BY WALTER OPINDE Sergeant William Carney Harvey was, on 29th February, 1840, born a slave in Norfolk, Virginia. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, in 1900, for his gallantry and bravery in saving the regiment colors during the 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner. Owing to the fact that Carney’s actions and achievements preceded those […]

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