1892
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Events
- August 6 – The First Battalion of Colored Infantry of Richmond, Va., under command of Major J. B. Johnson arrived in Charlottesville early this morning. The battalion, headed by their band, marched to the fairgrounds of the Piedmont Industrial and Land Improvement Company, where a dress parade, bayonet exercise, and a sham battle took place.[1]
- Organized on June 16, 1876, four black companies combined to form the 1st Battalion Colored Infantry, commanded by Major Richard H. Johnson; Headquartered in Richmond. Most militiamen joined for social and recreational reasons. Uniforms and rank offered social prestige, as did the units’ various activities, including traveling on excursions.
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Births
- January 10 – Dumas Malone is born to an impoverished religious household in Coldwater, Mississippi. A professor and biographer who spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (where he served as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History), he is best known for his six-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, which became the preeminent authoritative work on the life of the founding father.
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Notes
- In this year, the The Advance began publishing. [2]
References
- ↑ Richmond dispatch, 09 Aug. 1892. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1892-08-09/ed-1/seq-2/>
- ↑ Web. About the Advance, National Endowment for the Humanities, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, retrieved January 18, 2020.