African American Civil War Veterans

6th United States Colored Troops

• Anderson, Elias, 6th USCI, Company I
  Notes:  Mustered in as private, mustered out as corporal (NPS).  (Microfilm M589, Roll 2) (Robinson)

• Brown, Joseph, 6th USCI, Company G
  Notes:  Mustered in as private, mustered out as private (NPS).  (Microfilm M589, Roll 11)
  Burial Location: Millerstown Memorial Cemetery, Millerstown, Perry County.

• Chaplin, Levi R., 6th USCI, Company D
  Notes:  Mustered in as sergeant, mustered out as private (NPS).  On roster as Levi R. "Chaplain" (Microfilm M589, Roll 16)
  Read a letter from Sgt. Levi Chaplin to the editor of the Huntingdon, PA Journal and American, 13 February, 1864.  (Robinson)

• Harvey, John, 6th USCI, Company B, Private, (NPS Microfilm M589, Roll 38).  Mustered in 13 July 1863 as a substitute, mustered out with company 20 September, 1865. (Bates)  Died 13 May, 1877.
  Burial location:  Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. (Radell) 

Right:  Photograph of the grave of Pvt. John Harvey
of the 6th USCI, Company B., in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana.
Photo by William Radell and used by permission.
Click picture for a larger image.

• Hill, Andrew / "1841 - 1902 / Priv. Co. B Regt. 6th / U.S. Col. Vol. Inf"  Mustered in 28 July 1863 as a substitute; absent, sick, at muster out (Bates).
  Burial location: Midland Cemetery, Swatara Township, Dauphin County

• Henson, Lewis J., 1840 - 1890, 6th USCT, Company A  Mustered in 27 July 1863; mustered out with company 20 September 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Union American M.E. Church Cemetery, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County

• Miller, John, 1843 - ?, 6th USCT, Company A  Mustered in 27 July 1863; mustered out with company 20 September 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Union American M.E. Church Cemetery, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County

• Norris, John, 6th USCI, Company G
  Notes:  Mustered in as private, killed at New Market Heights (September 29-30, 1864).  (NPS Microfilm M589, Roll 65) (Other data: Robinson)

• Snowden, Henry. 6th USCI, Company E
  Notes:  Mustered in as private, mustered out as private (NPS).  (Microfilm M589, Roll 81) (Robinson)

Sources:

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
William Radell, E-mail correspondence to the Afrolumens Project, 25 April, 8 June 2006.
Charles Anderson Robinson, E-mail correspondence to the Afrolumens Project, 20 January 2006.

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