| VOLUNTEERS FOR FREEDOM: BLACK CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS IN ALEXANDRIA NATIONAL CEMETERY | ||||||||||||||||
| Last | First | Page | Date of | Birthplace/ | Condition/ | Date/Place of | Regiment | Co | Ranks Achieved/ | Date/Place of | Post-Military | Date of | Cause of | Wife | Children | Notes |
| Name | Name | Birth | Likely Birthplace | Occupation | Enlistment | Military Duty | Discharge | Death | Death | |||||||
| Adams | Smith | 95 | ca 1846 | Pickaway Co, OH | unknown | 15-Dec-1863, joined regiment | 27 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 26-May-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | ||||
| at Camp Delaware, OH | ||||||||||||||||
| Allan | Alexander | 197 | ca 1846 | Quincy, TN | laborer | 26-Dec-1864, Pontiac, MI | 102nd US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | 24-Mar-1865 | typhoid fever | unknown | Paid substitute for Samuel Shoup, MI; told recruiter he was born in Canada | |||
| but records indicate he had been living in TN | ||||||||||||||||
| Allen | Henry | 78 | ca 1839 | VA | laborer | 9-Jul-1864, Washington, DC | 23 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 30-Nov-1865, Brazos de Santiago, TX | 3-Dec-1902 | unknown | unknown | Paid substitute for Mathew Pepper, Washington, DC | ||
| Allgood | John | 104-105 | ca 1846 | unknown | laborer/slave? | 20-Jul-1864, Wilmington, DE | 28 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 2-Jan-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | Paid substitute for Thomas E Cottingham | |||
| Alsop | Joseph | 146-147 | ca 1839 | Anne Arundel Co, MD | farmer | 16-Jan-1864, Baltimore, MD | 30 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 5-Nov-1864 | dysentery | single | Paid substitute for Joseph Cork | |||
| Anderson | Alexander | 170-171 | ca 1844 | Queen Anne's Co, MD | slave | 1864 | 39 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 8-Oct-1864 | pneumonia | Teena, 28-Dec-1863 | son, 1-Aug-1864 | Wife (slave) owned by different person | ||
| Anderson | Edward | 52-53 | Smyrna, DE | slave | 8-Jun-1844, Boston | 5 Mass Cav | E | cpl; sgt | 31-Oct-1865, Clarksville, TN | Alexandria | 11-Aug-1895 | heart disease | 1st -- Winnie Hudgins | Winnie Hudgins died 1893 | ||
| 2nd -- Margaret Hall, 8-Jan-1895 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anderson | Jackson | 95-96 | ca 1822 | Delaware Co, IN | unknown | 29-Feb-1864, Tuscarawa Co, IN | 27 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 31-Aug-1864 | complications from wounds | second wife, Margaret | 3 -- Ida May, Ziminnie & Christian | Widow & children received pension | ||
| Anderson | Richard | 78 | ca 1837 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 23 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 11-Aug-1864 | unknown | unknown | Reburied in Soldiers' Cemetery, January 1865 | |||
| Armstrong | James | 105 | ca 1829 | Greene Co, IN | farmer | 31-Dec-1863 | 28 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 17-Sep-1864 | internal disease | Frances | Widow did not apply for pension; autopsy found | |||
| most internal organs diseased | ||||||||||||||||
| Artist | Moses M | 96-97 | ca 1824 | Edgecombe Co, NC | unknown | 23-Feb-1864, Crawford Co, IN | 27 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 25-May-1864 | unknown | Sarah Harris | 4 -- Mathew, Eliza, George & Mary Catherine | His brother, Sgt. Jesse Artist, in same regiment; | ||
| family applied for pension | ||||||||||||||||
| Ashton | Eugene | 233 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | unknown | unknown | buried 16-Oct-1925 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Burial date indicates he might be veteran of later war; | |
| records say he was a musician with First Band, USCT | ||||||||||||||||
| Ballard | John | 78-79 | ca 1842 | Orange Co, VA | unknown | 11-Jul-1864, Washington, DC | 23 US Col Inf | C | pvt; sgt | 30-Nov-1865, Brazos de Santiago, TX | Washington Navy Yard | 14-Apr-1913 | Bright's disease | Elizabeth | 7 incl Malacho, James & Daniel | Paid substitute for John W Reis; started receiving pension in 1891 |
| Ballet | Jefferson | 167 | ca 1845 | Gates Co, NC | servant, possibly for Army | 18-Sep-1863, Yorktown, VA | 36 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 12-Sep-1864 | chronic pleurisy | single | Doctors thought he might be 16 years old at enlistment | |||
| Banks | Trim | 79-80 | ca 1842 | VA | unknown | 11-Jul-1864, Boston, MA? | 23 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 30-Nov-1865, Brazos de Santiago, TX | Alexandria, VA | 23-Jun-1894 | paralysis | Nancy Skelton, 5-Oct-1882 | Caroline | Paid substitute; widow & daughter received pension |
| Banner | James | 97 | ca 1843 | Russell Co, VA | unknown | 11-Jun-1864, Ironton, OH | 27 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 5-Apr-1865 | dropsy from heart trouble | single | ||||
| Barkley | William | 91 | ca 1845 | Allegheny Co, PA | miner | 7-Feb-1865, Pittsburgh, PA | 24 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 24-Sept-1865 | typhoid fever | single | Had $563 in cash; information about siblings; | |||
| Army records say he died at Slough Hospital, Alexandria, VA | ||||||||||||||||
| Barnes | Francis | 208 | ca 1844 | Orangeburg, SC | field hand/probably slave | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, SC | 135 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 9-Jun-1865 | measles | single | Never paid; "Delia Griffin, Branchville, South Carolina" to be notified | |||
| Barrett | Daniel | 147 | unknown | Wilmington, DE | unknown | 21-Aug-1864 | 30 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 15-Feb-1865 | typhoid fever | single | Paid substitute for Reuben Ball; George Barratt listed as next of kin | |||
| Beckham | Fletcher | 209-210 | ca 1847 | SC? | farm slave | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, SC | 135 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 28-May-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | ||||
| Benton | James W | 68 | 19 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 10-Aug-1864 | gunshot wound | |||||||||
| Berry | John | 134-135 | ca 1835 | Ridge Prairie, IL? | unknown | 13-Mar-1864 | 29 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 25-Nov-1864 | chronic diarrhea | unknown | Also known as "Barry" | |||
| Bibb | Richard Owen | 53 | Cincinnati, OH | farmer | 12-Mar-1864, Readsville, MA | 5 Mass Cav | E | pvt | 20-Jun-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | Sarah Ann Jones, 10-Aug-1848 | John E | Son received pension | |||
| Blue | David | 210 | ca 1841 | Monroe Co, GA | farm worker | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, SC | 135 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 8-Jun-1865 | possible congested lung | probably single | ||||
| Bogar | Pencer | 105-106 | ca 1843 | VA | 16-Aug-1864, Evansville, IN | 28 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 25-Nov-1864 | dyspepsia | single | Not a substitute | ||||
| Bognard | Philip | 59 | ca 1841 | Calloway Co, KY | unknown | 8-Feb-1864, Paducah, KY | 8 US Col Hvy Art | B | pvt | 19-May-1865 | diarrhea | Susan | ||||
| Bohannon | Shadrach | 59 | ca 1831 | Jefferson Co, KY | slave? | 28-May-1864 | 8 US Col Hvy Art | G | pvt | 21-Apr-1865 | ||||||
| Boone | Henry | 200-201 | ca 1837 | Marion Co, KY | slave | 24-Aug-1864, Louisville, KY | 107 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 22-Oct-1864 | chronic dysentery | Mary Ann (slave) | 4 | Widow & children received pension until 1880 because of "vicious habits" | ||
| Bostic | Joseph | 68-69 | ca 1807 | Frederick Co, MD | farmer | 9-Dec-1863 | 19 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 12-Oct-1864 | consumption | married | ||||
