tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post6997295933083107123..comments2024-02-14T09:38:04.098-08:00Comments on The Strangest Names In American Political History : Orindatus Simon Bolivar Wall (1825-1891)Andy Osterdahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00435374277196946014noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-36946093913390846342014-05-28T15:52:30.962-07:002014-05-28T15:52:30.962-07:00Hello Mr. Jones,
I originally located the notice ...Hello Mr. Jones,<br /><br />I originally located the notice on Wall being the first commissioned black captain via a small write up for him on the Arlington Cemetery's website (link provided below), so your comments on the twenty or so men who preceded him is a total surprise to me! Thank you for the helpful note, and I'm pleased to see that someone else remembers Pinckney Stewart Benton Pinchback! At some point in the future Mr. Pinchback will have an article of his own here, complete with mention that he was also once of the first commissioned black captains in the Civil War.<br /><br />Thank you again for the new information and your interest!<br /> <br /> Andy<br /><br />Link to OSB Wall's gravesite at Arlington: <br />http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/osbwall.htmAndy Osterdahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435374277196946014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697913671320216364.post-8260887551105971262014-05-28T10:57:23.089-07:002014-05-28T10:57:23.089-07:00There were over twenty African Americans commissio...There were over twenty African Americans commissioned a captains before Captain O.S.B. Wall. Among them was Captain P. B. S. Pinchback, who serve as governor of Louisiana for forty-three days. Captain Pinchback was commissioned in September 1862 by General Benjamin F. Butler. Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet) Alexander Augusta was commissioned as a captain by President Lincoln in October 1862. <br /><br />Hari Jones, Curator, African American Civil War Museum Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564930913255038083noreply@blogger.com