Corporal
Samuel
Griffin
Born about in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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
Samuel Griffin is a part of US Black heritage.
Cpl Samuel Griffin served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 19 Mar 1863
Mustered out: 20 Aug 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co D, 54th Mass. Inf. (Colored)
Enlisted: 19 Mar 1863
Mustered out: 20 Aug 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co D, 54th Mass. Inf. (Colored)
Corporal Samuel Griffin was Wounded in Action during United States Civil War.
Samuel Griffin was born about 1841[1] in Philadelphia[2], Pennsylvania.
Occupations
- 1863[1]: Brickmaker
Residences
- 1863: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (military enlistment)[1]
Military Service
During the Civil War, he served as a Corporal in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 22 years old, married and working as a brickmaker when he enlisted on 19 March 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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]
Shortly after mustering out, in September 1865, while still in Boston, he enlisted in the United States Navy.[3]
Company Remarks
See also Images.
- 19 August 1863
- Privates O.neil, A. Prater, J. Butler, F. Green Wm Passerby, L West, Kennard, Burrel, Drummer R. Jones, Knox, Vroman, Hallowell, Davis, Griffin, Hopkins all sick in quarters Conf prisoner in Hospital
Research Notes
Possible city directory match?
- 1861 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Samuel Griffin / Coachman / 11 Java Place
Possible census match?
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Philadelphia Spruce Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_813; Page: 348A; Image: 168
- Samuel Griffin / b. abt. 1841 New York / Mulatto / boarding with seaman William Freeman and his wife Margaret, and 14-year-old Georgianna Griffin
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.)
- 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.
- United States. Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891.
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