Juneteenth: Part II
A Craftsbury History Lesson
#BlackLivesMatter
George Washington Henderson (1850 – 1936) served as Principal of the Craftsbury Academy in Craftsbury Common.
On June 10, 2020, on Craftsbury Common, there was a gathering of about 200 people on Craftsbury Common to protest the murder of George Floyd. There were also a handful of people in vehicles on the periphery of the Common whoββwhile ostensibly exercising a right to free speechββsought to intimidate those peacefully assembled by flying the battle flag of the Confederacy.
This counter-protest took place within a few yards of a memorial dedicated to the 148 residents of Craftsbury who fought against that flag on behalf of the Union, 19 of whom died in service, and a further 13 who were killed in the armed struggle from 1860 through 1865 that ultimately led to the emancipation of 4 million enslaved people.
While the race and identity of those from Craftsbury listed below is unknown, nearly 200,000 black soldiers fought on behalf of the Union. Both free blacks and those who escaped from enslavement joined in combating the confederacy. Forty thousand black soldiers died in the war: 10,000 in battle and 30,000 from illness or infection. Despite being faced with racism in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic, sixteen African Americans received the Medal of Honor for their courage in the Civil War.
Allen, Frank R.
Allen, George R.
Allen, Joseph W.
Avery, Alfred, C.V.
Bagley, George W.
Bagley, Henry J.
Bagley, Hollis A.
Bagley, John, A.
Bagley, John Jr.
Bagley, Moses O.
Bagley, Richard D.
Bailey, Hiram
Baldwin, Alger J.
Bastin, William C.
Bickford, Samuel
Bixby, Charles H.
Boutwell, Robert T.
Boutwell, Rodney M.
Boutwell, Thomas N.
Boutwell, Ephram, H
Bridges, Alfred
Bridges John, C
Brown, Elijah S
Brown, Stillman A.
Bullard, Martin L
Bundy, Loren S.
Burnell, Franklin J
Burnham, James E.
Calderwood Thomas M
Cass, Albert
Cass, Harlan P.
Cass, Lewis T.
Chamberlin, William C.
Chase, Samuel, W
Coon, Alanson E.
Coon, William H.
Cowles, Albert E.
Cowles, Leonard
Cowles, Russell W.
Crane, Franklin, A.
Daniels, Albert N.
Davis, Ira
Davison, Solomon
Drew, George H.
Durkee, Joseph, C.
Dustin, Daniel Jr.
Farnham, Barachias
Farwell, Jacob
Farwell, Reuben, S
Flemming, John
Flemming, Thomas
Gage, Elihu H.
Gardner, James K.
Gardner, Levi C.
Garvin, Alphonso R.
Garvin, Charles
Garvin, Orlando W.
Garvin, Samuel S.
Gile, Albert
Goodwin, Royal B.
Graves, Thaddeus O.
Greaves, James
Greaves, Robert
Hemenway, George W.
Hodgden, Porter C.
Hoyt, Asa
Hoyt, Charles C.
Hoyt, Joseph W.S.
Hoyt, Timothy S.
Hunt, Willard
Ives, John R.
Kaiser, William P.
Langdon, Robert H.
Lunt, Albert C.
Macomber, William, A.
Marcy, Edward H.
Marcy, Ephraim B.
Marcy, Marvin R.
Marsh, George W.
Mason, Hiram
Mason, Irving W.
Mason, John L.
Mason, Marvin M.
Maxfield, John B. Jr.
McRoy, Charles
McRoy, John
McRoy, William
Miles, Edmund
Miles, Page
Miles, Stephen
Miles, William
Miles, Henry C.
Moodie, Thomas
Moody, Almon B.
Moody, Alson S.
Nelson, Charles
Paddock, Augustus
Putnam, Hiram M.
Randall, Amasa, A.
Randall, John L.
Raymo, Franklin A.
Raymo, Levi H.
Reed, Warren N.
Robbins, Charles C.
Robbins, George
Robbins, Jacob J.
Robbins, James M. Jr.
Robbins, Major S.
Robbins, William
Robbins William H.H.
Robbins, William P.
Sabin, Caleb
Sabin, Jesse
Sawyer, Peter
Scott, Harvey, E.
Scott, Thaddeus
Sewell, Edward
Silver, Alonzo
Skinner, Nathan F.
Skinner, Nelson F.
Skinner, Washington, M.
Slack, Alden S.
Smith, Elia B
Smith, George W.
Sprague, Dexter M.
Sprague, Frederick W.
Stearns, Henry
Stein, James R.
Stevens, Goodwin W.
Stevens, Hiram jr.
Stevens, Wellington D.
Stevens, Winthrop C.
Stratton, Samuel
Symonds, Edward S.
Tallman, Riley S.
Tallman, William C.
Taylor, Rev. J.C.
Tillotson, Ormel M.
Twiss, George, S.
Udall, Xenophen
White, Cyrus L.
Whitney, Daniel D.
Whitney, Isaac P.
Whitney, William
Williamson, Alexander
Woodbury, Asa H.
Woodbury, Charles A.
Woodbury, Henry
Wylie, Joseph
Photo Caption: George Washington Henderson (1850 – 1936) served as Principal of Craftsbury Academy from 1877-1879 and again from 1886-1888. Enslaved in the South, he earned a college degree in Vermont, and was instrumental in building the original Craftsbury Academy building that stood within a few yards of where the battle flag of the Confederacy was flown just last week.
