milton holland was born in 1844 and died in 1910. he initially participated in the war as a servant to a white officer and in the summer of 1863 he joined the fifth united states colored troops. remember he was the only official with the emancipation proclamation that black men were allowed to serve in the military the black men did served unofficially if there were some engagements in 1962. but lincoln included this as part of the emancipation proclamation which becomes effective january 1st 1863 and that led to the creation of the u.s. color troops and well, holland like several other black enlisted men took command of the hone company after all the white officers had been killed or wounded, and after the war he earned a law degree from the university and worked as an auditor in and 1892 he founded his own insurance company. what about the buffalo soldiers which was of course the next manifestation after the end of the civil war black military involvement and polis. despite the heroism of the black troops in the civil war, signific

milton m. holland was born and initially participated in the war is a servant to a white office or been in the summer of 1863, he joined the fifth united states colored troops. so remember, it was only officially with the emancipation proclamation that black men were allowed to serve in the military, though but then did their and unofficially were some engagements and late 1862. the lincoln included this as part of the emancipation proclamation come which becomes effective january 1st of 1863 and led to creation of the u.s. colored troops. well, holland, like several other black enlisted men took command of his own company after the white officers have been killed or wounded. after the war, he earned a law degree from howard university. he worked as an auditor in 1892 founded his own insurance company. what about the buffalo soldiers? which was of course the next manifestation at the end of a civil war at the black military involvement and prowess. despite the heroism of the black troops in the civil w

on that date, september 29, 1864, pages 139 and 140, is, um, is the sacrifice of a man called milton m. holland milton m. holland was born in 1844, he died in 1910. he initially participated in the war as a servant to a white officer, and in the summer of 1863 he joined the fifth united states color troops. remember, it was only officially with the emancipation problem proclamation that black men were allowed to serve in the military, though black men did serve unofficially. there were some engagements in late 1862. but lincoln included this as part of the emancipation proclamation which becomes effective january 1 of 1863, and that led to the creation of the u.s. color troops. well, hold holland, like several other black enlisted men, took command of his own company after all the white officers had been killed or wounded. and after the war he earned a law degree from howard university, he worked as an auditor in an 1892 -- and in 1892 he founded his own insurance company. what about the buffalo soldiers? um, which was, of course, the next manifestation after the end of the civil war of black m