WHEREAS, Between April and June 1863, the following
African-American men from Ohio enlisted in the 55th Regiment of
the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: Wiley Abbott, New Richmond,
Ohio; Robert Abram, Chillicothe, Ohio; Albert Adams, Waynesville,
Ohio; David Adams, New Antioch, Ohio; George Akers, Carthagena,
Ohio; William H. Alexander, Seneca County, Ohio; Joseph Anderson,
Troy, Ohio; Nelson R. Anderson, Delaware County, Ohio; Wesley
Anderson, Troy, Ohio; Archer Armstead, Frankfort, Ohio; Jacob Ash,
Adams County, Ohio; John Bailey, Pickaway, Ohio; Thomas Baker,
Xenia, Ohio; Soloman C. Banks, Logan County, Ohio; William Barber,
Wilmington, Ohio; David Barrett, Urbana, Ohio; George Barrett,
Urbana, Ohio; George Bazel, Pickaway County, Ohio; Hiram Bias,
Columbus, Ohio; Hezekiah Bird, Frankfort, Ohio; Samuel L. Bizzell,
Ripley, Ohio; Edward Black, Chillicothe, Ohio; James H. Black,
Gallipolis, Ohio; Jordan M. Bobson, Wilmington, Ohio; Richard
Boone, West Jefferson, Ohio; Morris Bradley, Hillsboro, Ohio;
Isaiah Brandon, Xenia, Ohio; Nimrod Brooks, Columbus, Ohio; Elijah
Brown, Sandusky, Ohio; Henry Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio; James Brown,
Delaware, Ohio; John Brown, Shelby County, Ohio; John W. Brown,
Huntsville, Ohio; Lyne Sterling Brown, Delaware County, Ohio;
Thomas Brown, Coldwater, Ohio; Thomas Brown, Zanesville, Ohio;
John W. Bryant, Hillsboro, Ohio; George Buckner, Pickaway County,
Ohio; Isaiah Buckney, Urbana, Ohio; William Burns, Marysville,
Ohio; William Burns, Bloomingburg, Ohio; William H. Burns, Ross
County, Ohio; George W. Bush, Carthagena, Ohio; Charles Butler,
Ripley, Ohio; Gilbert Butler, Butler County, Ohio; James Henry
Byrd, Logan County, Ohio; Joseph Campbell, Highland County, Ohio;
John Carter, Barnesville, Ohio; Nelson Champ, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio;
Charles Chapman, Batavia, Ohio; William Charleston, Upper
Sandusky, Ohio; James Chatman, Harrisburg, Ohio; Ransom Chatman,
Xenia, Ohio; Archie Claiborne, Harrisburg, Ohio; Henry Claiborne,
Harrisburg, Ohio; Charles E. Clark, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; John W.
Clark, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; William H. Clay, Aberdeen, Ohio;
James Cochran, Chillicothe, Ohio; Pickens Colbreath, Ripley, Ohio;
Joshua Cole, Sandusky, Ohio; Frank Collins, Ripley, Ohio; John
Collins, Ohio; George Collwell, Ripley, Ohio; Alfred Cornelius,
Gallipolis, Ohio; John Q.A. Cosby, Cardington, Ohio; Willis
Cotton, Frankfort, Ohio; Cyrus Cowan, Troy, Ohio; Garrett Cox,
Troy, Ohio; William Cox, Troy, Ohio; Fortunatius Craig,
Carthagena, Ohio; John Crockett, Harveysburg, Ohio; George
Cromwell, Maumee, Ohio; Armstrong Crowder, Pickaway, Ohio; Paul
Crowder, Miami County, Ohio; Morris Darnell, Sandusky, Ohio; Henry
Davis, Chillicothe, Ohio; William Davis, Sandusky, Ohio; Joseph
Dawson, Harrisburg, Ohio; Charles Dean, Huntsville, Ohio; Isaac
Delay, Ripley, Ohio; Elijah Derricks, Perrysburg, Ohio; Walter C.
Dickerson, Ross County, Ohio; Henry Dinwiddie, Chillicothe, Ohio;
Rufus M. Dix, Xenia, Ohio; Moses Dixon, Chillicothe, Ohio; Simon
Douglas, Sidney, Ohio; Joshua Dunbar, Troy, Ohio; William H.
