U.S. Colored Troops honored

Fred Lynch

Sunday, November 8, 2015

African-American Civil War veterans were honored with a living-history program Sunday, Nov. 9, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

Phyllis Sides presents a biography at the grave of Civil War veteran Elijah Hannibal Goodchilds, a member of the 108th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Company D, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
The Rev. Howard McGee presents a biography his relative, Civil War veteran Tony McGee, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. The soldier was a private in the 57th U.S. Colored Infantry, Company D. (Fred Lynch)
O'Ryan Gardner presents a biography of Civil War veteran Luke Smith, a member of the 18th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Company K, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
The grave of Civil War veteran Luke Smith, a member of the 18th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Company K, is part of a living history program Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)

Terry Wade presents a biography of Civil War veteran Levi Gayther, a member of the 56th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Company A, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Steven Lee presents a biography of Civil War veteran Jesse Cooper, a member of the 108th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Company B, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
Denise Mitchell presents a biography of Civil War veteran John Gale, who was a private in the 2nd Missouri Light Artillery, Company A, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
The grave of Civil War veteran John Snyder, a member of the 56th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, Company F, is seen Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.
Denise Lincoln discusses her Civil War research on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)