African American Civil War Veterans

22nd United States Colored Troops

• Bridget, William /"Private Co. G. / 22 Regt. Vol. Inf. / Died Sept. 16, 1900. / Aged 56 Years.
  Burial location: Upper Allen Freed Slave Cemetery, Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County
• Burley, William, 22nd USCT, Company A
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
• Congo, George C., 22nd USCI, Company A; Mustered in as Private 08 January 1864, mustered out with company as sergeant 16 October 1865.
  Burial location:  Slate Hill Burial Ground, Yardley, Bucks County; Inscription: "Sergeant, Co A, 22 NJ Col Inf /aged 55 years"
  Notes: Born August 1847; Died February 22, 1901. Husband of Eliza Brown Congo (1840-1916).
  Sources: NPS Records M589 ROLL 19, film B-38.
• Craig, Joseph, 22nd USCT, Company B
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
• Hogans, David, 22nd USCT, Company H. Died February 16, 1900.
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
• Johnson, Asbury, 22nd USCT
  Burial location:  not noted
  Notes:  Obituary, from the Christian Recorder, 18 March 1865 

       Died, on February 3d, 1865, Brother Asbury Johnson of the 22d, U.S.C.T.
       Brother Johnson was born in Waverly, Luzerne County, Pa., on October 11th, 1848. This young and faithful follower of Jesus was a son of the Rev. W. M. Johnson, of the Kinderhook circuit, N.Y.
       Brother Johnson embraced religion at a quarterly meeting held by Rev. J. H. Henson, on December 14th, 1863. He joined the Church on probation, and remained until June 26th, 1864, when he felt that it was his duty to fight for God and his country; so he enlisted in the 22d U.S.C.T., and followed his regiment in their various conflicts around Petersburg, and other places. He was with the colored troops that were under Gen. Butler, and shared with them their victories. Soon after, he was taken with the camp fever, and was removed to the hospital near Petersburg. From there he was removed to Fortress Monroe, where he remained a month, when he asked permission to go to Washington. From Washington he was brought home, where he expired. His sufferings were great.
       When the strong man Death was about to take him, he bade us all good-by, laid his head in his mother's arms, and stepped into the chariot which bore him to the skies. He sleeps in Jesus, beloved and mourned by many friends.
       W. M. J.
       Kinderhook, N.Y., March 10th, 1865.

• Landey, George, 22nd USCI, Company I
  Burial location:  North Queen Street Cemetery, Shippensburg
  Notes:  NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, corporal. Film no. M589, roll 52. 
   
• Lane, Joseph H., 22nd USCI, Company G
  Burial location:  North Queen Street Cemetery, Shippensburg
  Notes:  NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, private. Film no. M589, roll 52.
   
• Pinkney, John W. /"Co. D. / 22nd U.S.C.T."
  Burial location: Upper Allen Freed Slave Cemetery, Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County
• Pope, William /'Private Co. B. 22 Regt. / U.S. Col. Inf. Vols. / Died July 1, 1902 / Aged 72 Years"
  Burial location: Upper Allen Freed Slave Cemetery, Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County
  Notes: NPS records list a William Pope as a private in the 32nd USCI, Company B. Date of death on tombstone indicates a birth year circa 1830.
• Redding, John, 22nd USCT, Company D
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
• Rideout, Joseph, 22nd USCI, Company I (NPS records show Company H)
  Burial location:  North Queen Street Cemetery, Shippensburg
  Notes:  NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, private. Film no. M589, roll 73.
   
• Robinson, Jordan, 22nd USCT, Company G
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: Not found in NPS records
• Sigler, Henry S. / "1848 - 1916 / Prv. Co. C. 22 Reg. / U.S. Colored Inf."
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
  Notes: Husband of Mary E. Sigler, 1851 - 1936 (stone next to his)
• Stevens, David J., 22nd USCT, Company B
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
• Stevenson, Joseph, 22nd USCI, Company H
  Burial location:  North Queen Street Cemetery, Shippensburg
  Notes:  NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, private. Film no. M589, roll 83.
• Stoner, Robert, 22nd USCI, Company H  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
  Notes:
• Winters, Jacob, 22nd USCT, Company D. Died January 4, 1915.
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
• Thornton, Rev. Robert C., Sergeant., 22nd USCT, Company C/G.  Born in Fairfield, Lancaster County, PA, 17 December 1833.   Mustered into 22nd USCT Infantry, Company C (or G) on 31 December 1863 at Philadelphia, PA; mustered out with company G 16 October 1865 at Brownsville, Texas. (Bates).
  Burial location: Buried in the East Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County Pennsylvania.
  Additional info on Find-A-Grave page: "Promoted to corporal July 1, 1864, and to sergeant December 21, 1864, but was on sick furlough in Lancaster from February 18, 1865, for which he was charged $3.00 in transportation costs. He was reduced to ranks to date October 1, 1865, reason not stated in his compiled military service records, although ill health is a possibility." (Researcher/contributor not noted)
  Notes:Family members: Wife Elizabeth; Daughter Anna Mary. Came to Harrisburg, PA after the war, pastored a church in Middletown, PA. Died 11 January 1913 in Middletown, Dauphin County Pennsylvania.
  Link to his Find-a-Grave webpage: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10945863/robert-c-thornton

Notes

• Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1868.
• National Park Service, "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System," https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
• Christopher Frisby, correspondence with Afrolumens Project, 3 February 2007.
• 1870 Census of the United States

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