| Bracey | Wythe | 135 | unknown | Jackson Co, MS | probably freed slave | 6-Feb-1864, Chicago, IL | 29 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 30-Nov-1864 | inflammation of the pleura | married | Widow lived in Rock Co, MS | |||
| Brady | Oscar | 97-98 | ca 1843 | Mason Co, KY | unknown | 12-Apr-1864, Camp Delaware, OH | 27 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 16-Aug-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | probably single | May have been brother of James Brady, another solider | |||
| Brice | Samuel | 69-70 | ca 1830 | field hand/slave? | 18-Dec-1863 | 19 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 23-Dec-1864 | diarrhea | Pricilla | 3 | Widow & children received pension | |||
| Bringmid | Orlando | 155 | ca 1835 | Hawley, PA | farmer | 16-Mar-1864, Hartford, CT | 31st US Col Inf | C | pvt | 12-Jul-1864 | diarrhea | single | Enlisted with 30th Infantry initially | |||
| Bristleton | Robert | 185-186 | ca 1834 | Cumberland Co, PA | laborer | 26-Feb-1864 | 43 US Co Inf | A | pvt | 23-Aug-1864 | wound and consumption | married | Did not provide wife's name | |||
| Browder | John | 135-136 | ca 1845 | Hamilton Co, OH | farmer | 14-Feb-1865, Cairo, IL | 29 US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | 19-Mar-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | "W A Hoyt ... Pulaski County, IL" to be notified about his condition | |||
| Brown | Andrew | 171 | ca 1840 | Queen Anne's Co, MD | slave | 31-Mar-1864 | 39 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 17-Aug-1864 | wound or complications | single | ||||
| Brown | James | 70-71 | ca 1834 | Queen Anne's Co, MD | slave | 28-May-1864 | 19 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 25-Nov-1864 | lung complaint | Louisa, 23-Mar-1854 | 3 | Widow & children received pension | ||
| Brown | John | 183-184 | ca 1844 | Fauquier Co, VA | wood sawer | 8-Sep-1864, Brunswick, NJ | 41st US Col Inf | C | pvt | 10-Dec-1865, Brownsville, TX | Alexandria | 24-May-1931 | heart failure & senile debility | Ella | 8 | Paid substitute for John Steel, NJ; married after discharge; record shows he was |
| 99 when he died | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown | Lewis | 147-148 | unknown | Baltimore, MD area | laborer | 17-Mar-1864 | 30 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 10-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | single | Father applied for pension | |||
| Burden | Henry | 106-108 | ca 1847 | Grant Co, IN | unknown | 30-Mar-1864, Marion, IN | 28 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 2-Sep-1864 | consumption | single | Father received pension; soldier wrote letters home | |||
| Burdickson | Daniel | 108-109 | ca 1845 | Loudoun Co, VA | farmhand/slave? | 26-Jul-1864, Ellicott Mills, MD | 28 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 15-Jan-1865 | consumption | single | ||||
| Burke | William | 229 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | 28-Apr-1866 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Records are sketchy | |||
| Burnett | Isaac | 201 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 107 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 7-Jul-1865 | unknown | unknown | Records indicate soldier with this name with Company E | |||
| of another KY unit, but he survived war | ||||||||||||||||
| Campbell | Benjamin | 201 | ca 1846 | TN | unknown | 5-Sep-1864, Louisville, KY | 107 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 15-Feb-1866 | pneumonia | single | Substitute for Waterloo, NY man | |||
| Campbell | John H | 109 | ca 1846 | IN | laborer/farm hand? | 28-Dec-1863, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 12-Aug-1864 | died from wound | single | ||||
| Canere | Stephen | 229 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | 4-Dec-1864 | unknown | unknown | unknown | May have been a patient not prisoner | |||
| Carnell | Israel | 59-60 | ca 1843 | McCraken Co, KY | slave | 15-Feb-1864, Paducah, KY | 8 US Col Hvy Art | B | train guard | 29-May-1865 | brain inflammation | Belle | Owner earned bounty | |||
| Carr | Joseph | 80-81 | ca 1842 | unknown | runaway slave | 19-Mar-1864 | 23 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 18-Apr-1865 | erysipelas | Mother (Caroline) applied for pension | ||||
| Carr | Asa | 167-168 | ca 1839 | Edgecomb Co, NC | farmer/former slave? | 26-Jul-1863, New Bern, NC | 36 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 21-May-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | Belongings went to mother | |||
| Carter | Champ | 53-54 | Culpeper Co, VA | slave | 22-Jun-1864, Boston, MA | 5 Mass Cav | H | pvt | laborer | 19-Oct-1904 | Charity | 2 | Widow received pension | |||
| Carter | Henry | 136 | ca 1836 | Ralls Co, MS | farmhand/slave | 31-Dec-1863 | 29 US Col Inf | B | pvt; cpl | 6-Nov-1865, Brownsville, TX | laborer in Alexandria | 18-Oct-1901 | Susan, 1866 | 3 | Received pension for illness; widow also received pension; | |
| mentions comrade James Murray | ||||||||||||||||
| Chambers | David | 98 | ca 1843 | Union Co, OH | farmer | 11-Aug-1864, Columbus, OH | 27 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 15-Oct-1865 | consumption | single | ||||
| Christopher | John | 81 | ca 1839 | TN | unknown | 27-Aug-1864 | 23 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 30-Dec-1864 | typhoid | unknown | Paid substitute for Michael Baumgert, Vanderburg Co, IN | |||
| Clay | William H | 109-110 | unknown | Bullitt Co, KY | unknown | 4-Jan-1864, Marion Co, IN | 28 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 9-Apr-1865 | typhoid fever or malaria | unknown | ||||
| Cleggett | Charles H | 110 | ca 1844 | Parkersburg, WV | unknown | 8-Aug-1864, Baltimore, MD | 28 US Col Inf | H | cpl; demoted to pvt | 23-Jun-1865 | acute dysentery | single | ||||
| & consumption | ||||||||||||||||
| Clemens | William H | 110-111 | ca 1839 | St. Louis, MO | slave? | 1-Dec-1864, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | C | cpl | 4-Jul-1864 | complications from | Amy, 15-June-1863 | none | Widow received pension | ||
| battle wound | ||||||||||||||||
| Coleman | Washington | 210-211 | ca 1839 | Savannah, GA | farmhand | 28-Apr-1865, Page Station, NC | 135 US Col Inf | E | cpl | 3-Jul-1865 | inflammation of lungs | Chloe | unknown | Service did not have address for wife | ||
| of "typhoid type" | ||||||||||||||||
| Coleman | William | 171-172 | ca 1840 | MD? | slave? | 31-Mar-1864, Baltimore, MD | 39 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 13-Jul-1864 | acute rheumatism; | Delia, 12-Sep-1863 | Sarah Catherine, 13-Oct-1863 | Widow & daughter lived in New Market, MD | ||
| inflammation of the lungs, etc | ||||||||||||||||
| Collins | James | 186 | ca 1819 | Dover, DE | laborer | 31-Mar-1864 | 43 US Co Inf | F | pvt | 18-Nov-1864 | acute diarrhea | Martha, 7-Sep-1837 | Widow received pension after she was able to provide proof of marriage | |||
| from minister's son | ||||||||||||||||
| Color | Ansberry | 211 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 135 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 22-Aug-1865 | unknown | unknown | Grave number seems to be an error; no records on this soldier | |||
| Conyer | Benjamin | 172 | ca 1822 | Queen Anne's Co, MD | slave or former slave | Centreville, Kent Co, MD | 39 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 4-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | married | Widow received pension; Pvt Henry Conyer may have been brother | |||
| Cook | Benjamin Jr | 111-112 | ca 1846 | Brownsville, KY | slave? | 1-Mar-1864, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 24-Dec-1864 | inflammation of lungs | single | Father received pension | |||
