Crozier

<P><b>Crozier: Four Days in September 1865</b> is a factual account in story form of how a Confederate soldier from Texas became a hero in the small southern town of Newberry South Carolina in 1865. It is the story of a young man long a prisoner in a Union prison camp near Chicago who upheld his character his principles and his courage in the face of death in protecting two young ladies from insults from a US Colored soldier. He then protected an innocent stranger from harm when the stranger was wrongfully arrested for Crozier's actions. It is rare that one's man's presence for such a short period of time can have such a positive impact on a community as that of Calvin Crozier. His story is one that deserves retelling. It is one where character and courage transpire but also can carry over upon future generations.<p>This is also a brief look at the soldiers that carried out an illegal execution while occupying the South immediately following the Civil War. The 33rd US Colored Troops are a contrast of the renowned 54th Massachusetts in background training character and leadership of their officers. It is a brief look based on documented facts not intended to discredit who and what these men were but to present them in a factual account of the settings and circumstances of their brief existence in the South during and immediately following that terrible period in American history.<br clear=all><A NAME=goto2></A><HR ALIGN=LEFT>