African American Civil War Veterans

8th United States Colored Troops

• Anderson, Abraham
  Service:  Company A, 8th USCT
  Burial location:  Lincoln Cemetery, Harrisburg
  Notes:  Died indigent. Additional notes from Find-a-grave researcher Dennis Brandt: Born 1835 enslaved in Washington, County, Maryland, enslaved by George Lefever from whom he escaped with several other men when war broke out in 1861. Brandt notes that Anderson "was federally drafted at the stated age of twenty-eight July 27, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Carlisle August 14 as a private with Co. A, 8th U.S. Colored Troops." Find-a-Grave page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239076058/abraham-anderson

• Buckmaster, Isaac, 8th USCT, Company A   Mustered in 15 September 1863; mustered out with company 10 November 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County

• Campbell, Solomon, 8th USCI, Company F (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
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• Coursey, Thomas, 1832 - 1927, 8th USCT, Company B  Drafted soldier, mustered in 25 September 1863; mustered out with company 10 November 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Union American M.E. Church Cemetery, East Fallowfield Township, Chester County

• Kelly, David, 8th USCT, Company D. Died September 8, 1905 at age 63.  Drafted Soldier, mustered in 14 August 1863; discharged by General Order 10 June 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County

• Stoner, Robert, 8th USCI, Company F  (Christopher Frisby research)
  Burial location:  Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
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• Ukkerd, John, 8th USCT, Company A. Died April 16, 1891 at age 42.  Substitute, mustered in 9 September 1863; mustered out with company 10 November 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
  Notes: Not found in NPS records.  Listed in Bates published rosters.

• Watts, John W., 8th USCT, Company A  Drafted soldier, mustered in 24 August 1863; mustered out with company 10 November 1865 (Bates).
  Burial location: Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County

Sources:

Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1868.
Christopher Frisby, correspondence with Afrolumens Project, 3 February 2007.
Betty Dorsey Myers, Segregation in Death: Gettysburg's Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2001.
National Park Service, "Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System," https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm

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