| Cooley | John | 98-99 | ca 1841 | Charlottesville, VA | farm laborer | 26-Feb-1864, Chillicothe, OH | 27 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 5-May-1864 | unknown | unknown | May have been first black soldier to die at L'Ouverture | |||
| Cooper | Lewis | 71 | Cecil Co, MD | farmer | 2-Jan-1864 | 19 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 30-Nov-1864 | "ascites" | married | |||||
| Council | Jerry | 112 | ca 1844 | Norfolk, VA | slave? | White House Landing, VA | 28 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 1-May-1865 | unspecified wounds | |||||
| Criff | Garrison | 148 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 30 US Col Inf | I | pvt | unknown | unknown | unknown | No military service record | |||
| Cross | Robert | 60-61 | ca 1845 | Dover, Stewart Co, TN | slave | 26-Apr-1864 | 8 US Col Hvy Art | D | cpl | 4-Jul-1865 | consumption | single | Information about parents; mother received pension | |||
| Crow | Harvey | 197-198 | ca 1824 | Kentucky | slave? | 23-Sep-1864, Kalamazoo, MI | 102nd US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | 10-Apr-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | Told recruiters he was born in NY but evidence indicate KY; may have been 47 | |||
| Daniels | Abraham | 233 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Headstone in Alexandria National Cemetery | |
| Dashiell | Louis W | 148 | ca 1845 | Somerset Co, MD | slave | 15-Mar-1864, Somerset Co, MD | 30 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 7-Mar-1865 | consumption | unknown | Enrolled as Lewis Shields; mother received back pay, bonus, | |||
| and pension | ||||||||||||||||
| Davis | James | 92 | ca 1845 | Collins, NY | unknown | 15-Jan-1864, Buffalo, NY | 24 NY Vol Cav | M | pvt | 7-Sept-1864 | infection or loss of blood | unknown | Was not black but American Indian; received bounty | |||
| Davis | Nathan | 54-55 | ca 1839 | Augusta, GA | n/a | 5-Jan-1864, Boston, MA | 5 Mass Cav | G | pvt/regimental band; | 31-Oct-1865, Clarksville, TN | laborer | 4-Mar-1893 | neuralgic rheumatism | Harriet, 24-Dec-1861 | none | Widow received pension |
| railroad guard | ||||||||||||||||
| Day | Nicholas | 71 | ca 1846 | Charles Co, MD | farmer | 11-Jan-1864 | 19 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 11-Aug-1864 | consumption | single | ||||
| Diller | William | 148-149 | ca 1845 | Maryland? | unknown | 13-Jun-1864, Baltimore, MD | 30 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 15-Dec-1864 | fever? | unknown | Substitute and draftee | |||
| Dixon | Jacob | 155-156 | ca 1846 | New Bern, NC | unknown | 8-Apr-1865, Brooklyn, NY | 31st US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | 14-Nov-1865 | consumption | single | Entitled to $600 local bounty and $300 federal payment | |||
| Doleman | Herbert | 236-237 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 1 US Col Inf | C | pvt | unknown | unknown | 24-Nov-1912 | unknown | married | unknown | According to author Edward A Miller, Jr, |
| cemetery records claiming 10th Infantry are incorrect | ||||||||||||||||
| Dorsey | Solomon | 172-173 | ca 1834 | Baltimore, MD | farm laborer/former slave? | 22-Mar-1864, Baltimore, MD | 39 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 27-Nov-1864 | "ascites" | married | Widow did not apply for pension | |||
| Duffin | Michael D | 136-137 | ca 1844 | Ogle Co, IL | sawing wood | 5-Feb-1864, Chicago, IL | 29 US Col Inf | D | sgt | 30-Aug-1864 | complications from wound; | single | Father, slave from Missouri, applied for Duffin's pension | |||
| blood loss | ||||||||||||||||
| Dyer | Peter | 186-187 | ca 1841 | Camden Co, NJ | 16-Mar-1864, Philadelphia, PA | 43 US Co Inf | C | pvt | 5-Feb-1865 | chronic bronchitis or | single | Spencer Dyer (brother) received personal belongings | ||||
| consumption | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastner | Adam | 211 | ca 1841 | Orangeburg Co, SC | unknown | 1-May-1865, Forestville, MD | 135 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 3-Jun-1865 | inflammation of spinal cord | Harriet | Wife may not have known of his death or enlistment | |||
| Elsie | Arthur | 137-138 | ca 1843 | Norfolk, VA | unknown | 13-Aug-1864, Camp Casey, VA | 29 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 27-May-1865 | consumption | May have been 16 years old at enlistment; New York agent handled case | ||||
| Evans | Andrew | 112-113 | ca 1808 | VA | unknown | 28-Jan-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 8-Oct-1864 | "inflammation of the bowels" | married | ||||
| Fields | James | 149 | unknown | St Georges, | unknown | 18-Jun-1864 (muster) | 30 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 27-May-1865 | consumption | Amelia B | ||||
| New Castle, DE? | ||||||||||||||||
| Fleming | Samuel | 113 | ca 1845 | Daviess Co, KY | slave? | 17-Aug-1864, Evansville, IN | 28 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 4-Nov-1864 | chronic diarrhea | single | ||||
| Foster | George | 234-235 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 12-Mar-1867, Memphis, TN | 1 US Col Inf | C | pvt; cpl | 16-Aug-1870 as pvt | unknown | 16-May-1896 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Court-martialed several times; brother of Lorenzo Foster |
| Foster | Lorenzo | 235 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 12-March-1867, Memphis, TN | 1 US Col Inf | C | pvt; cpl | 12-Mar-1872 on disability | lived in Alexandria | 9-Feb-1903 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Pension board denied application; brother of George Foster |
| Freeman | Jackson | 198 | ca 1846 | Ontario, Canada | farmer | 15-Feb-1865, MI | 102nd US Col Inf | F | pvt | 7-Apr-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | Paid substitute for James Murphy, Palmyra, MI; Canadian citizen | |||
| Freeman | Patrick | 138-139 | ca 1846 | TN | unknown | 8-Oct-1864, Chicago, IL | 29 US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | unknown | unknown | unknown | Cemetery reversed his name as "Pvt Freeman Patrick" | |||
| Gadson | James | 55 | ca 1841 | Charleston, SC | waiter | 3-Sep-1864 | 5 Mass Cav | --- | pvt | 22-Dec-1864 | typhoid fever | single | Paid substitute for Philip A Cornell, Dartmouth, MA | |||
| Garrison | Edward | 156 | ca 1845 | Putnam Co, NY? | unknown | 30-Jan-1864, CT | 31st US Col Inf | D | pvt | 18-Jun-1864 | exhaustion from illness | single | ||||
| Gass | James | 113 | ca 1846 | Martinsville, | unknown | 18-Jan-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 21-Jun-1864 | intermittent fever | single | Mother was survivor; autopsy found tuberculosis | |||
| Morgan Co, IN | ||||||||||||||||
| Gateford | James | 187 | ca 1840 | Evansburg, | 31-Mar-1864, Waterford, PA | 43 US Co Inf | E | pvt | 27-Sep-1864 | wound | single | |||||
| Henderson Co, KY | ||||||||||||||||
| Glover | Christopher | 211-212 | ca 1840 | Monticello, GA | farmhand/slave | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | C | cpl | 1-Jun-1865 | congested liver, spleen, | Millie | none | Widow describes slave marriage and former owners | ||
| other issues | ||||||||||||||||
| Gordon | Henry | 173 | ca 1834 | VA | unknown | 27-Sep-1864, Baltimore, MD? | 39 US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | 29-Sep-1864 | unknown | unknown | ||||
| Gordon | James | 149-150 | unknown | Chesterton, Kent Co, MD | slave? | 29-Feb-1864, Baltimore, MD | 30 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 24-Aug-1864 | shell wound | Harriet | none | Widow received pension | ||
| Gordy | Henry W | 150 | ca 1824 | Worchester Co, MD | farmer | 4-Mar-1864, Worchester Co, MD | 30 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 28-Sep-1864 | acute pleurisy | married | ||||
