100 USCI

Columbiana County – Salem

Lived in Salem during the Civil War
Joseph Peterson, 4 USCI, 1860 Census, Perry Township
Hospital ticket for Joseph Peterson, 4 USCI

1890 Census
Wilson Lacy, 100 USCI
Joseph Peterson, 4 USCI
Clayton Ragan, 22 USCI

Hope Cemetery
Elias Dunmore, 17 USCI, died August 24, 1900
Joseph (Josiah) Dunmore, 17 USCI
Wilson Lacy, 100 USCI, 1905
John Lewis, 5 USCI
Cyrus C. May, 22 USCI, died February 9, 1904
Wesley Williams, 27 USCI, died June 22, 1890

Grandview Cemetery
Joseph Peterson, 4 USCI, died June 23, 1904

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Columbiana County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
who served from or lived in the state.… Read more

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Delaware County – Delaware

Enlisted in Delaware
Westley Alston, 27 USCI, August 29, 1864
Isaac Breckenridge, 27 USCI, April 2, 1864
William Dimery, 27 USCI, July 23, 1864
Thomas H. Evans, 27 USCI, February 27, 1864
William H. Grimes, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864
Benjamin Hamilton, 27 USCI, April 2, 1864
James M. Hart, 27 USCI, July 22, 1864
Walker Lewis, 27 USCI, February 16, 1864
Emanuel Ringer, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864
Henry Self, 5 USCI, September 9, 1864
Charles E. Taylor, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864
William Turney, 27 USCI, July 22, 1864
William Underwood, 27 USCI, April 2, 1864
Robert Wilson, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864

1890 Census
David Alstin, 100 USCI
Robert N.… Read more

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Erie County – Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home

1890 Census
Jordon Coleman, 123 USCI
David Darthart, 12 USCI
George Fields, 114 USCI
William Grayson,27 USCI
Daniel Green, 100 USCI
William Hedges , 100 USCI
Emanuel P. Jackson, 55 Massachusetts
William Johnson, 38 USCI
James Malone, U.S. Navy  
Moses Monday, 27 USCI
Wesley Morris, 23 USCI
Jacob W. Reid, 55 Mass
Thomas H. Rhodes, 5 USCHA
Alvin Smith, 27 USCI
Robert Smith, 54 Massachusetts
William Steele , 26 USCI
James H. Taylor, 27 USCI
Gilbert White, 27 USCI
Arthur Williams, 44 USCI

Died at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, but buried elsewhere
John Simms, 54 Massachusetts, died September 26, 1916 (buried in Cleveland, Ohio)

Buried at the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Cemetery
Robert Anderson, 12 USCHA, died November 9, 1920 – alias Robert M.… Read more

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Pike County – Jackson Township

1890 Census
Elias Brown, 27 USCI
Joseph Clark, 27 USCI
Joseph Cole, 5 USCI  (marked 27 USCI)
John Davis,  5 USCI
George Hale, 5 USCI
Andrew J. Harris, 5 USCHA
Hampton Johnston, 5 USCHA
George Mann, 27 USCI
Silas P Newman, 42 USCI
Thomas Valentine, 100 USCI and 9 USCHA
Jeremiah W. Walker, 5 USCHA
Samuel White, 27 USCI

Haynes Cemetery
Alex Napper, 27 USCI, died April 5, 1864, at Camp Delaware
Jeremiah Wilson Walker, 5 USCHA, died July 1900

Mount Sinai Cemetery
Joseph Cole, 5 USCI (marked 27), died February 6, 1924
Hampton Johnson, 5 USCHA, died 1905
George Mann, 27 USCI
Thomas Valentine, 100 USCI and 9 USCHA, died February 23, 1911
Paschal Wingo, 15 USCI and 42 USCI, died March 18, 1910

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Pike County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
who served from or lived in the state.… Read more

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Black Veterans at the Ohio Soldier’s and Sailors’ Home

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After the Civil War, African Americans who served in the United States Colored Troops and the United States Navy could apply to reside in both federal and state soldiers’ and sailors’ homes. Below is the list of Black veterans who were admitted to the Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in Sandusky, Ohio, between November 1888 and August 1919.

Cottage I, from Souvenir Book of Views: Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Sandusky, O.
Sandusky Star-Journal,
July 13, 1901

You can view the admission records on Family Search, “Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919.” This collection of images comes from 20 volumes that include the records of the first 10,000 residents of the Home.… Read more

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USCT in Lawrence County, Ohio

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Over Memorial Day weekend I will be speaking in Lawrence County, Ohio, about the 27th USCI in Ohio. The General William H. Lytle Camp #10 Department of Ohio Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War is holding a ceremony to recognize the installation of new government headstones at the W.D. Kelly cemetery in Ironton. The two soldiers, John Evans and Jefferson Finley, served in the 27th USCI, and some of their descendants will be in attendance.

Here is a list of Black men who lived in Lawrence County before, during, and/or after the war. I will continue to update this list.… Read more

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