Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Whitney letter to Lieutenent Colonel Charles Young, July 2,   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: Letter from Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Whitney ordering that Lieutenant Colonel Charles Young appear for examination to determine his fitness for active military duty. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B01F03_05
Subjects: African American soldiers; Correspondence; Military officers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; African American men; World War I, 1914-1918
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center