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3rd US COLORED INFANTRY MEMBERS

RATHER DIE FREE MEN THAN LIVE TO BE SLAVES

Headquarters Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

&

Company "A" Bridgeport, Connecticut
Contact Company "A"

When the long roll of "Assembly" is sounded on the drum, these are the men who answer the call.

Sergeant Major Joseph H. Lee
Regimental Sergeant
3rd US Colored Infantry
Co-founder of the 3rd U.S.C.T

1st Sergeant Fredric L. Minus
Regimental 1st Sergeant
3rd US Colored Infantry
Descendant of three U.S.C.T. Veterans
 also Co-founder and 1st Sergeant of 
the 6th US Colored Inf. Regt, (Re-enactors, Trenton, NJ)
1st/Sgt. Minus also serves as Curator of the 
U.S.C.T. Department of the Civil War
and Native American Museum of Camp Olden, New Jersey.
Seaman and Co-Founder of the Webfoot Flotilla
Civil War Sailors of African Descent (Re-enactors)
Member, 1st Rhode Island, Regiment of Foot (Revolutionary War, Re-enactors)

2nd Sergeant Byron W. Childress
3rd US Colored Infantry
Descendant of Civil War Naval Veteran
 Regimental Corresponding Secretary
and Web Master (Wavewalker) of the 3rd U.S.C.T. Regiment
Petty Officer and Co-founder of the Web Foot Flotilla,
Civil War Sailors of African Descent (Re-enactors)
Member, 1st Rhode Island, Regiment of Foot (Revolutionary War Re-enactors)

Corporal Albert El
Descendant of Civil War Veteran
3rd US Colored Infantry
 Vice President, Awards Coordinator 
Curator of the US Military Museum
VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Corporal Larry Harris
Regimental Treasurer, Co-founder
3rd US Colored Infantry 
and Regimental Color Corporal

Private Benjamin F. Beck
 3rd US Colored Infantry
Descendant of U.S.C.T. Veteran 
 Civil War Archivist

Private Joseph Becton
3rd US Colored Infantry
Co-founder and Regimental Recording Secretary.
  Historian, Educator and US Park Ranger
Member, 1st Rhode Island, Regiment of Foot (Revolutionary War, Re-enactors)

Reverend Ezekiel Bey
Regimental Chaplin
3rd US Colored Infantry 

Private Fred Burton
  3rd US Colored Infantry

Private Joseph Certaine
 3rd US Colored Infantry
Descendant of two U.S.C.T Veterans
Sgt/Maj. 3rd US Colored Cavalry Regiment ( U.S.C.C. Re-enactors)
Sgt/Maj. 10th US Cavalry Regiment (Indian Wars, Buffalo Soldiers, Re-enactors)

Private Tom Davis
Regimental Genealogist
3rd US Colored Infantry
Seaman and Co-founder of the Webfoot Flotilla
Civil War Sailors of African Descent

Private Gregory A. Harris
3rd US Colored Infantry
Descendant of Cpl. Isaac Woodfaulk
2nd US Colored Cavalry

Private Robert F. Houston
3rd US Colored Infantry
Descendant of the first African American to
win the Medal of Honor, "Sergeant William H. Carney"
Coordinator of Displays, and Curator of
the African American Circus Museum

Private Lawrence J. Smiley
3rd US Colored Infantry

Private Karim Young
3rd US Colored Infantry

Private Earl Weeks
3rd US Colored Infantry
Regimental Photographer
Film Director/Producer

Company "A"
3rd US Colored Infantry
Bridgeport, Connecticut

Sergeant Kenneth Fortes
Company "A"
 3rd US Colored Infantry
Bridgeport, Connecticut 

To Contact Company "A"
3rd US Colored Infantry
Bridgeport. Connecticut
E-mail Sgt. Kenneth Fortes at: kcfortes1@yahoo.com

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