Private
John
Leader
Born about in 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
Private John Leader served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Side: USA
Occupations
- 1863: Boatman
Residences
- 1863: Reading, Pennsylvania (military enlistment)
Military Service
During the Civil War, he served as a 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. He was about 20 years old, single and working as a boatman when he enlisted on 1 April 1863 from Reading, Pennsylvania. He deserted 31 March 1865 from Savannah, Georgia five months before the regiment mustered out.[1]
Company Remarks
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- 21 May 1865
- John L. King & John Leader dropped this morning as deserters.
- 10 December 1863
- Privts Leader & Hutchings returned to Co. per S. O. No. 357 HdQts. U.S. Forces Morris Is. Dec. 9, 1863
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. Free Access Civil War Records 1-15 April 2018. 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company Remarks.
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