Private
Isaac
Barrett
Born about in Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in United States
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Biography
Isaac Barrett was born about 1844[1] in Urbana[2], Ohio.
Occupations
- 1863[1]: Laborer
Residences
- 1863: Urbana, Ohio[1]
Military Service
During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company E 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 19 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted on 12 May 1863 in Urbana, Ohio. He was wounded in action on 18 July 1863 at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.[1]
Company Remarks
See also Images.
- 20 February 1864
- Co. with 'A' Co. detailed to remain on picket duty at 'Barbers' and thus was not with the Regt. at Battle of Olustee.
- September 1863
- Privts. Jordan Russ, Anthony A. Dean & Isaac Barrett returned from Hosptl at Beaufort S.C.
Research Notes
Raymoure-1 05:18, 26 November 2019 (UTC): Possible census match?
- Year: 1860; Census Place: Urbana, Champaign, Ohio; Roll: M653_942; Page: 147; Family History Library Film: 803942
- Isaac Baret / b. 1846 Virginia / Mulatto / (implied) child of Sarah and George Baret
Projects
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Emilio, McKay Roster p. 359
- ↑ Military descriptive rolls (see Images)
- ↑ 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
- 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.)
- 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.
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Year: 1860; Census Place: Urbana, Champaign, Ohio; Roll: M653_942; Page: 147; Family History Library Film: 803942