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Powhatan Beaty is one of the 13 African-American Soldiers who earned the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm in Virginia, Sept. 29, 1864. Most of the fighting at Chaffin’s Farm was done by black troops, who sustained more than 50 percent casualties in the charge.
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Ohio - Powhatan Beaty is one of the 13 African-American Soldiers who earned the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm in Virginia, Sept. 29, 1864. Most of the fighting at Chaffin’s Farm was done by black troops, who sustained more than 50 percent casualties in the charge.


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