1. Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940. The Colored Cadet At West Point. Autobiography Autobiography of the first graduate of color from West Point, the US Military Academy. Full text Category Society Ethnicity African African-American History......University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Henry Ossian Flipper,18561940 The Colored Cadet at West Point. Autobiography of Lieut. http://docsouth.unc.edu/flipper/menu.html

Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940 The Colored Cadet at West Point. Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy. Full Text (322 p., ca. 800K) HTML file SGML/TEI file for use with an SGML Viewer Illustrations Cover Spine Frontispiece Title Page ... Illustration Subjects African Americans Georgia Biography. Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. Military cadets New York (State) West Point Biography. Military education United States History 19th century. ... United States Military Academy. Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title. Return to "North American Slave Narratives" Home Page Return to Documenting the American South Home Page Feedback URL: http://docsouth.unc.edu/flipper/menu.html Last update February 07, 2001

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Home About RRA RRA Activities Information Repository ... Search FLIPPER, HENRY OSSIAN (1856-1940). Henry Ossian Flipper, engineer, the first black graduate of West Point, the eldest of five sons of Festus and Isabella Flipper, was born a slave at Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856. He attended school at the American Missionary Association, and in 1873, as a freshman at Atlanta University, he was appointed to the United States Military Academy. Although Flipper was the fifth black accepted to West Point, he was the first to graduate. At West Point he was often ostracized and had little social interaction with white cadets beyond official activities. He graduated fiftieth in a class of seventy-six on June 14, 1877, and accepted a commission as a second lieutenant. Flipper described his successful struggle against ostracism and prejudice in The Colored Cadet at West Point (1878). In January 1878 he was assigned to Company A of the Tenth United States Cavalry. As an officer in the Tenth Cavalry, Flipper served at forts Elliott , Concho, Quitman, and Davis, Texas, and at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. He first reached Texas on his way to Fort Sill, where he supervised the drainage of malarial ponds. Flipper's Ditch is now a national historic landmark. He later constructed a road from

3. Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, U Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S. Army 18561940 Henry Ossian Flipper was born in Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856, into slavery and spent his formative years in Georgia. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/topics/afam/flipper.htm

Lieutenant Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S. Army 1856-1940 Henry Ossian Flipper was born in Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856, into slavery and spent his formative years in Georgia. Following the Civil War, he attended the American Missionary Association Schools in his home state. In 1873 Flipper was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy, and in 1877 he became the first African-American to graduate from the institution. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 10th Cavalry. From 1878 until 1880 Lieutenant Flipper served on frontier duty in various installations in the southwest, including Fort Sill, Oklahoma. His duties included scouting, as well as serving as post engineer surveyor and construction supervisor, post adjutant, acting assistant and post quartermaster, and commissary officer. In 1881 Lieutenant Flipper's commanding officer accused him of "embezzling funds and of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." As a result of these charges, he was court-martialed. He was acquitted of the embezzlement charge but was found guilty, by general court martial, of conduct unbecoming an officer. On June 30, 1882, he was dismissed from the Army as required by this conviction. As a civilian, Henry Flipper went on to distinguish himself in a variety of governmental and private engineering positions. These included serving as surveyor, civil and military engineer, author, translator, special agent of the Justice Department, special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior with the Alaskan Engineering Commission, aide to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as well as an authority on Mexican land and mining law.

4. Handbook Of Texas Online: FLIPPER, HENRY OSSIAN Flipper, Henry Ossian (18561940). Henry Ossian Flipper, engineer, the first black graduate of West Point, the eldest of five sons of Festus and Isabella Flipper, was born a slave at Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/ffl13.html

format this article to print FLIPPER, HENRY OSSIAN (1856-1940). Henry Ossian Flipper, engineer, the first black graduate of West Point, the eldest of five sons of Festus and Isabella Flipper, was born a slave at Thomasville, Georgia, on March 21, 1856. He attended school at the American Missionary Association, and in 1873, as a freshman at Atlanta University, he was appointed to the United States Military Academy. Although Flipper was the fifth black accepted to West Point, he was the first to graduate. At West Point he was often ostracized and had little social interaction with white cadets beyond official activities. He graduated fiftieth in a class of seventy-six on June 14, 1877, and accepted a commission as a second lieutenant. Flipper described his successful struggle against ostracism and prejudice in The Colored Cadet at West Point (1878). In January 1878 he was assigned to Company A of the Tenth United States Cavalry. qv As an officer in the Tenth Cavalry, Flipper served at forts Elliott, Concho, Quitman, and Davis, Texas, and at Fort Sill, Indian Territory. He first reached Texas on his way to Fort Sill, where he supervised the drainage of malarial ponds. Flipper's Ditch is now a national historic landmark. He later constructed a road from Gainesville to Fort Sill after a troop of the Fourth United States Cavalry qv got drunk and deserted the lieutenant assigned to do the job. Flipper also installed a telegraph line from Fort Elliott to Fort Supply, Indian Territory, scouted on the Llano Estacado

