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Strothers Civil War Papers-Edit_cr

Currently on display in the lobby of the Beloit Historical Society. Based on information from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, and other sources, Beloit is credited with providing over 700 Troops during the Civil War; six of which were African Americans.

Their names are:

Peter D. Thomas – Private, 18th US Colored Infantry (Photo)
Strothers, John – Corporal, 18th U.S. Colored Infantry (Enlistment Paper)
James Reed – Corporal, 18th U.S. Colored Infantry
Richard Burton – Private, 49th U.S. Colored Infantry
William Reed – Private, 29th U.S. Colored Infantry
Moses Nelson – Corporal, 18th U.S. Colored Infantry

John Strothers' story from: www.aahsb.com/our-history-1

"John Strothers was born enslaved in 1845 in Virginia. He came to Beloit in 1863 with the Reigarts, a prominent white family from Pennsylvania." On August 6, 1864, in Janesville Wisconsin, eighteen-year-old Strothers enlisted in the United States Army as a volunteer substitute for John R. Reigart, one of the family members that brought Strothers to Beloit.

The enlistment acknowledged that he would serve in the Army for one year in lieu of John Reigart. Draft laws allowed able-bodied men, who could afford it, to avoid military service for a "commutation fee" of sometimes up to one thousand dollars or more depending on length of service. Unable to serve along-side with the white soldiers, Private Strothers was assigned to the 18th United States Colored Infantry Regiment in Missouri. He fought in the Battle of Nashville in December 1864. Private Strothers was promoted to Corporal and served until August 1865.

Strothers returned to Beloit where he learned the blacksmith trade under Filas Malone, an African American businessman, and also became a fine woodworker. Documents indicate Strothers bought property in South Beloit and worked on a farm for Mr. Colt, where he plowed much of the land that is now South Beloit. He married Miss Minnie Benson, who came to Beloit in 1864 from Cape Girardeau, Missouri and they had eight children. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery.

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Taken on: February 22, 2024

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