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

Bill, 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 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/>