Private
George
F.
Waterman
Born about in Connecticut, United States
Son of Henry Waterman
and Betsey (Unknown) Waterman
Brother of
Harriet Waterman
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 27
in Morris Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Sep 2018
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Biography
George Waterman is a part of US Black heritage.
George was born about 1836 in Connecticut.
Occupations
- 1863: Farmer
- 1860: Farmhand
Residences
- 1863: Lenox, Massachusetts (military enlistment)
- 1860: Lenox, Massachusetts with the Butler family (Luther, Julia, Marshall, and Anna), Mary L. Newton, and Elliot Barnis
- 1850: New Hartford, Connecticut with his parents and sister
Military Service and Death
Private in Company A 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 27 years old, married and working as a farmer when he enlisted on 27 February 1863 in Lenox, Massachusetts. He was missing in action on 18 July 1863 at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, and we must presume he was killed in action.
Census Race
- 1860: Mulatto
- 1850: Black
Projects
- 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
- African American Civil War veterans of Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Sources
- 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M432_42; Page: 134A; Image: 272
- 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_488; Page: 56; Family History Library Film: 803488
- 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.)
- Find a Grave: George F. Waterman
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Categories: Massachusetts Farmers | Connecticut, Free People of Color | 1850 US Census, Litchfield County, Connecticut | New Hartford, Connecticut | Massachusetts, Free People of Color | 1860 US Census, Berkshire County, Massachusetts | Lenox, Massachusetts | 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War | Second Battle of Fort Wagner | Missing in Action, United States of America, United States Civil War | Battery Wagner Mass Union Grave, Charleston, South Carolina