Joseph Clovese, aged 105, arriving at the final encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1949. Clovese was the last surviving member of the USCT (United States Colored Troops). He was born enslaved in Louisiana and served with Company C of the 63rd US Colored Troops. He died at Dearborn Veterans Hospital on July 13, 1951.
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