Private
Moses
Jackson
Born about in Canada
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in Michigan, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Private Moses Jackson served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Side: USA
Occupations
- 1863, 1881: Barber
- In 1881, he's working at J. C. Craig's barber shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Residences
- 1881: 43 Jackson, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- 1863: Canada (military enlistment)
Military Service
Private in Company E of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 24 years old, single and working as a barber when he enlisted on 1 April 1863 from Galt. [sic], Canada. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.[1]
Research Notes
Military correspondence confirms that he was in Grand Rapids, Michigan for at least awhile after the war.
Projects
Sources
- 1881 Grand Rapids, Michigan city directory
- 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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K Raymoure
There is a Moses Jackson in Benton Harbor, Michigan in the 1890 United States Veterans Schedules without any regiment or enlistment details. Maybe him?
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