Unknown and Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial
N 36° 43.307 W 076° 16.139
18S E 386678 N 4064760
Small cemetary in the Bells Mill section of Chesapeake, VA.
Waymark Code: WMA38D
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2010
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From the Marker Text:
This memorial is the first and only memorial of its kind in the Commonwealth of Virginia dedicated to honor Afro-Union patriot heroes. It is located in the northeast section of the Sgt. March Corpew Family Memorial Cemetary.
Sgt. March Corpew, Company I, 2nd Regiment, United States Colored Troops is interred east of the Memorial, was one of the founders of the Bells Mill community. He and Pvt. Jeremiah Locker, Company F, 1st Regiment, United States Colored Troops were among the early founders of the community. The marker of Pvt. Locker is one of the six markers found in the Memorial.
The memorial includes gravemarkers for Pvt. Samuel Hopper, 38th U.S.C.T. infantry, Pvt. Daniel Corpew, Co. C, Pvt. Lemuel Babb, Co. A and Pvt. Jeremiah Locker, Co. F, of the 1st Regiment U.S.C.T. infantry and Pvt. Robert Lee Johnson, Co. E, 10th U.S.C.T. infantry regiment.
The regiments that the Afro-Union patriot heroes identified here also fought at Swift Creek, Fort Darling, Deep Bottom, Fair Oaks, Darbytown Road, Plymouth and the occupation of Richmond. After the surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1965, they served at various points in Texas at Brownsville, Rio Grande, Brazos Santiago, Indianola and Galvoston at various times from May 1865 to January 1867.
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