Charles Washington (abt. 1845)

Born about 1845 in Virginia, United States

Died [date unknown] in United States

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Biography

Private Charles Washington served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA

Charles was born about 1845 in Briscoburg [sic], Virginia^[1].

Occupations

• 1863: Farmer

Residences

• 1863: Baltimore, Maryland (military enlistment)

Military Service

Private in Company C of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 18 years old, single and working as a farmer when he enlisted on 10 December 1863 in Baltimore, Maryland. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.

We have had an arrival of recruits, among the number are Joseph Wilson and Charles Washington, of New Bedford.^[2]

Research Notes

Possible city directory matches in Baltimore in 1863, 1865 & 1868, Charles H. Washington working as a Drayman. Uncertain.

Haven't found a Briscoburg, Virginia, but there is a Briscoe, West Virginia. Perhaps this was his birthplace?

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ 54th Massachusetts Descriptive Roll (see Images)
2. ↑ Gooding, p. 107

• 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.)
• Gooding, James Henry and Virginia M. Adams (ed.) On the Altar of Freedom: A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters from the Front. University of Massachusetts Press: April 1999.