Dupree, Chillicothe, Ohio; Aaron A. Dyson, Bothinsville, Ohio;
Isaac Edwards, Barnesville, Ohio; Paul Erving, Springfield, Ohio;
Andrew Essex, Hillsboro, Ohio; Jacob Essex, Venice, Ohio; Armstead
Evans, Chillicothe, Ohio; Henry Evans, Chillicothe, Ohio; Sterling
Evans, Troy, Ohio; Thomas T. Evans, Chillicothe, Ohio; Colson
Fairfax, Harrisburg, Ohio; Albert T. Felts, New Lexington, Ohio;
Cethe C. Felts, New Lexington, Ohio; Samuel Fields, Milo, Ohio;
Lewis Fitzhughes, Frankfort, Ohio; Peter Fleming, Albany, Ohio;
Elisha G. Flood, Ohio; John R. Ford, Lebanon, Ohio; William
Fortune, Chillicothe, Ohio; James Fox, Pickaway County, Ohio;
Lorenzo Fox, Troy, Ohio; William A. Fox, Pickaway County, Ohio;
John Francis, Harrisburg, Ohio; Anthony Freeman, Barnesville,
Ohio; George Gales, Chillicothe, Ohio; Frank Gardner, Sandusky,
Ohio; James T. Gibson, Troy, Ohio; Harrison Gillard, Troy, Ohio;
James Gillard, Troy, Ohio; James Gillispie, Pickaway County, Ohio;
Wallace L. Glaspey, Hardin County, Ohio; Horace Goins, Hillsboro,
Ohio; Randall Goins, Hillsboro, Ohio; James Grain, Jamestown,
Ohio; Charles Gray, Frankfort, Ohio; David Gray, Sandusky, Ohio;
James Green, Xenia, Ohio; Joseph Green, Xenia, Ohio; Levi Green,
Wilmington, Ohio; Simean T. Green, Harveysburg, Ohio; Harrison
Griffin, Cleveland, Ohio; Henry Griffy, Springfield, Ohio; Charles
Henry Groose, Delaware County, Ohio; Nathanial Gross, Ripley,
Ohio; Jasper Haddock, Somerton, Ohio; David A. Hall, Oberlin,
Ohio; Eli Hall, Pickaway County, Ohio; Josiah C. Hall, Cincinnati,
Ohio; Randolph Hampton, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Alexander Hannon,
Xenia, Ohio; William Hargrave, Wilmington, Ohio; Beverly Harris,
Troy, Ohio; Henry Harris, Xenia, Ohio; Robert Harris, Columbus,
Ohio; William Harris, Sandusky, Ohio; John Henderson, Ripley,
Ohio; Powell Hendrick, Ripley, Ohio; Richard Hendrick, Ripley,
Ohio; William Henry, Columbus, Ohio; Charles Hicks, Cambridge,
Ohio; John L. Hicks, Greenfield, Ohio; George Higginson, Trenton,
Ohio; James P. Hightower, Xenia, Ohio; Orlando S. Hightower,
Wilmington, Ohio; Edward Augustus Highwarder, Delaware County,
Ohio; John Wesley Highwarder, Delaware County, Ohio; Samuel Hill,
Martinsville, Ohio; Thomas H. Hill, Barnesville, Ohio; William
Hill, Wayne County, Ohio; Charles H. Holmes, Champaign County,
Ohio; Josiah Howard, Russell, Ohio; William Howard, Xenia, Ohio;
Alick Humes, Troy, Ohio; John Humes, Troy, Ohio; William Hunt,
Troy, Ohio; Austin Hurley, Springfield, Ohio; Joseph H. Hurley,
Somerton, Ohio; Thornton Hurley, Somerton, Ohio; Daniel Ivery,
Andersonville, Ohio; Alexander Jackson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Henry
Jackson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Manuel P. Jackson, Chillicothe, Ohio;
Robert Jackson, Hillsboro, Ohio; Alexander Jenkins, Bloomingburg,
Ohio; Charles Jenkins, New Marion, Ohio; Thomas Jenkins, Ohio;
Franklin Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Henry Johnson, Ripley, Ohio;
Hezekiah Johnson, Huntsville, Ohio; James Johnson, Youngstown,
Ohio; Joseph Johnson, Republic, Ohio; Matthew Johnson, Youngstown,
Ohio; Thomas Johnson, Dayton, Ohio; William H. Johnson,
Chillicothe, Ohio; William H. Johnson, Sandusky, Ohio; Armstead M.