| Gorgo | Charles A | 198-199 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 102nd US Col Inf | K | pvt | 20-Jan-1865 | unknown | unknown | Records not found at National Archives; also known as "Gordo" | |||
| Gould | John | 81 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 23 US Col Inf | I | pvt | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | No military record found; buried 6-Jan-1865 | ||
| Graves | Harry | 201-202 | ca 1820 | St. Mary's Depot, | farmhand/slave | 30-Aug-1864?, Lebanon, KY | 107 US Col Inf | H | sgt at enlistment | 23-Jun-1866 | heart valve disease | Helen (slave) | daughter, age 20 | Enlisted without owner's permission | ||
| Marion Co, KY | ||||||||||||||||
| Green | Joseph | 207 | ca 1846 | Bourbon Co, KY | probably slave | 3-Aug-1864 | 117 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 22-Apr-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | unknown | Capt wrote that Green was useless as soldier; doctor found "mental instability" | |||
| Green | Thomas | 114 | ca 1844 | DE? | farmer/slave? | 15-Aug-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 28-May-1865 | consumption | single | Paid substitute | |||
| Green | John | 81-82 | unknown | Anne Arundel Co, MD? | unknown | 31-Dec-1863, Baltimore, MD | 23 US Col Inf | K | pvt | ca 17-Aug-1865 | diarrhea | single | Requested "Francis Diggs of Baltimore … be notified of his condition" | |||
| Gregory | Oscar | 187-188 | ca 1840 | Philadelphia, PA | 2-Apr-1864, Landisburg, Perry Co, PA | 43 US Co Inf | E | pvt; assigned | 5-May-1865 | acute diarrhea | Mary | Widow received back pay but did not apply for pension | ||||
| wagoner | ||||||||||||||||
| Hacket | Henry | 82 | ca 1843 | Gordonsville, VA | unknown | 21-Jul-1864 | 23 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 9-Nov-1864 | unknown causes | unknown | Paid substitute for James H Jenkins, Barnstable, MA | |||
| Hall | John H | 114 | ca 1835 | MD? | unknown | 9-Aug-1864, Ellicott Mills, MD | 28 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 19-Feb-1865 | unknown | unknown | Paid substitute; varying accounts of his death | |||
| Hamer | Arthur | 212-213 | ca 1844 | Little Rock, SC | unknown | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 30-Jun-1865 | acute diarrhea | Bana Hayman | Wife's name might be wrong; never notified of husband's death | |||
| Hamilton | Lewis | 202 | unknown | Jefferson Co, KY or | unknown | 3-Sep-1864 | 107 US Col Inf | I | pvt, sgt, demoted, | 17-Mar-1866 | pneumonia | married | Widow did not apply for pension | |||
| Harden Co, KY | cpl, then sgt | |||||||||||||||
| Hamilton | Thomas | 173 | ca 1838 | NC | boatman | 16-May-1864, Kingston, NY | 39 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 16-Mar-1865 | consumption | Lavina | Widow did not apply for pension | |||
| Hampton | Wade | 139 | ca 1822 | Washington Co, NC | former slave? | 2-Apr-1864, Chicago, IL | 29 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 26-Jun-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | single | ||||
| Hansboro | Henry | 229-231 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | 14-Aug-1864 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Records do not match on him; showing him from WVA or VA. | |||
| Harney | George | 114-115 | ca 1845 | VA | freed slave?/boatman | 27-Jul-1864, Baltimore, MD | 28 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 19-Jul-1865 | consumption | single | Requested "John Cole…Crossroads, Maryland be notified of his condition" | |||
| Harrison | Peter | 82-83 | ca 1846 | Caroline Co, VA | unknown | 30-Jun-1864 | 23 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 17-May-1865 | acute diarrhea | single | Paid substitute for Pierce Butler of PA; mother was Angelina Harrison | |||
| Helmes | Bennett | 63 | ca 1843 | VA | 1-Nov-1864 | 8 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 21-Feb-1865 | consumption | Louisa | |||||
| Herbert | James | 115 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 28 US Col Inf | pvt | 29-Aug-1865 | unknown | unknown | No military service record found | ||||
| Hill | Henry | 213 | ca 1842 | Wilmington, NC | farmer | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 4-Jun-1865 | chronic diarrhea | Laura | Widow did not receive pension | |||
| Holmes | Francis | 213 | ca 1819 | Samson Co, NC | farmer | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 3-Jul-1865 | acute diarrhea | Jesse | unknown | Widow did not apply for pension | ||
| Horton | Frederick A | 156-157 | ca 1839 | New York | unknown | 14-Nov-1863, New Haven, CT | 31st US Col Inf | B | pvt | 5-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | unknown | Paid substitute for William Hamilton, Redding, CT | |||
| Houston | Alexander | 150 | ca 1829 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 30 US Col Inf | unknown | pvt | 4-Jul-1864 | unknown | unknown | No military record found | |||
| Howe | Henry | 213-214 | ca 1847 | Camden, SC | farm worker | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 28-Jun-1865 | acute diarrhea | unknown | ||||
| Hubbert | David | 139 | unknown | MO | slave? | 11-Nov-1863, Quincy, IL | 29 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 22-Aug-1865 | consumption | unknown | ||||
| Hurse | Samuel | 99-100 | ca 1840 | Shelby Co, OH | unknown | 29-Mar-1864, Columbus, OH | 27 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 1-Nov-1864 | consumption | Mary Ann Freeman | William Henry | Family received pension | ||
| Jackson | Augustus | 157-158 | ca 1846 | South Adams, MA | farmer | 2-Feb-1864 | 31st US Col Inf | D | pvt | 12-May-1864 | remittent fever | unknown | According to author Edward A Miller, Jr, file contains incorrect information | |||
| Jackson | Thomas | 115 | ca 1839 | unknown | unknown | 22-Aug-1864, Jeffersonville, IN | 28 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 1-Mar-1865 | unknown | unknown | Paid substitute;some records report death 21-Jun-1865 at L'Ouverture | |||
| Jackson | William A | 174 | ca 1843 | Fulton Co, NY | unknown | 25-Apr-1864, Watertown, NY | 39 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 28-Dec-1864 | consumption | single | Doctors think he was 16 | |||
| Jacobs | Adolphus | 115-117 | ca 1843 | Shawneetown, IL | farmer | 4-Jan-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 14-Aug-1864 | wounds? | Wrote letters to parents;mother received pension | ||||
| Jacobs | George W | 71-72 | ca 1845 | Somerset Co, MD | slave | 19 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 19-Mar-1865 | consumption | Information about parents; parents received pension | |||||
| James | John | 231 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | 23-Aug-1864 | unknown | unknown | unknown | May have been in the Virginia Colored Guard | |||
| Johnson | Frank | 214 | ca 1847 | VA | probably slave | 13-May-1865, Hanover Court House, VA | 135 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 6-Jun-1865 | purpura | unknown | Records show Marshall Harris, Richmond, VA as next of kin | |||
| Johnson | Frisby | 231 | ca 1814 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | 15-Dec-1864 | unknown | unknown | unknown | May have been in the Virginia Colored Guard | |||
| Johnson | George | 188 | unknown | Camden, NJ | laborer | 14-Apr-1864, Camden, NJ? | 43 US Co Inf | G | pvt | 18-Aug-1864 | wounds | single | Mother received pension | |||
| Johnson | Henry | 174 | unknown | Howard Co, MD | laborer/slave? | 31-Mar-1864, Howard Co, MD | 39 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 8-Jul-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | single | ||||
