African American Civil War Veterans

8th United States Colored Troops

• 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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