Enslavementto
freedom
Study Areas
US Colored Troops
The Civil War affected the African
American community in central Pennsylvania in many ways. Confederate
invasions caused upheaval in all communities as free citizens,
former fugitive slaves, and "contrabands," slaves who
fled north as Union troops liberated their homes, scrambled to
get away from advancing rebels who they feared would capture them
and take them south into slavery.
Others contributed to the war effort in many ways: by raising aid for
soldiers, working in camps and hospitals, recruiting men for the new
African American regiments, and by enlisting to serve in those regiments.
These pages will document the varied contributions of African Americans to the war effort in central Pennsylvania.
Burial Sites and Pennsylvania Connections for African American Troops:
By Cemetery
- Bensalem AME Church Cemetery, Bensalem, Bucks County
- Bethel AME Church Cemetery, Pottsville, Schylkill County
- Darby Friends Cemetery, Darby, Delaware County
- Eastern Light Cemetery, Altoona, Blair County
- East Middletown Cemetery, MIddletown, Dauphin County
- Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg
- Greenlawn Cemetery, Chester Twp, Delaware County
- Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County
- Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
- Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
- Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
- Lost Creek Presbyterian Church, Fayette Township, Juniata County
- Midland Cemetery, Swatara Township, Dauphin County
- Millerstown Memorial Cemetery, Millerstown, Perry County
- Mountain Green Cemetery, Shippensburg
- Mount Tabor AME Zion Church Cemetery, Mount Holly Springs
- North Queen Street/Locust Grove Cemeteries, Shippensburg<
- Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana County
- Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia
- Slate Hill Burial Grounds, Yardley, Bucks County
- St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County
- Tidioute Cemetery, Tidioute, Warren County
- Union American M.E. Cemetery, East Fallowfield, Chester County
- Upper Allen African American Cemetery, Cumberland County
- Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
By Regiment
- 1st US Colored Cavalry
- 2nd US Colored Cavalry
- 2nd USCI
- 3rd USCI
- 4th USCI
- 6th USCI
- 7th USCI
- 8th USCI
- 10th USCI
- 11th USCI
- 20th USCI
- 22nd USCI
- 24th USCI
- 25th USCI
- 29th USCI
- 30th USCI
- 32nd USCI
- 36th USCI
- 37th USCI
- 39th USCI
- 41st USCI
- 43rd USCI
- 45th USCI
- 89th USCI
- 127th USCI
- Southard's Company, USCI
State and misc.
History
Mercersburg Men in the Civil War
List originally published in Old Mercersburg (1912) with notes by the Afrolumens Project.Photos from the 2010 Grand Review
Event photos from Harrisburg's November 2010 Grand Review of Colored Trooops commemoration and parade.
Videos from the 2010 Grand Review
Event videos from Harrisburg's November 2010 Grand Review of Colored Trooops parade.A Page from Harrisburg History
Editorial about the Grand Review of Colored Troops
Documents
Links
Queries
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