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>My ancestor J. J. McBride was captain of Company C, >5th Texas Regiment, Texas Brigade, ANV. His body >servant Levi Miller served through the war with him, >is recorded as having fought with his company at >Spotsylvania, and received a Confederate pension from >Virginia. I have a picture of him among other >Confederate veterans at a reunion. JJ and Levi were >at Gettysburg. JJ died in 1879 but Levi lived until >1921. > >Question: one of the references on this site is to >black Confederate veterans at a gettysburg reunion not >having accomodations until their fellow (white) >southerners helped them. It occurs to me that Levi >Miller could very well have attended a gettysburg >reunion. But there is no source listed for this story >on your page "On Black Confederates". Can anyone >provide me with the specific reference? Or indeed on >Levi Miller generally? (I have a photo of his grave -- >his name, dates, and "CSA" -- which someone connected >with the 37th helped me obtain last year.)

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