African American Civil War Veterans

Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• Parker, Charles H., Born 1847, died 1876.
  Unit: 3rd USCT, Company F. Mustered in 7 December 1864 (Bates)  Mustered out 31 October 1865.  He was wounded at Gainesville and suffered from pneumonia.  Died at age 29 in Adams County. (McCauslin)
  Burial location:  Originally buried at Yellow Hill, Adams County, Parker was reinterred at Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1936 (McCauslin)

Sources

• Samuel P. Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1868.
• Debra McCauslin, "Black Civil War Veterans from Biglerville?," Adams County Historical Society, http://www.emmitsburg.net/achs/articles/war/blacks_bigerville.htm, accessed January 19, 2006.

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