Pvt.
Charles
J.
Willis
Born about in New York, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]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
Pvt. Charles Willis served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Side: USA
Occupations
- 1863: Machinist
Residences
- 1863: Syracuse, New York (military enlistment)
Military Service
Private in Company E of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States to enlist men of color during the Civil War. Enlisted on 29 March 1863 from Syracuse, New York. He was about 24 years old, single and working as a machinist when he enlisted. Mustered out 20 August 1865.
Projects
Sources
- 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.)
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Rejected matches › Charles Stiles Wells Sr. (1838-1917) › Charles Wells (1837-) › Charles Willats (abt.1838-1864)
W > Willis > Charles J. Willis
Categories: Machinists | Syracuse, New York | 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War