Emanuel Handy

Emanuel Handy (December 25, 1839 – December 8, 1922), sometimes recorded as Emmanuel Handy, was an American soldier, constable, farmer, and politician. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He became involved in politics during the Reconstruction Era, serving as a delegate at the 1868 Mississippi Constitutional Convention and sitting in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1870 to 1874.

Biography Handy was born in Copiah County, Mississippi.

He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as a second sergeant in the 82nd Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops. One of fellow African American Mississippi state legislator George Charles Sr.'s sons, Arthur Charles, attended his funeral. The funeral was officiated by Rev. Tucker of Campbell Chapel, and veterans of the First World War served as escorts.