Military and War, African Americans from Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Virginia

The Virginia Team covers activity for the US Black Heritage Project in the state of Virginia.

Military & War

• 2nd U.S. Colored Infantry, American Civil War, Virginians [pending]

• Commissary Sergeant James T. S. Taylor, of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, VA (https://naucenter.as.virginia.edu/black-soldier-charlottesville-writes-lincoln)

• Missouri U.S. Colored Troops, American Civil War, Virginians

• Eighteen individuals from Albemarle County, VA (https://naucenter.as.virginia.edu/usct_odyssey_part_3) and (https://naucenter.as.virginia.edu/usct_odyssey_part_1)

• Buffalo Soldiers, Virginians

• Benjamin Brown
• Clinton Greaves
• Henry Johnson
• Fitz Lee
• Isaiah Mays

• 325th Field Signal Battalion, United States Army, World War I, Virginians

• Waverly Lee Crawford Hometown: Surry, Virginia
• John Leonard Dogans Hometown: Alexandria, Virginia
• George Robinson Hughes Hometown: Keswick, Albemarle, Virginia
• Hobart Garrott Madison Hometown: Orange County, Virginia

• Tuskegee Airmen, World War II, Virginians

• Floyd Jefferson Carter Hometown: Norfolk, VA
• Clemenceau McAdoo Givings Hometown: Richmond, VA
• Wendell Wallace Hockaday Hometown: Norfolk, VA
• Andrew Maples Hometown: Orange, VA
• Harold Bernard Maples Hometown: Orange, VA
• John Lyman Whitehead Hometown: Lawrenceville, VA

The following are not specifically Virginia projects, but include individuals from Virginia and may be of interest:

• Black Loyalists who served on the Loyalist side during the American Revolutionary War were listed in the Book of Negroes (existing categories on WikiTree, including individuals from Virginia): Book of Negroes. See also this transcript, which lists 179 individuals from Virginia in the Book of Negroes.