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Don't Ruin a Good Story with the Facts: An Analysis of Henry Flipper's Account of His Court-Martial in Black Frontiersman

Don't Ruin a Good Story with the Facts: An Analysis of Henry Flipper's Account of His... West Point graduate 2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper, die army's only black officer, was officially severed from the service under sentence of court-martial in 1882. For the rest of his life Flipper claimed the dismissal was racially motivated. Courtesy Fort Davis Anhives. His Court-Martial in Black Frontiersman Charles M. Robinson III* Don 't Ruin a Good Story with the Facts: An Analysis ofHenry Flipper's Account of At noon June 30, 1882, 2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper, the army's x~V only black officer, was officially severed from the service under sentence of court-martial.1 In a lengthy trial at Fort Davis, Texas, the preceding autumn, he had been acquitted of embezzlement but convicted of five specifications on the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The court had sentenced him to dismissal, which in mod- ern parlance would be equivalent to a general discharge.2 He was free to reenter government service in any other capacity, which he subsequently did, with great success. Nevertheless, the sentence removed him from his lifetime ambition to be a soldier. Flipper spent the remaining six months *Charles M. Robinson III is a history instructor at Soudi Texas Community College in McAllen. He is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

Don't Ruin a Good Story with the Facts: An Analysis of Henry Flipper's Account of His Court-Martial in Black Frontiersman

Robinson, Charles M.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 111 (1) – Jul 6, 2007
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West Point graduate 2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper, die army's only black officer, was officially severed from the service under sentence of court-martial in 1882. For the rest of his life Flipper claimed the dismissal was racially motivated. Courtesy Fort Davis Anhives. His Court-Martial in Black Frontiersman Charles M. Robinson III* Don 't Ruin a Good Story with the Facts: An Analysis ofHenry Flipper's Account of At noon June 30, 1882, 2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper, the army's x~V only black officer, was officially severed from the service under sentence of court-martial.1 In a lengthy trial at Fort Davis, Texas, the preceding autumn, he had been acquitted of embezzlement but convicted of five specifications on the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The court had sentenced him to dismissal, which in mod- ern parlance would be equivalent to a general discharge.2 He was free to reenter government service in any other capacity, which he subsequently did, with great success. Nevertheless, the sentence removed him from his lifetime ambition to be a soldier. Flipper spent the remaining six months *Charles M. Robinson III is a history instructor at Soudi Texas Community College in McAllen. He is

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