Surnames/tags: afam_civil_war_veterans_in_lancaster_pennsylvania afam_civil_war_veterans
The goal of this project is to capture a working list of Black American Civil War veterans who were born, lived and/or died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. These men may have served with the 54th or 55th Massachusetts or the USCT (United States Colored Troops.)
Parent project: Space:African American Civil War veterans by County
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Black American Soldiers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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- Alphabetize by last name
Soldier | Regiment(s) | Lancaster Birth | Lancaster Life | Lancaster Death |
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Private John (Allen) Anderson | 54th Massachusetts | Columbia | 1863 | Zion Hill Cemetery Columbia |
Private John Batson | 54th Massachusetts | 1863 | Bethel Cemetery Maryland | |
Private Elijah Berry | 54th Massachusetts | 1863 | ||
Private Charles Body | 54th Massachusetts | 1863 | Battery Wagner mass Union grave South Carolina | |
Private Sylvester Burrell | 54th Massachusetts | Columbia | 1863 | Mouth Bethel Cemetery Columbia |
Private Robert Cragg | 54th Massachusetts | Kentucky | 1863 | |
Private James Davis | 54th Massachusetts | Columbia | 1863 | |
Private William Edgerly | 54th Massachusetts | Lancaster County | 1863 | 18 July 1863 South Carolina Zion Hill Cemetery Columbia |
Private Samuel Ford | 54th Massachusetts | 1863 | Battery Wagner mass Union grave South Carolina | |
Private Moses Harris | 54th Massachusetts | 1863 | ||
Musician Robert A. Jones | 54th Massachusetts | Philadelphia Pennsylvania | 1863 | Beaufort National Cemetery South Carolina |
Corporal Robert Kane | 54th Massachusetts | Columbia | 1863 | |
Private William H. Kennard | 54th Massachusetts | Lancaster County | 1863 | |
Private John Oakey | 54th Massachusetts | Maryland | 1863 | Lycoming County Pennsylvania |
Private Henry J. "Harry" Parker | 54th Massachusetts | 1861-1863 | Beaufort National Cemetery South Carolina | |
Corporal Walter Samuel Pinn | 54th Massachusetts | Virginia | 1863 | |
Private George Thomas Prosser | 54th Massachusetts | Pennsylvania | 1860-1870 | African Cemetery 2 Kentucky (cenotaph) Zion Hill Cemetery Columbia |
Corporal John H. Stotts | 54th Massachusetts | Marietta | 1850 1863 1870-1890 | Mount Bethel Cemetery Columbia |
1st Lieutenant Stephen Atkins Swails | 54th Massachusetts | Columbia | 1863 | Humane and Friendly Society Cemetery Kingstree, South Carolina |
Private John J. Turner | 54th Massachusetts | Columbia | 1863 | prob. Missouri |
Private Solomon Turner | 54th Massachusetts | Lancaster | 1863 | prob. Allegheny County |
Private Lewis West | 54th Massachusetts | Virginia | 1863 Lancaster County | |
Private Webster Wilson | 54th Massachusetts | Columbia | Philadelphia National Cemetery Philadelphia | |
Private Peter Woods | 3rd USCT | Lancaster County | 1850 Sadsbury Township 1860 Bart Township 1870-1890 Colerain Township | |
Sergeant Peter Woods | 32nd USCT | Lancaster County | 1864 Lancaster County | Greenwood Cemetery Lancaster |
Private John W. Young | 54th Massachusetts | Lancaster | 1863 Columbia | Forest Cemetery Toledo, Ohio |
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