| Johnson | James W | 150-151 | ca 1839 | Frederick Co, MD? | slave? | 31-Mar-1864 | 30 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 23-Nov-1864 | debility from amputation and | unknown | Asked that his sister, Lucinda of Washington, DC, | |||
| inflammation of the lungs | receive payment | |||||||||||||||
| Johnson | Robert | 151-152 | ca 1814 | Anne Arundel Co, MD? | slave | 23-Feb-1864, Annapolis, MD | 30 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 1-Feb-1865 | inflammation or | Maria, 17-Apr-1863 | 2 | Johnson had been owned by Essex R Dorsey; | ||
| hemorrhage of lungs | widow & children received pension | |||||||||||||||
| Johnson | William | 93-94 | ca 1822 | Princeton, NJ | unknown | 3-Feb-1864, Upper Freehold, | 25 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 4-May-1865 | "dropsy from heart disease" | Malvina | Court-martialed for desertion | |||
| Monmouth Co, NJ | ||||||||||||||||
| Jones | David | 188-189 | ca 1818 | West Chester, PA | laborer | 4-Mar-1864, Philadelphia, PA | 43 US Co Inf | A | pvt | 15-Mar-1865 | congestion of lungs | Mary | Benjamin Franklin & Sarah Rebecca | Some records show him as 53 years old at enlistment; | ||
| Pvt Charles W Brown gave details of Jones' condition to | ||||||||||||||||
| widow for pension application | ||||||||||||||||
| Jones | William | 83 | ca 1831 | Washington, DC | sailor | 28-Dec-1863, Baltimore, MD | 23 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 19-Aug-1864 | wound or complication | single | Paid substitute for John York | |||
| from amputation | ||||||||||||||||
| King | George T | 231-232 | ca 1837 | Calvert Co, MD | laborer | 27-Sep-1864, VA | unassigned | pvt | 9-Jul-1865 | worked as gardener | 27-Dec-1898 | unknown | unknown | Applied for pension in 1892 | ||
| in Alexandria | ||||||||||||||||
| Lamb | Hiram | 117-118 | ca 1808 | Morgan Co, IN | laborer | 4-Jan-1864, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 12-Nov-1864 | tuberculosis | unknown | Autopsy report noted that he was three-fourths white | |||
| Lane | David | 118 | ca 1842 | NC | 4-Jan-1864, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | C | sgt | 20-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | Mother (Edie) applied for pension | |||||
| Lane | Edward | 214 | ca 1842 | Bladen Co, NC | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 1-Jul-1865 | chronic diarrhea | single | Records show Washington Burne, Bladen, NC as next of kin | ||||
| Lane | John H | 118 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 28 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 13-May-1864 | unknown | unknown | Brother of Sgt David Lane | |||
| Larue | George | 158 | ca 1845 | Lycoming Co, PA | farmer | 7-Dec-1863, Addison, | 31st US Col Inf | E | pvt | 1-Mar-1865 | complications from | single | ||||
| Steuben Co, NY | constipation | |||||||||||||||
| Lawfrey | Lucas | 139-140 | ca 1848 | Sussex Co, DE | laborer/slave? | 21-Jul-1864, Wilmington, DE | 29 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 14-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | single? | May have been 15 years old at enlistment | |||
| Lewis | Charles | 83-84 | ca 1842 | Norfolk, VA | freed slave? | 21-May-1864, Lawrence, MA | 23 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 28-Oct-1865 | jaundice | single | Paid substitute for Charles Lawless; mother was Jamima Tilman of Philadelphia | |||
| Lincoln | Perry | 118-120 | ca 1818 | unknown | "pump master" | 1-Jul-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | I | sgt; demoted to pvt | 9-Nov-1864 | consumption | 1st -- unknown | 7 | Widow & children received pension for a time | ||
| 2nd -- Rita/Ruth (slave) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lingus | James | 174-175 | ca 1839 | unknown | slave | 31-Mar-1864 | 39 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 18-May-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | single? | Mother (Harriet) died before pension application was decided | |||
| Low | King | 214-215 | ca 1844 | Raleigh, NC | laborer | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 5-Jul-1865 | acute diarrhea | single | Asked that pay be sent to Isaac Page, Wake Co, NC | |||
| Lyles | Jonathan | 117 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 28 US Col Inf | D | pvt | unknown | unknown | unknown | Wrote letter about Pvt Adolphus Jacobs' death | |||
| Lyste | Peter | 215 | 135 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 27-Aug-1865 | ||||||||||
| Manwell | Charles H | 100 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 27 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 19-May-1864 | unknown | unknown | Also known as "Matver" or "Manton" | |||
| Mapp | Levi | 64 | ca 1840 | White Marsh, | slave | 30-Aug-1863 | 10 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 28-Jan-1865 | rheumatism, consumption | |||||
| Northhampton Co, VA | ||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | Charles James | 159 | unknown | VA | unknown | Bennington, NY? | 31st US Col Inf | I | pvt | 2-Oct-1864 | killed or fatally wounded | unknown | "Substitute prior to draft" | |||
| Mason | Caleb | 175 | ca 1836 | unknown | drayman | 29-Jun-1864 | 39 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 20-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | married | First black soldier buried in Alexandria Military Cemetery | |||
| Mason | George | 215 | ca 1835 | Jasper Co, GA | farmhand/slave | 26-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | A | sgt | 6-Jun-1865 or | unknown | unknown | Enlistment record describe complexion as "yellow" i.e. very fair | |||
| 7-Jun-1865 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mason | William | 120 | ca 1839 | Harlan Co, KY | farm hand/slave? | 1-Jan-1864, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 1-Nov-1864 | acute diarrhea | single | Other records indicate he died at Poplar Grove, VA | |||
| Mathews | Daniel | 72-73 | Baltimore Co, MD | 11-Jun-1864 | 19 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 10-Aug-1864 | gunshot wound | married | ||||||
| Mattis | Alfred | 67 | 18 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 7-Jun-1865 | ||||||||||
| Maxwell | Carter | 100 | ca 1842 | Ross Co, OH | laborer | Marion Township, Allen Co., OH | 27 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 9-Nov-1864 | typhoid | single | ||||
| McCall | Gideon | 158-159 | ca 1828 | Philadelphia, PA? | laborer | 25-Jan-1864, Norwich, CT | 31st US Col Inf | C | pvt; cpl | 8-Oct-1864 | acute diarrhea | married | Survivors did not apply for pension | |||
| McFarren | Albert | 206 | ca 1841 | Danville, Boyle Co, KY | slave | 31-May-1864, Camp Nelson, KY | 116 US Col Inf | A | cpl | 11-Jun-1865 | inflammation of the lungs, | single | Clothes and belongings auctioned at hospital for $1.45 | |||
| probably pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||
| McGill | Albert | 120-121 | ca 1844 | Woodbury, TN | farm worker | Mar 1864, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 13-Aug-1864 | wounds from battle | married | Widow lived in Indianpolis -- she did not apply for pension | |||
| McGrundy | William | 140 | ca 1846 | Jefferson, Cook Co, KY | unknown | 8-Feb-1864, Chicago, IL | 29 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 9-Jul-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | single | ||||
| McNeill | Ramsey | 215-217 | unknown | Robeson Co, NC | slave | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 8-Jun-1865 | chronic diarrhea | Laura | Jane, 20-Jun-1865 | Mother & daughter received pension until Laura re-married (re-instated | ||
| after her later husband deserted her and Jane died) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mickel | Dudley | 217 | ca 1839 | Cheraw, SC | former slave | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 18-May-1865 | acute dysentery | unknown | Belongings included $15.50 in Confederate money, pocket knife, and wallets | |||
