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John Hanks Alexander
From 1900's A New Negro for a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race.[1]
Born
(1864-01-06)January 6, 1864 Helena, Arkansas
Died
March 26, 1894(1894-03-26) (aged 30) Wilberforce, Ohio
Buried
Cherry Grove Cemetery, Xenia, Ohio
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1887–1894
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit
9th Cavalry Regiment
Battles/wars
Indian Wars
John Hanks Alexander (January 6, 1864 – March 26, 1894) was the first African-American officer in the United States armed forces to hold a regular command position and the second African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy (after Henry Ossian Flipper).[2]
^Washington, Booker T., N.B. Wood and Fannie Barrier Williams. A new Negro for a new century : an accurate and up-to-date record of the upward struggles of the Negro race. Chicago, IL: American Publishing House, 1900. Archive.org.
Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^Ayodale, Braimah. "Alexander, John Hanks (1864-1894)." BlackPast.org. Retrieved April, 28, 2017.
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United States Army
Second Lieutenant