Samuel C. Armstrong
(1839-1893)
American soldier, general and educator
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Samuel Chapman Armstrong (January 30, 1839 – May 11, 1893) was an American soldier and general during the American Civil War who later became an educator, particularly of non-whites. The son of missionaries in Hawaii, he rose through the Union Army during the American Civil War to become a general, leading units of African American soldiers. He became best known as an 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. He also founded the university's museum, the Hampton University Museum, which is the oldest African-American museum in the country, and the oldest museum in Virginia.
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30 January 1839 Maui, Hawaii
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11 May 1893 (aged 54) Hampton, Virginia
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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