Jones, Shelby County, Ohio; John M. Jones, Hamilton, Ohio; John W.
Jones, Troy, Ohio; Osbourne Jones, Ross County, Ohio; Peter Jones,
West Milton, Ohio; George D. Jones, Ripley, Ohio; Samuel Jube,
Champaign County, Ohio; John Kees, Urbana, Ohio; Martin Kennedy,
Cumberland, Ohio; David M.P. Kenney, Mt. Gilead, Ohio; David U.
King, Mount Pleasant, Ohio; John King, Bellefontaine, Ohio;
Jonathan King, Mount Pleasant, Ohio; Robert King, New Richmond,
Ohio; Howard Landrum, Circleville, Ohio; David Lee, Xenia, Ohio;
Adolphus Lewis, Union County, Ohio; George B. Lewis, Delaware
County, Ohio; George W. Lewis, Ripley, Ohio; James Lewis,
Chillicothe, Ohio; Solomon Lidle, Chillicothe, Ohio; William
Little, Springfield, Ohio; Jesse Locklear, Chillicothe, Ohio;
William H. Love, Troy, Ohio; David Low, Columbus, Ohio; Benjamin
Lyons, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; William Mabra, Barnesville, Ohio;
Francis Macafee, New Market, Ohio; Franklin Malone, Chillicothe,
Ohio; James Malone, Marysville, Ohio; Silas Malone, Gurneyville,
Ohio; Charles Markerfield, Carthagena, Ohio; Henry Martin, Ripley,
Ohio; Thomas Maxwell, Cincinnati, Ohio; Henry Mayo, Chillicothe,
Ohio; James Mays, Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis McCoglin, Shelby
County, Ohio; James McFarland, (James Washington), Hillsboro,
Ohio; Presley McGee, London, Ohio; Archy McKinney, Adams County,
Ohio; George McPherson, Steubensville, Ohio; William Miller,
Cincinnati, Ohio; James Minton, Delaware County, Ohio; George
Mitchell, Chillicothe, Ohio; George W. Moore, Columbus, Ohio;
Isaac Moore, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Weston Moore, Carthagena, Ohio;
Alexander Morgan, Bainbridge, Ohio; Charles H. Morgan, Springboro,
Ohio; Hiram Morgan, Springfield, Ohio; Richard Morrison, Hamilton,
Ohio; James Moss, Carthagena, Ohio; John M. Myers, Barnesville,
Ohio; Norris Needham, Springfield, Ohio; James S. Nelson,
Republic, Ohio; William Nelson, Frankfort, Ohio; Henry A. Newland,
Zanesfield, Ohio; Robert Newsome, Bellefontaine, Ohio; William
Nickerson, Williamsburg, Ohio; Charles Oglesby, Troy, Ohio; Thomas
Overton, Carthagena, Ohio; James Owens, Frankfort, Ohio; Osborne
Owens, Union County, Ohio; Daniel A. Paine, Barnesville, Ohio;
George M. Parker, Frankfort, Ohio; Lott H. Parker, Bellefontaine,
Ohio; John Patterson, Hamilton, Ohio; Jacob Payne, Bainbridge,
Ohio; John H. Payne, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Lawrence Payne,
Frankfort, Ohio; William J. Peel, Shelby County, Ohio; David S.
Peterson, Barnesville, Ohio; Ferdinand Peterson, Barnesville,
Ohio; Joseph H. Peterson, Barnesville, Ohio; Marcus Peterson,
Barnesville, Ohio; Charles Peyton, Cincinnati, Ohio; Henry Powell,
Cabletown, Ohio; Isaiah Price, Cincinnati, Ohio; Calvin Rector,
Urbana, Ohio; Charles Redman, Hillsboro, Ohio; William H. Redman,
Chillicothe, Ohio; Jacob W. Reid, Springfield, Ohio; Elijah
Revels, Youngstown, Ohio; George W. Richardson, Chillicothe, Ohio;
William Richardson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Finley Rickman, Ross
County, Ohio; Thomas Rickman, Bainbridge, Ohio; Henry C. Ritchie,
Marysville, Ohio; Lewis Roberts, Bellefontaine, Ohio; William C.
