Just received this to confirm what Robert said ... The United States Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research at Hartwick College is an educational institute to promote and encourage original historical and genealogical research about the *200,000 colored men and their 7,000 white officers* who comprised the US Colored Troops during the American Civil War. The Institute encourages communities of America (inclusive of the US, Canada and Caribbean nations) to "find" their local USCT members and to place soldiers and their families within a local historical context through educational and commemorative events. The Institute supports this effort through specific venues. http://www.hartwick.edu/usct/usct.htm Records of the 105th. U.S. Colored Troops http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/usct105.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L. Ward" <rlward1@erols.com> To: <WHITNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Question > > Bill, All the officers of the U.S. Colored Troops were > Caucasians. Negroes were thought incapable of > command. > > Regards, > > Robert > > Robert L. Ward > WHITNEY Research Group > <http://www.whitneygen.org/> > > > > > At 07:09 PM 1/25/01 +0100, W. WHITNEY wrote: > >On pages 1006 and 1007 in Phoenix, some of the > >male children of Bennet Whitney and Susan Curtis > >are officers in the "U.S. Colored Troops". Does this > >mean that they were colored themselves or were > >officers of the day all white. > > > >If they were colored, with whom did this line start ? > > > >No offense meant, just curious. > > > > Bill Whitney