African American Civil War Soldiers

Current team

John Clegg is a Harper Schmidt Fellow in the Social Sciences at The University of Chicago.

Danny Colligan is a Sociology PhD student and the City University of New York.

Aaliyah Muhammad is an undergraduate at The University of Chicago majoring in anthropology.

Kate Thomas is an independent scholar researching Frederick Douglass.

Advisory Council

Cheryl Wills (chair), NY1 television presenter and descendent of Sandy Wills (4th USCT Heavy Artillery)

Frank Smith, Founder of the African American Civil War Soldiers Museum

Dawn Chitty, Director of education at the African American Civil War Soldiers Museum

Hollis Gentry, genealogy specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.

Trevon Logan, Professor of Economics at the Ohio State University.

Barbara Gannon, Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Florida.