Hillside Cemetery - Northeast African American Historic Places Map (sitios de interés)
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Site #37 on Connecticut Freedom Trail
About: Milo Freeland is credited with being the first African American to volunteer for the Union Army during the Civil War. He did this as a member of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the subject of the film, GLORY. His picture appears in the book, A BRAVE BLACK REGIMENT by Luis F. Emilio. Originally a resident of Sheffield, Massachusetts, Freeland died in 1883 while living in East Canaan. The stone that now marks his grave was placed there in 1996 following a rededication ceremony in his honor and is located in Lot B8 to the rear of the cemetery, immediately to the right of the center driveway.
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