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George W. Hatton,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Soldier Ta-Nehisi Coates Jan 18 2011, 8:50 AM ET Tweet More Email Print by Andy HallFor my first post this week, I'd like to return to some (to mythinking) unfinished business. Some weeks back, TNC posted a letterfrom a USCT soldier describing the beating given to a notorious Virginia tidewater slaveholderat the hands of some of his former slaves. There was some questionabout the authenticity of the letter and, as a result, I and othersworked to compile a rough biographical outline of the letter's author,Sgt. George W. Hatton, 1st United States Colored Troops, which I postedin the comments section. TNC was generous enough to kick that comment"upstairs," making it a post of its own,but there were still some substantial gaps in Hatton's life asdescribed. Subsequent comments to that posts led to yet morediscoveries in contemporary newspapers, directories and so on. It wasactually a running commentary in the comments, putting up each newdiscovery, that went late into the evening. It washistorical/genealogical