Stephen A. Swails
... that Stephen A. Swails may have been the first African American commissioned as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War?
... that <b id="mwCNg"><a href="./Stephen_Atkins_Swails" id="mwCNk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stephen Atkins Swails">Stephen A. Swails</a></b> may have been the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African_American" id="mwCNo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> commissioned as an officer in the <a href="./Union_Army" id="mwCNs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> during the <a href="./American_Civil_War" id="mwCNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>?