Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1840, July 21 | Born, Baltimore, Md., to free Negroes in the household of John C. Brune |
| circa 1854 | Clerk, Maryland Colonization Society, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1856 | Visited Liberia |
| 1857-1860 | Student at Ashman Institute (now Lincoln University), Lincoln University, Pa. |
| 1860 | Founded, with others, the Lyceum Observer |
| 1863-1866 | Sergeant-major, 4th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteer Infantry |
| 1865 | Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for services at Chapin's Farm, Va. |
| 1869 | Married Sara Iredell |
| 1881-1914 | Clerk, War Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1887 | Commissioned major, Washington Cadet Corps of the National Guard |
| 1914, Sept. 28 | Died, Washington, D.C. |