| Miller | Benjamin | 152-153 | ca 1845 | unknown | farm laborer | 7-Sep-1864, Baltimore, MD | 30 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 22-Jan-1865 | acute diarrhea | single? | Father (freed slave) applied for pension | |||
| Miller | Larkin | 121 | ca 1838 | Jefferson Co, IN | unknown | 24-Dec-1863, Madison, IN | 28 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 26-Dec-1864 | chronic bronchitis | unknown | ||||
| Molson | Samuel | 189-190 | ca 1833 | Mifflin Co, PA | barber | 22-Mar-1864, Troy, PA | 43 US Co Inf | D | pvt | 31-Aug-1864 | acute rheumatism | single | May have had brother in the regiment named | |||
| Cpl William N Molson, another barber | ||||||||||||||||
| Moore | Simeon | 190 | ca 1841 | Jones Co, NC | 7-Apr-1864, Waterford, PA | 43 US Co Inf | F | pvt | 7-Apr-1864 | unknown | ||||||
| Morrison | James | 202-203 | ca 1841 | Casey Co, KY | slave? | 21-Jul-1864 | 107 US Col Inf | D | cpl, sgt, demoted, | 2-Jul-1866 | pneumonia | single | Substitute for Garret Payton. Court-martial sentence was | |||
| guilty at court-martial | loss of one month's lpay and hard labor | |||||||||||||||
| Morton | Henry | 195-196 | ca 1830 | Walpole, MA | engineer | 26-Dec-1863, East Cambridge, MA | 56 Mass Vol Inf | E | pvt | 9-Jan-1865 | congested lung | unknown | No indication in records that he was an African-American -- | |||
| perhaps Native American or black who enlisted in liberal MA | ||||||||||||||||
| Mullen | Israel | 190-191 | ca 1821 | Dauphin Co, PA or | Philadelphia, PA | 43 US Co Inf | A | pvt | 16-Sep-1864 | consumption | Mary, 24-May-1844 | 5 minor children -- Andrew B, Susan E, | Wrote to wife about leg problems | |||
| Lewistown, PA? | Joseph A, Christian E, & Ida C | |||||||||||||||
| Murphy | Shedrick | 84 | ca 1840 | unknown | teamster | 17-Dec-1863 | 23 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 26-Dec-1864 | consumption | single | Paid substitute for John Silton | |||
| Murray | James | 140-141 | ca 1842 | Salem/Petersburg, VA | slave? | 13-Dec-1864, Baltimore, MD | 29 US Col Inf | I | pvt | Brownsville, TX | day laborer | 8-Sep-1921 | senility | married twice | 8 | Paid substitute for Reuben E Jackson, Baltimore, MD; |
| also known as "Marshall" | ||||||||||||||||
| Nance | Charles | 101 | ca 1842 | Fleming Co, KY | farm laborer | 2-Aug-1864, Flemmingsburg, KY | 27 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 12-Jan-1865 | consumption | Belle Floern | ||||
| Nash | Henry | 73 | ca 1843 | Dorchester Co, MD | 19 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 14-Nov-1864 | fever | Mother received pension | ||||||
| Neal | James | 84-85 | ca 1843 | Charles Co, MD | unknown | 18-Dec-1863, Baltimore, MD | 23 US Col Inf | B & I | pvt | 3-May-1865 | consumption | single | Paid substitute | |||
| Neeley | Isaac (Ike) | 61-62 | ca 1846 | TN | farmhand | 24-Dec-1864 | 8 US Col Hvy Art | L | pvt | 27-Apr-1865 | consumption | single | Paid substitute for Samuel G Mills, Hiskmman (sic) Co, TN | |||
| Nelson | Thomas | 85 | unknown | Maryland | waterman | 31-Dec-1863 | 23 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 22-Aug-1864 | "ascites" | married | Paid substitute for James Bouldin, Baltimore, MD | |||
| Nicholas | Columbus | 166 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 35 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 13-Jun-1865 | unknown | unknown | No military service record | |||
| Notts | Richard | 191-192 | ca 1844 | Gloucester Co, MD | 14-Apr-1863, Philadelphia, PA | 43 US Co Inf | G | pvt | 31-Oct-1864 | secondary hemorrhage to | single | |||||
| amputated area due to | ||||||||||||||||
| rough handling | ||||||||||||||||
| Owens | Charles | 203-204 | ca 1844 | Breckinridge Co, KY | probably slave | 1-Sep-1864, Louisville, KY | 107 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 20-Mar-1866 | typhoid pneumonia | single | Military records contain nothing on service | |||
| Parker | Franklin | 217 | ca 1845 | Samson, NC | farmhand | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 7-Jun-1865 | chronic diarrhea | single | ||||
| Parker | Lewis | 121 | ca 1828 | IN | unknown | 24-Dec-1863, Indianapolis, IN | 28 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 26-Aug-1864 | rheumatism & consumption | unknown | Records say he deserted but charge removed from file | |||
| Parker | Littleton | 65 | ca 1836 | Accomack Co | slave | 4-Jul-1864 | 10 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 7-Aug-1864 | dysentery | Harriet, 25-Dec-1854 | none | Widow received pension | ||
| Parmer | George | 101 | ca 1842 | unknown | unknown | 26-Jul-1864, Camp Delaware, OH | 27 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 10-Feb-1865 | heart disease | single | ||||
| Parren | Abraham | 122 | ca 1846 | Nashville, TN | laborer/slave? | 19-Feb-1864, Madison Co, IN | 28 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 1-Jan-1865 | consumption | single | ||||
| Patterson | Alexander | 85-86 | unknown | Mississippi | unknown | 25-Aug-1864, Evansville, IN | 23 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 6-Aug-1865 | consumption | single | Paid substitute for E O Spencer, Posey Co, IN | |||
| Pattison | John | 217-218 | ca 1825 | Barnwell Township, SC | unknown | 27-Mar-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 11-Jun-1865 | acute diarrhea | Mollie Paterson | May have been 48 years old | |||
| Paul | Isaac F | 101-102 | ca 1828 | Rockbridge Co, VA | barber | 5-Jan-1864 | 27 US Col Inf | B | pvt; cpl | 20-Nov-1864 | unknown | married | Widow did not apply for pension | |||
| Payne | James | 159-160 | ca 1842 | GA | unknown | 25-Jun-1864 | 31st US Col Inf | G | pvt | 18-Jan-1865 | consumption | single | Paid substitute for man from Kingston, NY | |||
| Percy | Leonard | 86 | ca 1807 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 23 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 1-Aug-1864 | unknown | unknown | ||||
| Percy | Leonard | 160 | ca 1821 | Granby, CT | butcher | 2-Jan-1864, New Haven, CT | 31st US Col Inf | C | pvt | 1-Aug-1864 | inflammation of lungs | married | Surgeon thought Percy was 57 years old | |||
| Peter | Joseph | 141-142 | ca 1845 | unknown | unknown | 1-Feb-1865 | 29 US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | 12-Mar-1865 | pneumonia | single? | May have been substitute for man from Prairie du Rocher, IL | |||
| Peterson | Alexander | 160-161 | ca 1817 | Intercourse, PA | waiter | 11-Apr-1864, New Haven, CT | 31st US Col Inf | D | pvt | 6-Aug-1864 | wounds? | married | Said he was 35 when enlisting but records show 43 years old | |||
| Peterson | James H | 161 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 21-Dec-1863, Scio, NY | 31st US Col Inf | E | pvt | 16-Sep-1864 | wounds | Lavina | Francis A, 26-Jul-1860 & | Widow denied pension due to "bad character" | ||
| Francisco J, 8-Nov-1863 | ||||||||||||||||
| Phillips | James R | 142 | ca 1844 | Alton area, IL | farmer | 16-Feb-1864 | 29 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 24-May-1864 | smallpox | single | ||||
| Posey | Eben | 153 | unknown | unknown | farm laborer/slave? | 29-Feb-1864, Kent Co, MD | 30 US Col Inf | C | cpl | 9-Nov-1864 | amputation? | Eliza | none | Widow received pension | ||
| Potter | Nicholas | 175 | ca 1845 | Fishkill, NY | unknown | 3-Sep-1864, Poughkeepsie, NY | 39 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 20-Nov-1864 | rheumatism? | single | Also known as "Foster" and "Poster" | |||
| Powell | Edward | 220 | unknown | Culpeper Co, VA | teamster | 1-May-1865, Macon, Ga. | 136 US Col Inf | E | cpl | 4-Jan-1866, Augusta, GA | possible teamster | 5-Jul-1911 | unknown | unknown | unknown | Entered the service after the war ended |
