A Juneteenth tribute to Middlesex County African-American Civil War Soldiers and Sailors is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at Antioch Baptist Church, Saluda.
Reenactors representing the 23rd Regiment of the United States Colored Troops will appear in uniform. Members of this Spotsylvania County-based group will speak about the Civil War involvement of colored soldiers and sailors broadly, as well as their participation in Juneteenth, specifically.
Special recognition will be given to Middlesex and Gloucester resident Samuel Mayo, a member of the Second Regiment of the United States Colored Cavalry and the 25th Corp, Cavalry Brigade who went into Galveston, Texas, with General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865.
