17 USCI

Gallia County – Gallipolis

Enlisted in Gallipolis
Lindsey Alexander, 44 USCI, February 27, 1865
Elijah Bunch, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
James Chapman, 27 USCI, March 6, 1864
John Clark, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
Jessie Collier, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
George Cordell, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
William Deed, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864, transferred to 23 USCI
Henry Early, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
William H. James, 27 USCI, March 4, 1864
Leonard Johnson, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
Lewis Norris, 27 USCI, March 5, 1864
Franklin Phillips, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
Jerry Simmons, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864
Rufus Squires, 27 USCI, February 5, 1864
John Stevens, 27 USCI, March 7, 1864
Thomas Stevens, 27 USCI, March 7, 1864
Gabriel Watkins, 5 USCI, August 23, 1863
Isaiah Watkins, 27 USCI, February 19, 1864
John Wilson, 27 USCI, February 29, 1864

1890 Census
Jacob Bennett, 5 USCI
Thomas Bird, widow Cecelia, 27 USCI
Sonnie Brown, 5 USCI
Abraham Dabney, widow Adeline, 17 USCI
Cornelius Davis, 5 USCI
Henry Givens, 5 USCHA
William Goines, 5 USCI
Henry Holmes, 5 Massachusetts Cavalry
Thomas Howell, 27 USCI
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Gallia County Sources

Article on recruiting Black Civil War soldiers in Gallia County, Ohio
Gallipolis Journal, August 25, 1864

Born in Gallia County
Julius Allen, 44 USCI
Meshack Bowen, Navy and 17 USCI (on his second enlistment he stated that he was born in Ironton, Lawrence County)
Lewis Browner, 44 USCI
Jessie Collier, 27 USCI
George Cordell, 27 USCI
Charles H. Jones, 27 USCI
Marston Matthews, 27 USCI
William Mumford, 27 USCI
John L. Stevens, 27 USCI
Thomas Stevens, 27 USCI

Enlisted in Gallia County
John Bunch, 5 USCI, August 26, 1863
James H. Guthrie, 27 USCI, February 16, 1864
Charles H. Jones, 27 USCI, March 7, 1864
Marston Matthews, 27 USCI, February 10, 1864
Edward Noble, 27 USCI, February 16, 1864

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Gallia 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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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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Summit County – Akron

1890 Census
Frank Hailstock, 32 USCI
Owen Hailstock, 5 USCI
Charles Jenkins, 13 USCHA
Sidney W. Johnson, 11 USCHA
James Morrison, 27 USCI
Peter Perry, 9 USCHA and 88 USCI
Henry Pickett, 27 USCI
William Strange, 17 USCI

Glendale Cemetery
Absolom H. Brooks, 5 USCI, died January 30, 1874
Gustavus Edwinton, 5 USCI, died May 20, 1866
Frank M. Hailstock, 32 USCI, died December 22, 1927
Sidney W. Johnson, 11 USCHA, died February 4, 1894
Moses M.A. Jones, 27 USCI, died April 22, 1880
Richard N. Jones, 27 USCI, died September 24, 1894
Henry Picket, 27 USCI
Robert Smith, 11 USCHA, died 1895

Mount Peace Cemetery
Alvin Smith, 27 USCI, died October 10, 1948

Alvin Smith, 27 USCI, last Civil War veteran in Summit County, Ohio
Alvin Smith, 27 USCI, last Civil War veteran in Summit County, Ohio

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Summit 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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Erie County – Sandusky

Born in Sandusky, Ohio
Elijah Brown, 55 Massachusetts
Stephen Taylor, 55 Massachusetts

Enlisted in Sandusky
William B. Ames, 27 USCI, March 5, 1864
James Ashland, 27 USCI, February 12, 1864
George Bailey, 27 USCI, February 24, 1864
William Barber, 27 USCI, August 9, 1864, substitute
Charles Gilkisson, 27 USCI, August 3, 1864, substitute
James Gray, 23 and 27 USCI, July 16, 1864, substitute
Alexander Harvey, 27 USCI, August 6, 1864
Lewis Haywood, 27 USCI, July 29, 1864, substitute
Thomas Haywood, 27 USCI, July 29, 1864, substitute
Marion D. Jeffries, 27 USCI, July 16, 1864, substitute
Cornelius Johnson, 27 USCI, August 6, 1864, substitute
Hamilton McGill, 27 USCI, February 10, 1864
Peter Perkins, 27 USCI, August 6, 1864, substitute
Richard Rickman, 27 USCI, July 29, 1864, substitute
Perry Scott, 27 USCI and 23 USCI, August 8, 1864
Samuel Seaton, 27 USCI, August 9, 1864
Charles Wilson, 27 USCI, UN, July 9, 1864, substitute

1890 Census
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