Roberts, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Thomas Robinson, Sandusky, Ohio;
William F. Robinson, Barnesville, Ohio; James D. Ross, Ross
County, Ohio; West Royal, Sandusky, Ohio; Thomas Russell,
Chillicothe, Ohio; Caswell Sampson, Barnesville, Ohio; David W.
Samson, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Nicholas Sansberry, Cincinnati, Ohio;
William Sawyer, Oxford, Ohio; William H. Schell, Ripley, Ohio;
Alexander Scott, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Alexander Scott, Ripley,
Ohio; Benjamin Scott, Waynesville, Ohio; Benjamin B. Scott, Xenia,
Ohio; William Scott, Ripley, Ohio; James Selden, Hillsboro, Ohio;
George Seward, Frankfort, Ohio; William Sheldon, Pickaway, Ohio;
James Shipp, Barnesville, Ohio; John H. Shipp, Barnesville, Ohio;
John F. Shorter, Delaware County, Ohio; Simon P. Shorter, Delaware
County, Ohio; Daniel Smith, New Richmond, Ohio; William H. Smith,
Urbana, Ohio; David Spears, Shelby, Ohio; Albert Steen, Ripley,
Ohio; Nathaniel Steward, Wilmington, Ohio; William Steward, Ross
County, Ohio; Henry I. Stockley, Ohio; Abraham Stuart, Mount
Pleasant, Ohio; William Stuart, Cincinnati, Ohio; William Sweet,
Bellefontaine, Ohio; James H. Tann, Circleville, Ohio; George W.
Taylor, Rushsylvania, Ohio; Samuel Taylor, Logan County, Ohio;
Stephen Taylor, Sandusky, Ohio; Alexander Thomas, Wilmington,
Ohio; George W. Thomas, Cincinnati, Ohio; Samuel Thomas, Madison,
Ohio; William Thomas, Flushing, Ohio; George W. Thompson, Maumee,
Ohio; Isaiah A. Thompson, Maumee, Ohio; John H. Thompson, Troy,
Ohio; Martin Thompson, Columbia, Ohio; John Tilghman, Jefferson,
Ohio; William Trotter, West Jefferson, Ohio; Olmstead Turner,
Columbus, Ohio; Nelson Vaughn, Mercer County, Ohio; Peter
Waggoner, Ross County, Ohio; John W. Walker, Oberlin, Ohio; James
M. Wallace, Sandusky, Ohio; Stephen Ward, Bellefontaine, Ohio;
Virginius Ward, Pike County, Ohio; Richard T. Warwick,
Bellefontaine, Ohio; Harrison Washington, Sandusky, Ohio; James A.
Washington, Republic, Ohio; Joseph Waze, Antioch, Ohio; George
White, Milford Center, Ohio; Israel White, Troy, Ohio; Richard W.
White, Salem, Ohio; Silas White, West Milton, Ohio; Spencer White,
Troy, Ohio; Edward P. F. Whitsell, Republic, Ohio; George W.
Whyte, Delaware County, Ohio; Robert Wicker, Pickaway County,
Ohio; William Wicker, Troy, Ohio; Abner Williams, Leesburg, Ohio;
Abner A. Williams, Ross County, Ohio; Claiborne Williams,
Chillicothe, Ohio; Edmund Williams, Highland County, Ohio; George
Williams, Sandusky, Ohio; James Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio; James
W. Williams, Leesburg, Ohio; Henry Wilson, Troy, Ohio; Joseph
Wilson, Barnesville, Ohio; John D. Wood, Flushing, Ohio; Lewis
Wood, Hillsboro, Ohio; Henry Woodley, Bellefontaine, Ohio; George
W. Worthington, Defiance, Ohio; Jonathan C. Wright, Sandusky,
Ohio; Benjamin Wyatt, Ripley, Ohio; Henry Young, Ripley, Ohio; and |