Jefferson County Men Enlist: Face Each Other 1861-1865 – The Men of Color in Blue

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VIDEO: Jefferson County Men Enlist: Face Each Other 1861-1865 – TRT: 2:09

Casualties (died fighting or disease)
No casualties found for the ___ white Union enlistees from Jefferson County

AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE BLUE UNIFORM

Same as Thornton Rolling
U.S. Colored Troop enlistees from Charles Town, Va.
U. S. Colored Troop enlistees from Harper’s Ferry, Va.

Jefferson County-born men of color in the Union Navy (SOURCE: National Park Service; African American Civil War Sailor Index, 1861-1865 at ancestry.com):

Name: John Butler
Race: Black
Height: 5′ 6″
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birth Place: Jefferson Co., Virginia
Age: 35
Enlistment Date: 16 Dec 1863
Enlistment Place: Gen. Price/Donaldsonville LA
Term of Enlistment: 99
Rating: 1st Class Boy
Muster Date: 1 Oct 1864
Vessel: General Price

Name: Richard Blackburn
Race: Mulatto
Occupation: Cook/Farmer
Height: 5′ 5″
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birth Place: Jefferson Co., Virginia
Age: 37
Enlistment Date: 12 May 1864
Enlistment Place: New York
Term of Enlistment: 3
Rating: Landsman
Muster Date: 1 Jan 1867
Vessel: Lancaster & Arthur

Name: Samuel Reede
Race: Yellow (Asian)
Occupation: Mason
Height: 5′ 3″
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birth Place: West Jefferson Co., Virginia
Age: 17
Enlistment Date: 12 Mar 1864
Enlistment Place: Yorktown
Term of Enlistment: 2
Rating: 1st Class Boy
Muster Date: 30 Jun 1864
Vessel: Mystic