Hello,
I'm seeking information on two all African American Military
organizations that were in Baltimore in 1879, if not earlier. One group
was called "The Monumental City Guards," that was organized in Baltimore
in 1879, and accepted into the Maryland National Guards as a "Separate
Company" in 1882. This unit remained a segregated National Guard unit
through 1955. They were ordered to active duty during the Spanish
American War, World War I, World War II, and was the only Maryland
National Gu