Allensworth

In 1882, a Negro soldier called Allensworth's attention to the fact that the chaplains of Negro regiments in the regular army were white men, and urged him to use his influence to secure the appointment of Negro men on the retirement of these white officers.

Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army 1914

The study did not reach any conclusions about which reform measures worked best, in part, CCSR Researcher Elaine Allensworth said, because "there aren't enough schools in each of these reform models to make sweeping generalizations that one model worked better than another."

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When the infantry left Louisville, the soldiers loaned Allensworth a Union coat, and he covered his face with mud to appear paler.

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Allensworth remained with the 44th as a nursing aide for a time and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

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By 1969 Ed Pope and Eugene and Ruth Lasartemay realized that if they didn't take action all reminders of Allensworth were going to be lost.

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The study did not reach any conclusions about which reform measures worked best, in part, CCSR Researcher Elaine Allensworth said, because "there aren't enough schools in each of these reform models to make sweeping generalizations that one model worked better than another."

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The study did not reach any conclusions about which reform measures worked best, in part, CCSR Researcher Elaine Allensworth said, because "there aren't enough schools in each of these reform models to make sweeping generalizations that one model worked better than another."

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In 1862, Scruggs and Allensworth, then 20, traveled to Louisville for a horse race where Allensworth met Union soldiers from the 44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment who were in the area.

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The study did not reach any conclusions about which reform measures worked best, in part, CCSR Researcher Elaine Allensworth said, because "there aren't enough schools in each of these reform models to make sweeping generalizations that one model worked better than another."

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Allen Allensworth 1842-1914 was one of those people who started life with no advantages, and yet his accomplishments go on and on.

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