Sergeant
George
H.
Lee
Born about in Massachusetts, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
George Lee is a part of US Black heritage.
Sergeant George Lee served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Side: USA
Occupations
- 1889: Coachman employed by Mrs. H. F. Durant
- 1863: Hostler
Residences
- 1890: Wellesley, Massachusetts (US Veterans Schedules)
- 1889: Wellesley, Massachusetts[1]
- 1863: New Bedford, Massachusetts (military enlistment)
- [People of color in New Bedford] were not restricted as to where they could live; Black men could vote and sit on juries; and their children could attend public schools - liberties denied in almost every other city and town in the North.[2]
Military Service
During the Civil War, he served as a Sergeant in Company C of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States to enlist men of color during the Civil War. Enlisted on 20 February 1863 from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was about 21 years old, single and working as a hostler when he enlisted. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.[3]
The highest rank attainable to soldiers of color at this time was Sergeant Major. The promotion path was: Private -> Corporal -> Sergeant -> First Sergeant -> Quartermaster Sergeant -> Sergeant Major.
After fifteen months without pay, the 54th soldiers were finally granted the right to equal pay by the US Congress in June 1864. In October 1864, Colonel Edward "Ned" Needles Hallowell requested and was granted a 30 day furlough for Sergeant Lee. "These men have been without Pay for more than 15 months & now they are paid, their presence is needed at home to provide for their families for the coming winter."[4]
Company Remarks
He was absent with leave 1-2 April 1863.[5]
Projects
Sources
- ↑ 1889 Wellesley, Massachusetts city directory
- ↑ Shepard, p. 30
- ↑ Emilio, Roster p. 352
- ↑ see Images; 6 October 1864 Furlough Request
- ↑ Fold3.com, Company C April 1863 Remarks
- 1889 Wellesley, Massachusetts City Directories
- 1890 United States Veterans Schedules for Wellesley, Massachusetts
- 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.
- Shepard, Ray Anthony. Now or Never! 54th Massachusetts Infantry's War to End Slavery. Calkins Creek Books: October 2017.
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Rejected matches › George Edmund Lee (1835-1920) › George Washington Lee (1844-1921) › George Lee (1844-) › George T. Lee (1844-1921) › George Lee Jr. (1840-1911) › George W. Lee (1840-1860) › George Lee (abt.1840-) › George Ford Lee (1840-1916) › George Washington Lee (1844-1911) › George Lee (abt.1843-1913) › George Chisholm Lee (1843-1932) › George A Lee (1843-) › George Washington Lee (1842-1862) › George H. Lee (abt.1842-) › George Carlton Lee (abt.1841-1903) › George Lee (bef.1844-bef.1884)
Year: 1880; Census Place: Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 548; Page: 598B; Enumeration District: 517