Two Colored Cavalrymen Killed

A black soldier shoots another, and the shooter dies when resisting arrest.

First Sergt. John Jackson was shot and killed at Fort Douglas to-night by Private W. H. Carter, and the latter was then shot and instantly killed while resisting arrest. Both were colored and belonged to the Ninth United States Cavalry. The men, both participated in the battle of San Juan Hill. Jackson enlisted at Culpeper Court House, Va.

“Two Colored Cavalrymen Killed,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed June 17, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1048.