Trumbull County, Ohio: In The News

Western Reserve Chronicle, Warren, OH, October 19, 1864

Colored Soldiers.
In a late engagement near Petersburg, in which colored troops participated, Charles Titus was killed, and James Bronson severely wounded – reported fatally. Both were colored men, and previous to enlisting in the army, lived in this place.

Want to read Civil War era newspapers? The best place to start is Chronicling America, a free resource from the Library of Congress. Do you know of other newspaper resources for Warren County? I would love to add them here as a resource – please feel free to contact me!

You can look for other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Trumbull County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
who served from or lived in the state.