- January 12, 2021
- by Admin
The interracial love tale that stunned Washington — twice! — in 1867
The interracial love tale that stunned Washington — twice! — in 1867 The marriage had been a surprise before it also started. The daughter of a prominent Civil War colonel, was engaged in 1867, the nation's capital learned that Minnie Sackett. Sackett ended up being regarded as being "one of the most extremely gorgeous ladies in the District," according to the ny Tribune, along with her high-neck lace collars and brunette ringlets piled atop her mind. Her soon-to-be spouse, 39-year-old Ely S. Parker, had offered into the Union Army given that personal assistant to then-Gen. Ulysses S. Give. It had...
