“These are men who were literally fighting for their freedom and fighting for the freedom of their families and friends and their courage should not be underestimated,” said JSU Professor of History and Director of the Margaret Walker Center, Robert Luckett.
He said roughly 18,000 Black men from Mississippi served in the U.S. Colored Troops.
Including Edmund Watson, James Watson, Perry Watson, Squire Watson, Thomas Watson, Augustus Weaver, Spencer Webb, John Webb, Lewis Webb and James Wells…