An Ancestor Speaks will be a short documentary film about the life of Henry Lloyd Baskett. Civil War Soldier, from the 8th United States Colored Troops Heavy Artillery in Paducah, Kentucky, landowner in Oklahoma after the war and the first black police officer in Atchison, Kansas. Attached to Paducah, Kentucky., District of Columbus, KY 16th Corps, Dept of the Tennessee, to August 1864. Paducah, KY., District of Columbus, KY, Dept of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept of KY to February 1866. SERVICE: Garrison duty at Paducah, KY, until February 1866, Operations against Forest in Kentucky March 16 to April 14, 1864. Action at Fort Anderson, Paducah, KY March 25, 1864. Expedition from Paducah, KY, to Haddix Ferry July 26-27, 1864. Skirmish near Haddix Ferry Aug 27,1864, Mustered out February 10, 1866
Executive Producer: Victoria Chase, 4th great-granddaughter of Henry L. Baskett
8th U.S/ Colored Heavy Artillery https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/167
I Remember the Buffalo Soldiers
Written by Sybil Barnes in 1992 i where the story of Henry Lloyd Baskett comes to life. Sybil and her twin sister Cecil Williams were the granddaughters of Henry L. Baskett.
Cecil & Sybil
I Remember the Buffalo Soldiers Audiobook Narrated by Victoria Chase, great -granddaughter of Sybil Barnes