[1899 Black Baltimore Printer’s Military Discharge from a Philadelphia “Colored” Militia Unit].
Will T. Johnson of Baltimore served 5 years in the “Gray Invincibles”
Military discharge document for Private Will T. Johnson of Philadelphia’s “Gray Invincibles,” an African American infantry militia unit of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Baltimore-native Johnson enlisted on 1893 and was discharged on 1898. The present partly-printed document describes him as having “...Molata [mulatto] complexion, Black eyes, Black hair, and by occupation when enrolled a Printer.”
The Gray Invincibles were the last colored unit in the Pennsylvania militia.¹
Description: [1899 Black Baltimore Printer’s Military Discharge from a Philadelphia “Colored” Militia Unit].
Philadelphia, January 10, 1899. [2]pp. Discharge Certificate. 9 x 11½ inches. Partly printed; docketing on verso. Folds; very good.
[3726413]Note. 1. All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors - Association for Public Art accessed online.
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