Record Data
Source citation
“Reception of Colored Troops,” Chicago (IL) Tribune, November 15, 1865, p. 1: 4.
Newspaper: Publication
Chicago Tribune
Newspaper: Headline
Reception of Colored Troops
Newspaper: Page(s)
1
Newspaper: Column
4
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Reception of Colored Troops.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 14. – A grand reception was given to the colored troops to-day. They made a parade, and halting before the residence of Gen. Cameron, listed to his address thanking them for their services in crushing the rebellion. The procession then marched to the Capital grounds, where Prof. Day, of New York, delivered an oration, in which he discussed the attitude of colored men before and during the war, and the prospect before them of personal improvement and social elevation, and the acquirement of political rights and equality among the governed, as well as those who govern. A grand ball this evening, closed the celebration.