5. Held In Trust in "Held in Trust The Story of Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.". Flipper (18561940) was the first black graduate from West http://www.utep.edu/~kcos/flipper.html

Held in Trust: The Story of Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper An uplifting account of overcoming discrimination without resorting to violence is told in "Held in Trust: The Story of Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper." Flipper (1856-1940) was the first black graduate from West Point Military Academy. Following assignments with the 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, he fell victim to racial prejudice, was framed on a trumped-up case of embezzlement and was dishonorably discharged for "conduct unbecoming of an officer." Flipper tried throughout the rest of his life to clear his name, but he did not live to see his vindication. His friends and family took up the fight and an honorable discharge was conferred posthumously, in 1976. Based on an original one-man, one-act play, Held in Trust weaves historical narration (given by Ossie Davis) with dramatic recreations of an elderly Flipper reminiscing about his life. George Robert Snead appears as Flipper and the production is introduced by General Colin Powell. According to Snead, Held in Trust is a tribute to all African-Americans who withstand tremendous obstacles.

6. Black Frontiersman (in MARION) Christian University Press, c1997. Subject Flipper, Henry Ossian, 18561940. Pioneers Southwest, New Biography. http://vax1.vigo.lib.in.us/MARION/ABA-3538

Black frontiersman Title: Black frontiersman : the memoirs of Henry O. Flipper, first Black graduate of West Point / compiled and edited with introduction and notes by Theodore D. Harris. Author: Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. Harris, Theodore D. Published: Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, c1997. Subject: Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. Pioneers Southwest, New Biography. African American pioneers Southwest, New Biography. African American soldiers Southwest, New Biography. ... Southwest, New Race relations. Other titles: Memoirs of Henry O. Flipper, first Black graduate of West Point Material: 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-180) and index. ISBN: System ID no: ABA-3538 Message number 09F08161 Main Library Message number 0B40864BB F648 28DAY BOOK Available Message number 09F08121

7. Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940. The Colored Cadet At West Point ... Henry Ossian Flipper, 18561940. Library of Congress Subject Headings, 21stedition, 1998. LC Subject Headings Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. http://docsouth.unc.edu/flipper/flipper.html

The Colored Cadet at West Point. Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy: Electronic Edition. Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940 Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title. Text scanned (OCR) by Kevin O'Kelly Images scanned by Chris Hill Text encoded by Bethany Ronnberg and Natalia Smith First edition, 1999 800 K Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Call number U410.P1 F6 1878 (Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Documenting the American South.         All double right and left quotation marks are encoded as " and " respectively. Library of Congress Subject Headings, 21st edition, 1998 LC Subject Headings: Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. United States Military Academy. African Americans Georgia Biography. Military cadets New York (State) West Point Biography. Military education United States History 19th century.

8. Military Influences Of The Red And Canadian Basins Of Texas (18041836). FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT. FITZHUGH, WILLIAM F. (1818-1883). Flipper,Henry Ossian (1856-1940). FORD, JOHN SALMON (1815-1897). FORT BELKNAP. FORT ELLIOTT. http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/military/

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Henry Ossian Flipper, 1856-1940 The Colored Cadet at West Point. Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy. Return to Menu Page for The Colored Cadet at West Point ... by H. O. Flipper Return to "North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920" Home Page Return to Documenting the American South Home Page Feedback URL: http://docsouth.unc.edu/flipper/verso.html Last update February 07, 2001

10. Browse Top Level > Texts > Project Gutenberg > Subject > Military Science Author Flipper, Henry Ossian, 18561940 Keywords Authors F Flipper,Henry Ossian, 1856-1940; Titles C ; Subject Military Science. http://www.archive.org/texts/textslisting-browse.php?collection=gutenberg&cat=Su

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12. Project Gutenberg Author Record Project Gutenberg Author record. Flipper, Henry Ossian, 18561940.Titles. Colored Cadet At West Point, The; autobiography of Lieut. http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/flipper__henry_ossian__18.html

Project Gutenberg Author record Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1856-1940 Titles Colored Cadet At West Point, The; autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

