JEFFERSON CITY — No records were kept of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, so local artist Essex Garner was told. But he has thousands of photos from those soldiers' descendants to prove otherwise.
Mid-Missouri artist brings soldiers to life
Friday, February 22, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST;
updated 10:47 a.m. CST, Friday, February 22, 2013
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