| Poyle | John F | 73 | 19 US Col Inf | A | pvt | |||||||||||
| Quillar | Elias H | 161-162 | unknown | New York, NY | porter | 22-Feb-1864, Bridgeport, CT | 31st US Col Inf | D | sgt | 11-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | Mary, 28-May 1862 | Harry W & Martha E | Literate; widow & children received pension | ||
| Ratcliff | Linton | 62 | ca 1835 | McCraken Co, KY | slave | 22-Feb-1864, Paducah, KY | 8 US Col Hvy Art | B | pvt | 5-Jun-1865 | diarrhea | Information about parents; mother's application rejected | ||||
| Ray | Minard | 192 | ca 1832 | New Brunswick, NJ | 31-Mar-1864, Somerville, NJ | 43 US Co Inf | E | cpl at enlistment | 28-Nov-1864 | consumption | 1st -- unknown | 2 daughters from 2 marriages -- | Possibly literate; children received pension but second | |||
| 2nd -- Rachael | Annie Sophia & Anna L | wife could not establish entitlement. | ||||||||||||||
| Reddon | Abraham | 122 | ca 1845 | Cecil Co, MD | field hand/slave? | 10-Aug-1864, Baltimore, MD | 28 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 17-Jun-1865 | consumption | single | ||||
| Reed | David | 162-163 | ca 1845 | SC/New Orleans? | cook | 22-Aug-1864, New York, NY | 31st US Col Inf | I | pvt | 12-Feb-1865 | chronic bronchitis | single | Paid substitute for William L Crane; also known as "Reid" | |||
| Rider | James Henry | 163-164 | ca 1846 | Howard Co, MD | waiter/former slave? | 11-Jan-1864, Norwich CT | 31st US Col Inf | C | pvt | 29-Nov-1864 | wound or complications | single | ||||
| Ridgeway | Issac "Ike" | 204 | ca 1843 | Bethlehem, Henry Co, KY | probably slave | 13-Sep-1864, Louisville, KY | 107 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 13-Aug-1866 | chronic dysentery | married | 1 | Enlisted without owner's permission | ||
| Roberts | Harlan | 164 | ca 1798 | New York | unknown | 12-Jan-1864, Hartford, CT | 31st US Col Inf | C | pvt | 25-Jun-1864 | chronic diarrhea | single? | ||||
| Robins | Willis | 122-123 | ca 1842 | MO | slave? | 4-Jan-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 7-Jun-1864 | consumption | single | ||||
| Roy | Henry | 86-87 | ca 1844 | Fauquier Co, VA | freed slave? | 30-Mar-1864 | 23 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 30-Jun-1864 | acute diarrhea? | single | Nearest relative was Daniel Roy (father?), Alexandria, VA | |||
| Russell | John | 87 | ca 1846 | AL | farmhand | 17-Aug-1864, Indianapolis, IN | 23 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 2-Jul-1865 | consumption of the bowels | single | ||||
| Shephard | Miles | 132-133 | unknown | Baltimore, MD | teamster | 28-Dec-1863, Hartford, CT | 29 CT Col Inf | H | pvt | 6-Nov-1864 | bronchitis? | married | Court-martialed | |||
| Shirley | William | 123 | ca 1844 | Orange Co, IN | 7-Jan-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 29-Jun-1864 | consumption | single | |||||
| Short | Michael | 73 | Charles Co, MD | slave | 8-Jan-1864 | 19 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 18-Dec-1864 | diarrhea | Mary | 3 | Children received pension | |||
| Short | William | 74 | ca 1846 | Charles Co, MD | 8-Jan-1864, Charles Co, MD | 19 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 22-Aug-1864 | gunshot wound | single | May have been related to Michael Short | ||||
| Smith | Henry | 88 | ca 1842 | Randolph Co, NC | unknown | 26-Dec-1863, Washington, DC | 23 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 3-Sept-1863 | dropsy | single | ||||
| Smith | James | 175-176 | ca 1844 | Baltimore, MD | laborer | 28-Mar-1864, Baltimore, MD | 39 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 23-Jun-1865 | chronic diarrhea | single | ||||
| Smith | John | 142 | ca 1841 | Charleston, WV | unknown | 10-Jan-1864, Chicago, IL | 29 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 7-Dec-1864 | dyspepsia | single | Sometimes confused with another John Smith in same company | |||
| Smith | Nelson | 102 | unknown | Newark, Licking Co, OH | unknown | 26-Feb-1864 | 27 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 2-Nov-1864 | chronic diarrhea & | widower -- wife was Martha | William & Ernest | Children received pension | ||
| disease of the lungs | ||||||||||||||||
| Spriggs | George P | 74-75 | ca 1842 | Frederick Co, MD | sailor | 1-Jan-1864, Frederick Co, MD | 19 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 1-Dec-1864 | acute diarrhea | single | ||||
| Stanton | Franklin | 218 | ca 1845 | Malby, SC | unknown | 27-Mar-1865, Page Station, NC | 135 US Col Inf | C | pvt | unknown | unknown | unknown | Nothing on death or hospital stays | |||
| Stephens | George | 75 | ca 1844 | Northhampton Co, VA | unknown | 1864, Ellicott Mills, MD | 19 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 5-Nov-1864 | gunshot wound | single | Paid substitute for George Randall | |||
| Stevens | James | 204 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | 107 US Col Inf | F | pvt | 13-Aug-1866 | unknown | unknown | No military or pension records found | |||
| Stevens | Mason | 176 | unknown | DE | unknown | 18-Jun-1864, Wilmington, DE | 39 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 14-Feb-1865? | consumption | Lydia | Widow applied for pension | |||
| Stevenson | John T | 235-236 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 15-Dec-1869, Washington, DC | 1 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 29-Dec-1874, Fort Griffin, TX; 1880, TX; | settled in Alexandria | 31-Jan-1912 | unknown | Rebecca Johnson, 1-Oct-1885 | 3 | Pension board denied application due to "vicious habits" |
| 25-Jul-1885, Fort Grant, TX | ||||||||||||||||
| Stewart | Lawrence | 75-76 | ca 1846 | Charles Co, MD | slave | 11-Jan-1864, Little Tavern, | 19 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 17-Aug-1864 | gunshot wound | single | Received $10 bounty at enlistment | |||
| Bryan Race Course, MD | ||||||||||||||||
| Stop | Henry | 102-103 | ca 1820 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 27 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 10-Dec-1864 | unknown | unknown | unknown | No military records | ||
| Stowers | Samuel | 207-208 | ca 1846 | Pendleton Co, KY | farmer/slave? | 15-Aug-1864, Pendleton Co, KY | 117 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 28-Sep-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | Discharged, 20-Jun-1867; closest relative Samuel Stowers, Covington, KY | |||
| Sutton | James | 232 | ca 1845 | unknown | unknown | unknown | unassigned | pvt | 9-Apr-1865 | pneumonia | unknown | unknown | No military service record | |||
| Thomas | Daniel | 88 | ca 1845 | Prince George's Co, MD | laborer | 15-Jul-1864, Washington, DC? | 23 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 31-Dec-1864 | consumption | single | ||||
| Thomas | Risdon | 76 | ca 1838 | Talbot Co, MD | farm worker | 3-Jan-1864 | 19 US Col Inf | I | pvt | 10-May-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | Regiment transferred him to Co K two months after death | |||
| Thompson | George W | 153-154 | ca 1824 | Philadelphia | laborer | 18-May-1864, Wilmington, DE | 30 US Col Inf | E | pvt; cpl | 9-Dec-1864 | acute diarrhea | Rebecca, 5-Mar-1849 | 2 sons | Widow & children received pension | ||
| Thompson | John | 218-219 | ca 1845 | Sampson Co, NC | unknown | 27-March-1865, Goldsboro, NC | 135 US Col Inf | B | pvt | unknown | unknown | unknown | Records show he mustered out 23-Oct-1865, but other records | |||
| show burial on 12-Sep-1865 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thompson | Robert | 176-177 | ca 1843 | Kent Co, DE | unknown | 18-Jun-1864, Wilmington, DE | 39 US Col Inf | E | pvt | 4-Feb-1865 | single | Father (Levin) received clothes and $31.40 | ||||
