'It's the right thing to do': Union veteran — a member of the first Black regiment to see combat during the Civil War — is given a headstone after more than a century | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas
By all accounts, Doc McWilliams is a Lawrencian worth remembering. Born enslaved, McWilliams came to Lawrence in 1862 and the next year enlisted in the Union a