Correspondence between Charles Noel Young, “Tonton” and his mother Ada Young,   Save
Col. Charles Young Collection-NAM MSS 21
Description: A hand written letter to Ada Young from son Charles Noel, in regards to the death of his father Col. Charles Young. Col. Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army. In 1918, after being forced into retirement, due to health concerns, he rode on horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio to Washington D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS21_B01F47_03_1
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men;; Military officers; World War I, 1914-1918; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: Col. Charles Young Collection-NAM MSS 21