Dr. R. A. Gwynne of Birmingham, Alabama, a Black Confederate

Alabama Department of Archives and History
File Name Q5189

Eight Confederate Veterans on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery, attending the last known Confederate Veterans reunion in the state.



Description Standing, left to right: General William Banks of Houston, Texas; General W. W.Alexander of Rockhill, South Carolina; General J. D. Ford of Marshall, Texas; General T. H.Dowling of Atlanta, Georgia; General James W. Moore of Selma, Alabama; Colonel W. H.Culpepper of Atlanta, Georgia; and General W. M. Buck of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Seated in front is Dr. R. A. Gwynne of Birmingham, Alabama, the only African American to attend the reunion. This image was used and identified in the Alabama Historical Quarterly, Volume
6, page 6 (1944).

Date 1944 September 27-28

Collection or Series Title Alabama Dept. of Archives and History photographs collection -
subjects vertical file
Box Number Box 5
Folder Title Military - Civil War - Veterans (Confederate)
Publisher Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL
36130