HIRAM RHOADES REVELS
During the Civil War, Revels, a college-educated minister, helped form Black army regiments for the Union cause, started a school for freed men, and served as a chaplain for the Union Army. Revels remained in the former Confederate state after the war and entered into Reconstruction-era Southern politics.
It’s interesting to note that the Senate seat Revels held was once held by Jefferson David, the former president of the Confederacy.
Filed under: Old West History
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