African American Civil War Veterans

Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana County

• Harvey, John, 6th USCI, Company B, Private, (NPS Microfilm M589, Roll 38).  Mustered in 13 July 1863 as a substitute, mustered out with company 20 September, 1865. (Bates)
  Burial location courtesy of William Radell. (Radell)

  Right:  Photograph of the grave of Pvt. John Harvey
  of the 6th USCI, Company B., in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana.
  Photo by William Radell and used by permission.
  Click picture for a larger image.

Notes

• 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
• William Radell, E-mail correspondence to the Afrolumens Project, 25 April, 8 June 2006.

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