The Donald L. Logan Civil War Memorial Page – People – Other Individuals Related to the Civil War
Paul Trévigne (1825-1908)
Creole New Orleans newspaper editor Paul Trévigne, the biracial son of a Battle of New Orleans veteran, was born in...
Louis Charles Roudanez (1823-1890)
Physician and newspaper publisher, Louis Charles Roudanez was born free in June of 1823 in Saint James Parish, Louisiana. He...
James Monroe Whitfield (1822-1871)
James Monroe Whitfield, a black abolitionist and colonizationist, was born on April 10, 1822 in New Hampshire. Little is known...
Thomas Rutling (1854-1915)
Born a slave, Thomas Rutling was one of only four Fisk Jubilee Singers who remained with the company through all...
Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins (1849-1908)
Thomas Greene Wiggins was born May 25, 1849 to Mungo and Charity Wiggins, slaves on a Georgia plantation. He was...
Robert Reed Church, Sr. (1839-1912)
Robert Reed Church, Sr., was a millionaire business leader and philanthropist in Memphis, Tennessee. Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on...
Shadrach Minkins (ca. 1814-1875)
Born into slavery in Norfolk, Virginia (the actual year is uncertain), Shadrach Minkins spent the first thirty years of his...
Dred Scott (1795-1858)
Dred Scott, was an enslaved person noted mainly for the unsuccessful lawsuit brought to free him from bondage. The decision...
