Samuel C. Armstrong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Union Army general
Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1839
Place of Birth: Maui, Hawaii, United States
Date of Death: 11-May-1893
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Samuel C. Armstrong
- Samuel Chapman Armstrong (January 30, 1839 – May 11, 1893), the son of Hawaiian missionaries, rose through the Union Army during the American Civil War, to become a General leading units of African American soldiers.
- He became best known as an American educator, founding and becoming the first principal of the normal school for African-American and later Native American pupils in Virginia which later became Hampton University.
- He also founded the university's museum, the Hampton University Museum, which is the oldest African-American museum in the country, and the oldest museum in Virginia.
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