THE NEGROES OF NEBRASKA

     (44) Negroes of Nebraska, throughout the entire history of the State from Territorial days to the present, have contributed their share of support as patriotic citizens. Negro soldiers from Nebraska have fought side by side with white soldiers in every war from the Civil War to the World War. There are a very few Negro Civil War veterans in Nebraska. In Omaha only one, July Miles, is still living. The oldest, at the time of his death in 1937, was Archie Pullen of Lincoln. He was one hundred years of age.

     Although Nebraska furnished no entirely Negro regiments during the Civil War, there were two such during the Indian uprisings of 1866. These were the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, U. S. Army, organized on July 28 of that year. They were stationed at various points along the Platte River, with headquarters at Fort Kearny.

     Negroes from Nebraska fought courageously in the Spanish American War and in the World War. Over eight hundred Nebraska Negroes served in the U. S. Army during the World War. Not content only with furnishing soldiers, the Negroes of Nebraska formed patriotic organizations to further the cause of victory, and subscribed generously to the Liberty Loan drives. After the war the ex-service men organized a Negro post of the American Legion, the Theodore Roosevelt Post, in Omaha. Its first commander was Dr. Amos B. Madison. Less than two hundred of the Negro ex-soldiers (45) are members of the Legion. There are thirty-seven members of Capt. Allen Allenworth Camp No. 25, United Spanish War Veterans. The present Camp Commander is Harry Crouch.

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