Tonya Lewis Lee Discovers Her Special Connection To The American Civil War

In this episode of "Finding Your Roots" film producer and Spike Lee's wife, Tonya Lewis Lee , learns about her rich family history.

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00:00Edward Patterson is at Company F-37 Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry.

00:07Yes.

00:08Appears on Company Descriptive Book of the Organization named Above.

00:12Aged 35 years, height 5 feet 7 inches, complexion dark, eyes black.

00:17Where? Born James County, Virginia.

00:20Occupation farmer.

00:21Enlistment May 18, 1864 in Norfolk, Virginia.

00:25Mm-hmm.

00:26So he was in the Colored Infantry? What was this for?

00:32Your third great-grandfather fought for the North, fought for the Union in the Civil War.

00:46That's great.

00:49That's really great. I love that.

00:53Makes me really proud.