African American Civil War Veterans

24th United States Colored Infantry

• Beasley, Robert, 24th USCI, Company G. Died December 10, 1893 at age 75. Mustered in 28 February 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
• Bolen, George, Company D, 24th USCI.   Mustered in 15 February 1865, mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
  Notes:  Bates lists this person as George "Boleni."
• Boyer, John, Company D, 24th USCI.  Mustered in 14 February 1865, mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: unknown.  Born in Adams County, Pennsylvania.  Died at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 4 August 1866, of consumption, aged 26 years and nine months.  "He leaves a wife and many relatives to mourn his death." (Obituary, "Died," The Christian Recorder, 18 August 1866)

• Craig, Emanuel, 24th USCI, Company A.  Drafted soldier, mustered in 27 February 1865, mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
• Cumpton, Jacob T. / Died / Sep. 6, 1905 / Aged 69 Y. / Co. D. 24 Reg. / U.S.C.T.
  Unit:  24th USCT, Company D. Mustered in 15 February 1865; promoted to sergeant 23 February 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).  Prior to this service, Cumpton served in Southard's Company I, Independent Colored Militia, 1864.
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
  Notes:  Cumpton is said to have been the carriage driver who, during the president-elect's journey to Washington in 1861, drove Abraham Lincoln in secrecy from his hotel in Harrisburg to a waiting train in Lochiel, south of town.  The ruse was part of a plan to get the president-elect safely to Washington in the wake of a plot to assassinate him as he passed through Baltimore.  Cumpton was working as a driver for stagecoach line owner Alexander Calder.
  NPS records show Cumpton's rank in as private, and rank out as sergeant. (Film M589, roll 21)
• Downey, Samuel /'1839 - 1923 / Pvt. Co. D. 24^th Reg. Inf."  Mustered in 16 February 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
• Gordan, Isaac E. /"1848 GAR 1877 / Co. D. 24^th Reg. U.S. Colored Inf."  Mustered in 16 February 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
  Notes: NPS records show surname as Gordon; rank in, private; rank out, private. Film no. M589, roll 33.  Bates gives Gordon's middle initial as "C."

• Harmon, Samuel T., 24th USCI, Company F; Mustered in as Private, mustered out as corporal.
  Burial location:  Slate Hill Burial Ground, Yardley, Bucks County
  Notes: Born 1845; Died July 24, 1903 when hit by a trolley. A news item about his death noted "He was known throughout Bucks County as a fiddler at parties." Source: NPS records, M589, Roll 37, Film #B40; Fulton County News, McConnellsburg, PA, August 5, 1903.

• Lane, George, 24th USCI, Company I  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
  Notes:

• Lee, George J. /"24^th U.S. Colored Vol. / Died March 16, 1898 / Aged / 57 Years 7 Months & 15 / Days"  Mustered in 8 February 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
  Notes: Born August 1, 1841. NPS records show Company C. Film no. M589, roll 53.
• Montgomery, David /"Co. G. / 24 Regt. / U.S.C.T. Inf. / Died / August 24, 1908 / Aged 65 Years"   Mustered in 3 March 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
  Notes: Born circa 1843, according to age at death. Although tombstone transcription says company "C," NPS records and Bates rosters show company "G." Film no. M589, roll 61.
• Robinson, Washington, 24th USCI, Company H, private.
  Burial location:  North Queen Street Cemetery, Shippensburg
  Notes:   Mustered in 9 March 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865. 
   
• Watkins, William H., 24th USCI, Company H. Died June 9, 1910.  Mustered in 6 March 1865; promoted to sergeant 16 March 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, sergeant. Film no. M589, roll 92.
• Watts, Lloyd F., 8th USCI, Company B  Mustered in 3 February 1865; promoted to sergeant 8 February 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
  Notes: NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, sergeant. Film no. M589, roll 92.

 
• Wright, Daniel, 24th USCI, Company A
  Burial location:  North Queen Street Cemetery, Shippensburg
  Notes:  NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, sergeant. Film no. M589, roll 98.  Mustered in 12 January 1865; promoted to sergeant 23 January 1865; mustered out with company 1 October 1865.  (Bates)

Sources

• Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1868.


• Christopher Frisby, correspondence with Afrolumens Project, 3 February 2007.


• National Park Service, "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System," https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm

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