John Hall (abt. 1829 - 1864)

Born about 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Died 2 Jul 1864 at about age 35 in James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

John Hall is a part of US Black heritage.

Private John Hall served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 14 Mar 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. D, 54th Massachusetts Infantry

John Hall was born about 1829^[1] in Baltimore, Maryland^[2][3], Maryland. He served and died with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.

Occupations

• 1863^[1]: Seaman

Residences

• 1863: Lenox, Massachusetts (military enlistment)^[1]

Military Service and Death

Private John Hall 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 second^[4] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 34 years old, married and working as a seaman when he enlisted on 14 March 1863 in Lenox, Massachusetts. He died 2 July 1864 on James Island, South Carolina due to sunstroke.^[1]

Research Notes

Possible census match?

Year: 1850; Census Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_306; Page: 15A; Image: 35

John Hall / b. abt. 1825 New York / Black / Laborer / possible son or grandson of 84-year-old Michael Hall

Research To Do

☑ Birth record at Ancestry.com Library Edition

Research Done

☑ Military pension at Fold3.com - none found. Raymoure-1 01:53, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
• African American Civil War veterans of Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Emilio, Roster p. 355
2. ↑ Compiled Military Service Record: Hall, John, Company D, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, Compiled Military Service Record. Images available on Fold3.
3. ↑ regimental descriptive; see also Images
4. ↑ 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.)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #200769156
• 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.