African American Civil War Veterans

Slate Hill Burial Ground, Yardley, Bucks County

• Congo, George C., 22nd USCI, Company A; Mustered in as Private, mustered out as sergeant. Inscription: "Sergeant, Co A, 22 NJ Col Inf /aged 55 years"
  Notes: Born August 1847; Died February 22, 1901. Husband of Eliza Brown Congo (1840-1916).
  Sources: NPS Records M589 ROLL 19, film B-38.
• Frame, Lewis, 25th USCI, Company G; Mustered in as Private, mustered out as Private. Federal headstone, inscription: "CO G/ 25 USCI/ 1838/ APR 22 1908"
  Notes: Born 1838 in New Jersey; Died April 22, 1908.
  Sources: NPS Records M589 ROLL 29, film B-41.
• Ganges, Torbut, 32nd USCI, Company H; Mustered in as Private, mustered out as Sergeant.
  Notes: Born circa 1838; Died July 15, 1897.
  Sources: NPS Records M589 ROLL 31, film B-48. Listed at Torbert Ganges, and Torbert Gonges.
• Ganges, William, 32nd USCI, Company H; Mustered in as Private 26 February 1864, mustered out as Corporal 22 August 1865.
  Notes: Born circa 1832; Died December 31, 1901.
  Sources: NPS Records M589 ROLL 31, film B-48.
• Harmon, Samuel T., 24th USCI, Company F; Mustered in as Private, mustered out as corporal.
  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."
  Sources: Fulton County News, McConnellsburg, PA, August 5, 1903.

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
• United States Colored Troops, online database and archive, https://www.usct.org/
• Fulton County News, McConnellsburg, PA, August 5, 1903.

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