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Jeremiah Marion Mickley
A Lutheran minister and Civil War chaplain, he is remembered for preserving the story of the 43rd United States Colored Troops in one of the earliest regimental histories centered on Black Union soldiers. His writing brings together firsthand military detail, moral conviction, and a deep sense of duty.
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The Forty-third regiment United States Colored Troops
by Jeremiah Marion Mickley
About the author
Born in Pennsylvania in the mid-1830s, Jeremiah Marion Mickley became a Lutheran clergyman whose life joined ministry, public service, and historical writing. Archival and genealogical records place his life from 1835 to 1909, and later references remember him as the Rev. J. Marion Mickley.
Mickley is best known as the author of The Forty-third Regiment United States Colored Troops, published in Gettysburg in 1866. In that book, written after serving as chaplain to the regiment, he documented the officers, service, and wartime experience of the 43rd U.S. Colored Troops. The work remains notable as an early account of Black Union soldiers during the Civil War and reflects his close connection to the men whose story he recorded.
For listeners today, Mickley stands out as both participant and witness. His book is valuable not only as military history, but also as a personal act of remembrance from a minister who believed the regiment's service deserved to be preserved.