caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance image_size placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial signature image article_title name
samuel c. armstrong 1862 - 1865 union army 8th united states colored troops hampton institute , hampton , virginia 11 may 1893 wailuku , maui , kingdom of hawaiʻi united states of america union 220 place of burial american civil war 30 january 1839 hampton institute school cemetery , hampton , virginia samuel c. armstrong-1904-signature . png samuel chapman armstrong.jpg samuel c. armstrong
 samuel chapman armstrong
samuel c. armstrong

samuel chapman armstrong -lrb- january 30 , 1839 -- may 11 , 1893 -rrb- was an american educator and a commissioned officer in the union army during the american civil war .
he is best remembered for his work after the war as the founder and first principal of the normal school which is now hampton university .
