Congressional Medal of Honor File of 1st Sergeant Powhatan Beaty, Company G, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment

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Congressional Medal of Honor File of 1st Sergeant Powhatan Beaty, Company G, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment

1865

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This file contains information concerning the awarding of a Congressional Medal of Honor to 1st Sergeant Powhatan Beaty of Company G, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry, for action on September 29, 1864, at Chapins Farm, Virginia. 1st Sergeant Beaty took command of his company, all of the officers having been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it.

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Beaty, Powhatan, 1837-1916

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Powhatan Beaty (October 8, 1837 – December 6, 1916) was an African American soldier and actor. During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army's 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment throughout the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign. He received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for taking command of his company at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, after all officers had been killed or wounded. Following the war, he became an orator and actor, appearing in amat...