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> Subject: Private Mohammed Kahn—Civil War Hero
> Date: June 19, 2024 at 9:02:29 AM EDT
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> Private Mohammed Kahn—Civil War Hero  
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> An iconic untold story of an immigrant Muslim American in Antebellum America
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> Today is Juneteenth and I wanted to take the opportunity to elevate an iconic 
> Civil War story that they just don’t teach in schools. To be sure, you 
> absolutely should use today as an opportunity to follow amazing Black writers 
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> For my part, today I want to share the Civil War story of Private Mohammed 
> Kahn, also known as John Ammahail. At a time of rising anti-Black violence, 
> anti-immigrant policy, and anti-Muslim hate, Kahn’s story pushes back against 
> such division and discord, and instead exemplifies the beauty of what this 
> country can be.
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> Image of Mohammed Kahn’s pension paperwork. Credit: National Archives
> Private Kahn was one of only 250 Muslim soldiers who fought in the Civil War. 
> His story is even more unique, however, as he fought in the famous Battle of 
> Gettysburg, is believed to be one of only two Muslim soldiers who received a 
> pension, and may be the only Muslim soldier who was also an immigrant.
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> Born in Persia, modern day Iran, in or around 1830, Mohammed Kahn was raised 
> in modern day Afghanistan. He immigrated to the United States in 1861, during 
> the period of antebellum America. Also known as John Ammahail, Kahn quickly 
> made friends upon arrival. The Civil War broke out in April of 1861. Only two 
> months after his arrival, and after a night out with his friends, Mohammed 
> Kahn became Private Mohammed Kahn when he enlisted in the 43rd New York 
> Infantry Regiment. The 43rd New York Infantry Regiment was an all white unit. 
> Kahn was a person of color, yet evidently passed as “white enough.”
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> This is where his story truly begins and becomes history.
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> Khan spent the first two years of the Civil War as a cook serving the Union 
> Army. That all changed in July of 1863 when Private Kahn fought in the 
> infamous Battle of Gettysburg. Mere days after the battle and perhaps due to 
> the ensuing chaos, he was separated from his unit. As he was not white, the 
> Union guards who found him arrested him in Hagerstown, Maryland, and brought 
> him before the Provost Marshall’s headquarters to explain himself. 
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> The Battle of Gettysburg (1863), lithograph by Currier & Ives. Credit: 
> Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZC4-2088)
> Despite his best efforts, and perhaps due to his limited proficiency in 
> English, Kahn was unable to convince the Union Army that he himself was in 
> fact part of the Union Army, and part of the all white New York’s 43rd 
> Infantry. Because he was of color, and described as having dark complexion, 
> and even though he had just fought in one of American history’s most famous 
> battles to end the scourge of slavery and white supremacy in America, they 
> believed he could not be part of the white unit, and held him under military 
> arrest.
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> As punishment, Kahn was sent to Philadelphia and put to work with recently 
> escaped enslaved people. He spent months and months trying to find anyone who 
> could vouch for him, reunite him with his New York 43rd, or even a member of 
> the New York 43rd—but to no avail.
> 
> All that changed 10 months later in May of 1864. The Battle of the Wilderness 
> was set to begin in Fredericksburg, VA between General Grant’s Union Army and 
> General Lee’s Confederate Rebellion Army. Private Kahn, having learned that 
> the 14th New York Infantry was taking a train down to partake in that battle, 
> devised a remarkable plan. In his time in what was effectively a slave labor 
> camp, Kahn had befriended an enslaved person, and conceived the plan with his 
> support. His friend was tasked with distracting the prison guard, while Kahn 
> prepared his escape. Kahn waited patiently and timed his escape with the 
> departing train, and took off on foot.
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> Running as fast as he could, Kahn chased after the train and jumped on to it 
> at the last possible moment as it pulled out of Philadelphia station. By the 
> time the prison guard realized what happened, it was too late. Kahn was 
> already out of their grasp and on a train headed back into battle. As Kahn 
> hoped, he found and remained with the 14th New York Infantry on this trip, 
> that is, until Washington DC. From here, he traveled nearly 70 miles by foot 
> down to Spotsylvania, Virginia by following other squadrons. 
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> The Battle of the Wilderness marked the first stage of a major Union 
> offensive toward the Confederate capital of Richmond. Credit: History.com 
> <http://history.com/> Getty Images
> Private Kahn arrived on May 7, 1864, on the last day of the Battle of the 
> Wilderness and remarkably found and was reunited with his 43rd infantry unit. 
> Joining his brothers once more, Kahn reengaged his service and fight to help 
> the Union Army win. Only 15 minutes into the battle he was wounded with a 
> gunshot to his left hand.
> 
> Kahn, an immigrant who arrived in the United States just months before the 
> Civil War broke out, had now served as a cook, fought in the Battle of 
> Gettysburg, suffered 10 months in a prison camp, escaped and found a 
> miraculous way to reunite with his Unit, fought in another battle, and 
> suffered a major injury. But far from using this injury as an excuse to exit 
> the War, and he certainly would have been justified, Kahn persisted.
> 
> Undeterred, he refused to leave the war, and took the time to heal. And after 
> his hand healed, Private Kahn returned once more to the field of battle, this 
> time as a sharpshooter, and served through almost the entire Civil War until 
> it ended the following year in April of 1865.
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> Private Kahn’s pension application records in detail the battles in which he 
> fought, the injuries he suffered, and the duties he performed both as a cook 
> and as a soldier. Private Mohammed Kahn died on May 26, 1891 in Manhattan, 
> New York. He was buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings 
> County. His burial plot is 2, 5009. Pictured here is his gravestone. 
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> Private Mohammed Khan’s gravestone at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in 
> Brooklyn, Kings County
> I first learned about Mohammed Kahn while researching for an opinion 
> editorial on the vast contributions of Muslim Americans to our nation’s 
> history. Contrary to the popular perception that Muslims or Islam are new to 
> America, Muslims have thrived in America since before America even existed, 
> and have fought to defend this nation in every battle since the Revolutionary 
> War, and to expand national participation in democracy. As Michael Harriot 
> remarks 
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> I think that is what Juneteenth means to me and to a lot of people. I also 
> think that it is just as important as the 4th of July, or more important, 
> because this is the first time that America took a real step toward 
> democracy. That’s when the majority of this country were able to participate 
> in democracy.
> 
> Mohammed Kahn’s story is about that power of perseverance to overcome 
> obstacles, the power of good to conquer hate, and the power of justice to 
> conquer injustice. And while this article is a heavily summarized story of 
> his life, remarkably, there are no books on Private Mohammed Kahn. Meanwhile, 
> his full and complete 209 page pension is preserved in the US Government 
> National Archives 
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