William Henry Singleton was born a slave and became a First Sergeant with the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. He, organized and drilled one thousand colored troops, before the Emancipation Proclamation.
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William Henry Singleton was born a slave and became a First Sergeant with the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. He, organized and drilled one thousand colored troops, before the Emancipation Proclamation.