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John C. Black

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Gender Male
Death109 years ago
Date of birth January 27,1839
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Lexington
Mississippi
United States
Date of died August 17,1915
DiedChicago
Illinois
United States
Party Democratic Party
Years of service1861–1865
SiblingsWilliam P. Black
BooksAddresses at the Celebration of the Eighty-Third Anniversary of the Birth of Major General Grenville
John Marshall: An Address Before the Illinois State Bar Association
Place of burialSpring Hill Cemetery-Mausoleum, Danville, Illinois, United States
Education Wabash College
Previous positionUnited States Commissioner of Pensions (1885–1889)
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John Charles Black was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Illinois. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Union Army lieutenant colonel and regimental commander at the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War.

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