WI Colored Infantry Sharpshooter - Art
by Tommy Anderson
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WI Colored Infantry Sharpshooter - Art
Artist
Tommy Anderson
Medium
Mixed Media - Art
Description
Company F, 29th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops [roster]
Under the Civil War draft, each state had to supply a quota of soldiers. In order to meet those quotas, states were allowed to pay people to serve in place of others. Company F of the 29th Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops, was made up primarily of Black Illinois soldiers who agreed to take the place of Wisconsin residents, and was credited to Wisconsin. Though most were from Illinois or Missouri, a handful of Wisconsin African Americans, such as Sgt. Alfred Weaver, a former slave living in Vernon County, did join Company F, and other members of it settled in Wisconsin after the war. Company F saw action mostly late in the war, in the Petersburg Campaign, the the Richmond Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign, at which some witnessed the surrender of Robert E. Lee. The link below shows a list of all the soldiers who served in the unit. Although most were credited to Wisconsin in order to meet draft quotas, very few had actually ever lived in Wisconsin.
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December 26th, 2011
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Mother Nature
F/L. This is beautiful! Congratulations on your feature in ELVIS PICKS FOR THE WEEK in Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery:>)
Jeannie Rhode
Congratulations, Tommy on your ELVIS PICKS FOR THE WEEK in Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery !
Deb Halloran
Tommy, This is fantastic. Congratulations on your ELVIS PICK OF THE WEEK feature in the WFS Group. l/f
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations on being chosen for the big Feature, Elvis Pick of the Week, Your artwork was chosen to be FEATURED in this HOT spot on our homepage for this week. A truly lovely piece of artwork for all the world to view and enjoy. Thanks much for sharing! Randy “Elvis” Rosenberger Administrator of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group