Private
Henry
Bush
Born about in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 28
in Morris Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2018
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Biography
Henry Bush is a part of US Black heritage.
Private Henry Bush served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Side: USA
Henry Bush was born about 1837[1] in Baltimore[2], Maryland. He served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.
He stood about 6 feet (1.83m) tall with a dark complexion, dark eyes and dark hair when he enlisted.[2]
Occupations
- 1863[1]: Seaman
Residences
- 1863: Baltimore, Maryland (military enlistment)[1]
Military Service
During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second[3] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 26 years old, single and working as a seaman when he enlisted on 30 November 1863 from Baltimore, Maryland. He joined the regiment in January 1864, serving when he was well, and absent from duty while sick in the hospital through June 1864, and from December 1864 to January 1865. He died 23 February 1865 on Morris Island in South Carolina of accidental burns.[1][4]
Research Notes
Raymoure-1 18:08, 8 April 2020 (UTC): Profiling Henry Bush (1870 Baltimore, MD) and Henry Bush (1870, 1880 Chaptico, MD) to see if either might be one and the same as Private Henry Bush profiled here.
- Raymoure-1 20:08, 8 April 2020 (UTC): Both rejected, alive after 1865.
Raymoure-1 20:42, 8 April 2020 (UTC): Profiling Henry Bush who was kidnapped from his native land, brought to America by the slave ship Tribune, and enslaved in Washington, D.C. and Mobile, Alabama. I don't think this is him, but we should have his profile anyway.
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Emilio, McKay Roster
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 military descriptive rolls
- ↑ and the first with federal recognition; the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment was against the wishes of the Secretary of War and filled only six companies, but did see action a full year before the 54th
- ↑ Carded military service
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #191112335
- Fold3.com. "Records of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored), 1863-1865." National Archives Catalog #577134. "Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations, compiled 1861 - 1865." Free Access Civil War Records 1-15 April 2018.
- National Archives. Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912, documenting the period 1861 - 1866. also available for a monthly fee from Fold3.com or during their free access events for the Civil War and Black History
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Rejected matches › Henry I Bush (abt.1845-)