{"id":5850,"date":"2023-03-13T11:33:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T11:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:04:57","slug":"h-r-6816-united-states-colored-troops-congressional-gold-medal-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/h-r-6816-united-states-colored-troops-congressional-gold-medal-act\/","title":{"rendered":"H.R.6816 &#8211; United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Eleanor_Holmes_Norton.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"200\">Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced this bill to provide a Congressional Gold Medal award to the African Americans who served with Union forces. It recognizes the Soldiers&#8217; bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Sponsor:<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/member\/eleanor-norton\/N000147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]<\/a>&nbsp;(Introduced 02\/22\/2022)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Committees:<\/th>\n<td>House &#8211; Financial Services; House Administration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Latest Action:<\/th>\n<td>House &#8211; 02\/22\/2022: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/6816\/all-actions?overview=closed&amp;s=1&amp;r=2#tabs\">All Actions<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/6816?s=1&amp;r=2\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nFull details<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\n<h1>Contact your member of Congress and let them know how you feel about the bill.<\/h1>\n<h2>Every email and phone call helps us move this bill forward!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nFind Your Senator Here<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find-your-representative\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nFind Your Representative Here<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<b><i>The Wall of Honor at the African American Civil Memorial in Washington, D.C., lists the 209,145 names derived from the official records of the Bureau of U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) at the National Archives. The chart below shows the number of enlistees from each state:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-size:14px;font-weight:600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>Louisiana \u2013 24,052<\/td>\n<td>Kentucky \u2013 23,703<\/td>\n<td>Tennessee \u2013 20,133<\/td>\n<td>Mississippi \u2013 17,869<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>Maryland \u2013 8,718<\/td>\n<td>Pennsylvania \u2013 8,612<\/td>\n<td>Missouri \u2013 8,344<\/td>\n<td>Virginia \u2013 5,919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>Arkansas \u2013 5,526<\/td>\n<td>South Carolina \u2013 5,462<\/td>\n<td>Ohio \u2013 5,092<\/td>\n<td>North Carolina \u2013 5,035<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>Alabama \u2013 4,969<\/td>\n<td>New York \u2013 4,125<\/td>\n<td>Massachusetts \u2013 3,966<\/td>\n<td>Georgia \u2013 3,486<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>District of Columbia \u2013 3,269<\/td>\n<td>Kansas \u2013 2,080<\/td>\n<td>Rhode Island \u2013 1,837<\/td>\n<td>California \u2013 1,918<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>Illinois \u2013 1,811<\/td>\n<td>Connecticut \u2013 1,764<\/td>\n<td>Indiana \u2013 1,537<\/td>\n<td>Michigan \u2013 1,387<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>New Jersey \u2013 1,185<\/td>\n<td>Florida \u2013 1,044<\/td>\n<td>Delaware \u2013 954<\/td>\n<td>Iowa \u2013 440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td>Wisconsin \u2013 165<\/td>\n<td>Maine \u2013 104<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Other States and Areas \u2013 35,786<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced this bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who served with Union forces in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5850"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176819,"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions\/176819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afroamcivilwar.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}