Article Clips of Missionary Armstrong/Limakaika's In Hawaii - Memories of General S.C. Armstrong his Son
Researched by Amelia Gora (2018)
Note: This article appeared in 1901, Missionary Armstrong died in 1860, his son General S.C. Armstrong died in 1893. He was a Union General unlike the other Generals in Hawaii who were Confederates - Haters of People of Color.
Samuel C. Armstrong
| Samuel Chapman Armstrong | |
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Samuel C. Armstrong
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| Born | January 30, 1839 Wailuku, Maui, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi |
| Died | May 11, 1893 (aged 54) Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia |
| Place of burial | Hampton Institute school cemetery, Hampton, Virginia |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service/ | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1862 - 1865 |
| Rank |  Colonel Bvt. Brigadier General |
| Unit | 125th New York Infantry Regiment 9th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment |
| Commands held | 8th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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Samuel Chapman Armstrong (January 30, 1839 – May 11, 1893), the son of Hawaiian missionaries, rose through the Union Army during the American Civil War, to become a General leading units of African American soldiers.[1] He became best known as an American educator, founding and becoming the first principal of the normal school for African-American and later Native American pupils in Virginia which later became Hampton University.[2]
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