Charles Young

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This file appears in: Charles Young Birthplace
Charles Young

Charles Young's became the first African American colonel in the United States army. Courtey of the Library of Congress

This file appears in: Charles Young Birthplace

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #124 in Mason County notes the birthplace of Charles Young, an early African American graduate of the United States Military Academy and the first black colonel in the U.S. Army. Young was born into slavery in 1864, just as the…