| Thompson | William H | 76 | ca 1846 | Chesterson, | slave | January 1864 | 19 US Col Inf | E | pvt; cpl | 5-Aug-1864 | 18-Aug-1864 | tuberculosis | single | Slave owner was Henry Farmer; doctors think Thompson | ||
| Kent Co, MD | was only 15 when he died | |||||||||||||||
| Thornhill | Reuben | 142-143 | ca 1845 | Troy, MO | unknown | 28-Dec-1863, Chicago, IL | 29 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 25-Jul-1864 | inflammation of the pleura | single | ||||
| Tollson | John | 232-233 | ca 1835 | Charles CO, MD or | laborer | 27-Sep-1864, VA | unassigned | pvt | 29-Jul-1865 | lived in DC | 19-Apr-1895 | 1st -- Louisa Cole | 2 -- Sandy (John Jr) & Sophia | Pension off and on for family, children still pursuing in 1928; | ||
| Prince George's Co, MD | and Alexandria | 2nd -- unknown | member of the Virginia Colored Guard | |||||||||||||
| Trout | Toby | 164-165 | ca 1830 | Oxford, OH | unknown | 25-Jan-1864, New Haven, CT | 31st US Col Inf | C | pvt | 15-Apr-1865 | gangrene of the lungs | single | Property included a fife and watch | |||
| Tue | James | 154 | ca 1844 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 30 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 21-Aug-1864 | unknown | unknown | No military service record | |||
| Turner | Alexander | 177-178 | ca 1836 | Harford Co, MD | farmer | 24-Mar-1864 | 39 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 19-Aug-1865 | acute diarrhea | married | Widow did not apply for pension | |||
| Tyler | Henry | 57-58 | May 1843 | Warrenton, VA | slave | 4-Nov-1864 | 6 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 20-Sep-1865, Wilmington, DE | Alexandria | 1-Mar-1911 | pneumonia | married 3 times | 13 | |
| Underwood | Eugene | 205 | ca 1847 | slave | 3-Aug-1864, Bowling Green, KY | 115 US Col Inf | B | pvt | 1-Sep-1865 | acute diarrhea & consumption | single | Information about parents & former owner; mother (Sarah) received pension | ||||
| Vinegar | George Washington | 66 | ca 1843 | KY | slave? | 8-Dec-1864 | 16 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 10-May-1865 | spinal meningitis | |||||
| Wade | Frank | 103 | ca 1843 | Memphis, TN | unknown | 1-Aug-1864, Cincinnati, OH | 27 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 25-Dec-1864 | consumption | single | Paid substitute for Charles M Smith, Memphis, TN | |||
| Walker | Robert | 88-89 | unknown | Coles Hill, Fairfax Co, VA | unknown | 4-Apr-1864, Washington, DC | 23 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 22-Jul-1865 | inflammation of stomach | Jane, 30-May-1859 | Alice | Information about father & wife | ||
| Watkins | Henry | 123 | ca 1846 | Daviess Co, KY | farmer/slave? | 20-Jul-1864 | 28 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 24-Nov-1864 | chronic diarrhea | married | Paid substitute for Charles H Kellogg, Pigeon, IN | |||
| Watkins | Henry | 178 | ca 1844 | Anne Arundel Co, MD | day laborer/slave? | 31-Mar-1864, Baltimore, MD | 39 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 16-Aug-1864 | tuberculosis | single | ||||
| Watson | Henry | 89 | ca 1843 | Louisa Co, VA | unknown | 30-Mar-1864 | 23 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 25-Aug-1864 | bronchitis | single | Death certificate stated he was 27 years old | |||
| Watts | Emery | 178-179 | unknown | Maynard, Anne Arundel Co, MD | farmhand slave | July 1864, Ellicott Mills, MD | 39 US Col Inf | unassigned | pvt | 19-Jun-1865 | debility from diarrhea | Caroline Richards (slave) | 6 -- Susan, Henry, Charles, Sarah, | Drafted and transferred to various units; wife at side | ||
| William & Emma J | at his death; pension eventually granted | |||||||||||||||
| Weaver | Richard | 169 | ca 1835 | Warren Co, VA | unknown | 7-Mar-1865, Washington, DC | 38 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 7-Mar-1867, Brazos de Santiago, TX | 13-Jul-1905 | unknown | unknown | Nothing known about life after service | ||
| White | George | 165 | ca 1836 | VA | farm laborer/former slave? | 5-Aug-1864, Washington, DC | 31st US Col Inf | A | pvt | 9-Dec-1864 | chronic diarrhea | unknown | Paid substitute for Henry C Dodge, Washington, DC | |||
| White | Samuel | 143-144 | ca 1828 | SC? | slave? | 13-Nov-1863, Quincy, IL | 29 US Col Inf | A | sgt | 5-Sep-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | Maria | at least 2 -- Emma & Jennette | Widow applied for pension and later re-married | ||
| Whiting | Alfred | 193-194 | ca 1840 | Carlisle, PA | waiter | 1863 | 54 Mass Vol Inf Col | I | sgt at enlistment | 26-Jun-1865 | typhoid fever | Catherine | none | Widow received pension | ||
| Wilkinson | James H | 179-180 | ca 1842 | Talbot Co, MD | farmhand | 31-Mar-1864, Camp Belger, MD | 39 US Col Inf | K | pvt | 13-Aug-1864 | died of wounds | single | Mother (Eliza) received back pay, bounty, & pension | |||
| Williams | Elias | 123-124 | ca 1841 | farmer | 28 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 2-May-1865 | inflammation of the lungs | single | ||||||
| Williams | James | 144 | ca 1842 | Louisville, KY | former slave | 7-Dec-1863, Quincy, IL | 29 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 23-Oct-1864 | typhoid | single | ||||
| Williams | Robert | 76-77 | ca 1836 | unknown | unknown | unknown | 19 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 28-Jun-1864 | unknown | unknown | Reburied in Military Cemetery, 21-Jan-1865 | |||
| Willis | John H | 89-90 | ca 1839 | Prince George's Co, MD | unknown | 4-Apr-1864 | 23 US Col Inf | H | pvt | 8-May-1865 | "inflammation of pleura" | Martha | ||||
| Wilson | Joseph H | 55-56 | ca 1833 | New Carlisle, OH | saddler | Boston, MA | 5 Mass Cav | F | sgt | 22-Mar-1865 | lung disease | single | none | |||
| Wilson | Perry | 154 | unknown | Baltimore, MD | unknown | 6-Sep, Ellicott Mills, MD | 30 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 28-Dec | debility | single | Paid substitute | |||
| Wilson | Reuben | 144-145 | ca 1822 | Amherst Co, VA | former slave | 16-Feb-1864, Quincy, IL | 29 US Col Inf | E | pvt; cpl | 20-Aug-1864 | diarrhea and exhaustion | married | 5 daughters | Youngest child 11 months old at soldier's death | ||
| Wilson | Samuel | 103 | ca 1836 | Gallia Co, OH | unknown | 9-Aug-1864, Chillicothe, OH | 27 US Col Inf | C | pvt | 20-Dec-1864 | inflammation of the lungs | single | Received third of $300 bounty | |||
| Wood | William | 180-181 | ca 1829 | Salem, VA? | former slave | 2-Jul-1864, Baltimore, MD | 39 US Col Inf | D | pvt | 9-Jan-1865 | chronic diarrhea | 1st -- Susan, 24-Apr-1844 | at least 9 incl Charles, Dougles, | Free when he enlisted as paid substitute for Henry Schaufell, Baltimore, MD; | ||
| 2nd -- Kitty James | Turner, George & Robert | worked as a teamster; Kitty received pension | ||||||||||||||
| Woolford | John | 77 | ca 1837 | Dorchester Co, MD | slave | 6-Jan-1864, Dorchester Co, MD | 19 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 10-Aug-1864 | "exhaustion" | single | Owner claimed bounty | |||
| Wright | Stephen Henry | 181 | ca 1831 | slave | 31-Mar-1864 | 39 US Col Inf | K | cpl | 19-Jun-1864 | dysentery | Sarah in "slave ceremony" | 4 -- Emily A, Charles W, Mary & George H | Sarah requested pension for children as she had married | |||
| wounded veteran Robert Short (Richard Page) | ||||||||||||||||
| York | James | 181-182 | ca 1842 | Sussex Co, DE | 19-Jun-1864, Wilmington, DE | 39 US Col Inf | A | pvt | 14-Nov-1864 | chronic diarrhea | married | No name given for wife | ||||
| Young | Samuel | 182 | ca 1838 | farmhand/slave? | 31-Mar-1864, Easton, | 39 US Col Inf | G | pvt | 6-Dec-1864 | "inflammation of the | Mary | Widow received pension; woman claiming to be daughter also filed | ||||
| Talbot Co, MD | pericadium" (sic) | |||||||||||||||