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Former Enslaved Join Union Army

One of the Stafford men who had been enslaved by J. Horace Lacy of “Chatham” that escaped was Andrew Weaver.  He escaped in spring/summer 1862 and was later a soldier in the 23rd U. S. Colored Troops (USCT) Infantry Regiment.