PHILADELPHIA - The 3rd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment reenactment group performed at several events in Center City in honor of Juneteenth.After the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, over 200,000 African-American men were allowed enlistment for the Civil War.
In Cheltenham Township, Camp William Penn housed the third regiment of the United States Colored Troops (USCT).Eleven-thousand men resided in this camp that consisted of 11 regiments from both Philadelphia and New Jersey.
A regiment was usually made up of about 1,000 men, according to the North Carolina Museum of History."We have the names of each one of them, their regiment, their company." Albert El, a reenactment participant, said.El and other reenactors began their events by.