African American Civil War Veterans

2nd Colored Cavalry

• Banks, Simon, 2nd Colored Cavalry, Company M. Died on May 27, 1890 at age 60.
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: Born circa 1830. NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, corporal. Film no. M589, roll 4.
• Butler, Lechter (Leectus), 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company M  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
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• Cotton, Samuel, 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company M
  Burial location:  North Queen Street Cemetery, Shippensburg
  Notes:  NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, private. Film no. M589, roll 19.
• Harrison, Isaac, 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company M  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
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• Jones, Frank, 2nd Colored Cavalry, Company I. Died on May 17, 1903 at age 65.
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: Born circa 1838. NPS records show Company L. Film no. M589, roll 49.
• Sellers, Franklin, 2nd Colored Cavalry, Company L. Died on May 24, 1899 at age 58.
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: Born circa 1841.
• Stoner, James, 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, Company L  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
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• Wilson, James P., 2nd Colored Cavalry, Company I. Died on April 15, 1907 at age 66.
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: Born circa 1841.

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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