A 25-year-old Black Civil War soldier, Powhatan Beaty, who ran 600 feet through heavy Confederate fire to regain the Union Army colors and rally his troops to victory 137 years ago was finally honored for his courageous actions.
A Union Army sergeant, Beaty performed the historic feat on Sept. 29, 1864, during the bloody battle of New Market Heights in Richmond, VA, which was then the capital of the newly formed Confederacy. It turned the tide of the engagement and helped the ...