, 2nd Lieut.  Bernie B. Cowan, 2nd Lieut.  Flenoid Cunningham, 2nd Lieut.  Frank P. Dawson, 2nd Lieut.  Samuel A. Dillard, 2nd Lieut.  John W. Harris.

ROLL OF HONOR

Heroes of Old 8th Illinois

Negro National Guardsmen known in France as the 370th Infantry, who were decorated with the Croix de Guerre.  The exploits of some of these men and also of some of those in the appended list decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, are mentioned in the chapters devoted to the regiment.

     Col.  T.A.  Roberts (white)
     Lieut.  Col.  Otis B. Duncan
     Major James R. White
     Capt.  John H. Patton
     Capt.  Chester Sanders
     Capt.  John T. Prout
     Capt.  Samuel R. Gwynne
     Capt.  Devere J. Warner
     Capt.  Wm. B. Crawford
     Capt.  George M. Allen
     Capt.  James C. Hall
     Capt.  Stuart Alexander
     Capt.  Mathew Jackson
     Capt.  James H. Smith
     Lieut.  Park Tancil
     Lieut.  Osceola A. Browning
     Lieut.  George C. Lacey
     Lieut.  Frank Robinson
     Lieut.  Claudius Ballard
     Lieut.  Charles C. Jackson
     Lieut.  William J. Warfield
     Lieut.  Samuel S. Gordon
     Lieut.  Robert P. Hurd
     Lieut.  Henry N. Shelton
     Lieut.  Henry P. Cheatham
     Lieut.  Stanley B. Norvell
     Lieut.  Roy B. Tisdell
     Lieut.  Thomas A. Painter
     Lieut.  Lawson Price
     Lieut.  Lincoln D. Reid
     Lieut.  Elmer J. Myers
     Sergt.  Norman Henry
     Sergt.  Clarence T. Gibson
     Sergt.  Matthew Jenkins
     Sergt.  Cecil Nelson
     Sergt.  Howard Templeton
     Sergt.  Chas. T. Monroe
     Sergt.  Derry Brown
     Corp.  James R. Brown
     Corp.  Lewis Warner
     Corp.  Joseph Henderson
     Corp.  Maceo A. Tervalon
     Corp.  William Stevenson
     Corp.  Emil Laurent
     Corp.  Charles T. Brock
     Pvt.  Nathaniel C. White (deceased)
     Pvt.  Robert Pride
     Pvt.  George B. White
     Pvt.  Howard Sheffield
     Pvt.  Cornelius Robinson
     Pvt.  Ulysses Sayles
     Pvt.  William Cuff (deceased)
     Pvt.  Hugh Givens
     Pvt.  Arthur Johnson
     Pvt.  Rufus Pitts
     Pvt.  Olbert Dorsey

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