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Excluded from a May 1865 Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, DC, U.S. Colored Troops from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts regiments assembled at State and Filbert Streets on Nov. 14, 1865, for a parade honoring their courage during the Civil War. Grand Marshal T. Morris Chester led them through Harrisburg to Senator Simon Cameron's Front Street home to be gratefully acknowledged. Octavius Catto, William Howard Day, General JB Kiddoo, and the Reverend Stephen Smith spoke.
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · United States
