Alexander Francis Green (abt. 1822 - 1864)

Born about 1822 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 19 Mar 1864 at about age 42 in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Alexander Green is a part of US Black heritage.

Pvt Alexander Green served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 11 December 1863
Mustered out: 19 March 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company D 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

Alexander Francis^[1] Green (also Greene^[1]) was born about 1819^[1]-1822^[2] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[3][4] He served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.

He stood about 5 foot 4 inches (1.63m) tall with hazel eyes, black hair and a dark complexion when he enlisted.^[3][4]

Brother

The "Record of Death and Interment" in his Compiled Military Service Record lists under "References and Remarks:" "Brother John G. Green, North East corner of Race and 10th St., Philadelphia, Penn."^[3]

Occupations

• 1863^[2]: Barber

Residences

• 1863: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (military enlistment)^[2]

Military Service

Private Alexander Green died of disease during the United States Civil War.

During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. Enlisted from Philadelphia, PA on 11 December 1863. He was about 41 years old, single and working as a barber when he enlisted on 11 December 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died of disease (diarrhea) on 19 March 1864 at the General Hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina. He is buried in Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, South Carolina.^[2]

Research Notes

Raymoure-1 20:31, 17 April 2020 (UTC): Possible census match?

Year: 1860; Census Place: Providence Ward 6, Providence, Rhode Island; Page: 359; Family History Library Film: 805209

Alexander Greene / b. abt. 1816 Pennsylvania / Black / Barber / in household of Elizabeth and Richard Smith with their children and 36-year-old washerwoman Caroline Anderson

Research Done

☑ Birth record at Ancestry.com Library Edition - none found. Raymoure-1 01:21, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

☑ Military pension at Fold3.com - none found. Raymoure-1 01:21, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Raymoure-1 20:31, 17 April 2020 (UTC): No obvious vital records on Ancestry.com Library Edition.

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} carded military service
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Emilio, Roster p. 355
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Compiled Military Service Record: Green, Alexander F., Co D, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, Compiled Military Service Record. Images available on Fold3.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} regimental descriptive

• 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 #64869279
• Fold3.com. “Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.” Catalog #300398. “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.”
• 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.