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Sgt. Powhatan Beaty

(1837–1916)

Beaty was an army first sergeant of the 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment. On September 29, 1864, while fighting at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm in Virginia, he took command of his company after all the officers were killed or wounded and gallantly led it, defeating the Confederate forces.