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Radford University
William H. Washington enlisted in the United States Colored Troops company D on October 6th 1863. He enlisted in Detroit Michigan as a laborer and signed up for a three year term with the military. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri although the date that he was born on is currently unknown.
After serving for a little under a year Washington was court martialed due to disobeying his commanding officer and stealing a bottle of whiskey. He was then sent to Fort Marion to serve out his sentence of hard labor for about a year.
He would not appear back in the military again until he finally finished his service at Fort Marion, reappearing in muster rolls on September 19th 1865.
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