Asbury United Methodist
11 th & K Sts., N.W. - On May 4, 1863, the church hosted the first
"meeting for the organization of a colored regiment in the District of Columbia." The unit would be known formally as the First Regiment, United States Colored Troops.
Ebenezer United Methodist
4th & D Sts., S.E. - During the Civil War, the church operated a school and a small hospital.
Israel Metropolitan CME/Israel Bethel AME
5th & Randolph Sts., N.W. - The church is the descendant of an AME church that stood at the foot of Capitol HilI and served as the principal center for the recruitment and organization of the First Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
15th & R Sts., N.W. - One of the leading churches in the city, it also hosted - as did many other African American churches - recruiting drives for the city's black regiment. Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Keekley, and Alexander T. Augusta attended services there.
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In December 1864, the internationally reknowned African American opera singer, E.T. Greenfield gave a grand benefit concert. The event drew scores of noted black Civil War-era personalities to the church's original location at 15th and I Streets, N.W. St. Mary's Episcopal Church
730 23rd St., N.W. - Founded in 1865 by 28 freedmen who chose to separate from the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. Two years later they secured a lot on the church's present site. With the assistance of Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, the members obtained the Chapel building of the Kalorama Military Hospital at 23rd & S Sts., N.W., and had it relocated. The first service held in that structure took place on the second Sunday of June, 1867. The current brick structure contains a stained glass window honoring Stanton.
Civil War Tour
Military Sites
Cemeteries
Major Freedmen's Communities and sites
Churches
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