Powhatan Beaty
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 79 years 59 days (949 months)Star Sign: Libra
Powhatan Beaty (October 8, 1837 – December 6, 1916) was an African American soldier and actor.During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army's 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment throughout the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign.
He received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for taking command of his company at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, after all officers had been killed or wounded.
Following the war, he became an orator and actor, appearing in amateur theater productions in his home of Cincinnati, Ohio.
His most well-known stage performance was an 1884 appearance at on 9th Street in Washington, D.C., opposite Henrietta Vinton Davis.
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