African American Civil War Veterans

41st United States Colored Troops

• Brown, Henderson, 41st USCT, Company D.  Mustered in 21 September 1864; discharged 30 September 1865, at expiration of term (Bates).
  Burial location: Greenlawn Cemetery, Chester Township, Delaware County
  Notes: NPS records show rank in, private; rank out, private. Film no. M589, roll 11. Died 1914 (read obituary here)

• Collins, Ashford, 41st USCT, Company B.  Mustered in 5 September 1864; discharged 30 September 1865, at expiration of term (Bates).
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: NPS records show rank in, corporal; rank out, private. Film no. M589, roll 18.

• Davis, George, 41st USCI, Company F  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
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• Disnick, John A., 41st USCT, Company D.  Mustered in as a substitute, 21 September 1864; discharged by General Order 4 June 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
  Notes:  Bates roster lists John A. "Dismick."

• Dorsey, Thomas / "Priv. Co. B. Regt. 41st / US Inf. Col. Troops"  Mustered in 6 September 1864; discharged 30 September 1865, at expiration of term (Bates).
  Burial location: Midland Cemetery, Swatara Township, Dauphin County
  Notes: NPS records Film no. M589 roll 24.

• Good, John, 41st USCI, Company K  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
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• Gooseberry, Benjamin M., 41st USCT, Company D.  Mustered in as private, 21 September 1864; discharged 30 September 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location:  Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia. 
  Notes: NPS notes show rank in, private, rank out, private.  Film no. M589, roll 33.  Also served in Southard's Independent Company, USCI.
   
• Long, George E., 1846 - 1884, 41st USCT, Company A.  Mustered in as a substitute, 2 September 1864; discharged 30 September 1865, at expiration of term (Bates).
  Burial location: Union American M.E. Church Cemetery, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County
  Notes:  In this same company was a Charles Long, mustered in 1 September as a substitute and discharged 30 September.

• Mason, George, Sergeant, 41st USCT, Company B. Died June 18, 1902 at age 66. Mustered in 5 August 1864; discharged 30 September 1865, at expiration of term (Bates).
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: NPS records show rank in, private, rank out, sergeant. Film no. M589, roll 57.

• Williams, John /"Co. H / 41st U.S.C.T." 
  Burial location: Upper Allen Freed Slave Cemetery, Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County
  Notes: NPS records show six men by this name in the 41st USCI. Film No. M589, roll 95.  Bates does not list a John Williams with company H.

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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