For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops(Kelly Mezurek,UA) generals and humility that defined a

and humility that defined a generation

is a breathtaking journey through the nation's most spectacular landscapes and a celebration of the people-famous and unknown-who fought to save them for future generations to treasure

believed to have been fired from the Farnsworth House

ambitious young man who became the youngest full colonel in the United States Army at the age of twenty-one

Although much has been written about their role in general

For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops(Kelly Mezurek,UA) generals and humility that defined aby Kelly D. Mezurek The 27th United States Colored Troops (USCT), composed largely of free black Ohio men, served in the Union army from April 1864 to September 1865 in Virginia and North Carolina. It was the first time most members of the unit had traveled so far from home. The men faced daily battles against racism and against inferior treatment, training, and supplies. They suffered from the physical difficulties of military life, the horrors of