13. Project Gutenberg Author Index Fleming, May Agnes, 18401880. Fleming, Walter Lynwood, 1874-1932. Flipper,Henry Ossian, 1856-1940. Flower, Jessie Graham. Floyd, Juanita Helm, 1880-. http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/author_index_F.html

Project Gutenberg Author Index "F" Fa-hsien, ca. 337-ca. 422 Fabre, Jean-Henri, 1823-1915 Fairless, Michael, 1869-1901 Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965 ... Fyffe, Charles Alan, 1845-1892 To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

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English Classics 3000 F ( Listed by Author ) Fabre, Jean-Henri (1823-1915) Bramble-bees and Others The Life of the Caterpillar The Life of the Fly The Life of the Spider ... More Hunting Wasps Fa-Hien (ca. 337-ca. 422) Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Fairless, Michael (1869-1901) The Gathering of Brother Hilarius The Grey Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse The Roadmender Farrand, Max (1869-1945) The Fathers of the Constitution Farrer James Anson Adam Smith Ferdowsi (ca.935-1020) The Epic of Kings Ferguson, Adam (1723-1816) An Essay On The History OF Civil Society Ferguson, W. B. M. (1882- ) Garrison's Finish, A Romance of the Race-Course Ferri, Enrico (1856-1929) Criminal Sociology Field, Edward Salisbury (1878-1936) Cupid's Understudy Field, Eugene (1850-1895) The Love Affairs of A Bibliomaniac Love-Songs of Childhood Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) From This World to the Next The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) The Governess, or, Little Female Academy Filson, John (ca.1747-1788) Life and Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone Fish, Carl Russell (1876-1932)

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19. Flipper Biography Henry O. Flipper, Retired US Army Officer, 18561940. . Flipper. Henry Ossian Flipper,West Point's First Black Graduate, 250 pages, by Jane Eppinga, 1996, pub http://www.thomasvillega.com/community_history111.htm

Thomasville Welcome Center Broad Street Thomasville, GA 31792 welcome@thomasvillega.com Additional Black History Information LT. HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER SOLDIER, CIVIL ENGINEER, AUTHOR, NEWSPAPER EDITOR, SURVEYOR, CARTOGRAPHER, SPECIAL AGENT FOR THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AND A PIONEER IN THE NATION'S OIL INDUSTRY: Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper was born a slave February 21, 1856 in Thomasville, Ga.to the parents of Festus and Issabella Buckhalter Flipper, Sr. Lt. Flipper spent his early years in Thomasville, Ga. and during the Civil War lived in Macon and Atlanta, Ga. Lt. Flipper was taught to read in 1864 by another slave who taught school at night. In late 1865, Lt. Flipper attended a succession of schools established by the American Missionary Association. In 1873, Lt. Flipper received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy - West Point by Rep. James C. Freeman of Ga. Flipper graduated 50th in a class of 76, the first black to ever do so. Many others tried but failed. Shortly after his graduation from the academy, Lt. Flipper returned to Thomasville, Ga. to visit his father who owned a shoemaking shop. When his furlough was over he returned to the 10th Calvary as the Army's first black Officer. He was sent to Ft. Sill, Ok. in 1878. It was there he got his first taste of engineering. He and his troop were required to dig a drainage ditch. The ditch was required to help keep the water away from where the troops made camp in order to help combat malaria fever from the mosquitoes the water attracted. The ditch was called

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This web site was created for FREE at www.homestead.com. Visit www.homestead.com to get your free web site - no programming required. Javascript is either disabled or not supported by this browser. This page may not appear properly. World War II World War I War of 1812 The American ... Revolution Home The American Revolution War of 1812 World War I ... World War II ~Henry O. Flipper became the FIRST African American graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point ~At that time he became the only commisioned officer in the regular Army -He was assigned to the all-black 10th Calvary Black History does not always have to be remembered in February. Soldiers can be honored throughout the year. Because of this I have decided to start a soldier of the month page. If you have a relative or anyone who you think is not being honored or remembered please email me and I will try to include them each month on this page. This page was last updated on: February 25, 2001 Henry Ossian Flipper Born March 21,1856, in Thomasville, Georgia, Henry O. Flipper began his education in a woodshed where an old slave taught him the alphabet. His father was a skilled shoemaker and carriage trimmer, who after the Civil War became very prosperous and hired the wife of a former Confederate captain to tutor Henry and his three brothers. When the fall of 1872 Henry found that there was a vacancy at the West Point Military Academy and after passing the qualification examine,received his appointment on May 25, 1873.

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