Grave marker of Private James Henry Wilson, an African American soldier who volunteered for service in the Civil War and served as a part of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Troops and moved to Buffalo, New York after the war

Grave marker in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York of James Henry Wilson who volunteered for service in Company F of the Massachusetts 54th Colored Regiment during the Civil War. He was blinded in both eyes and lost his left arm when canon he was helping to load prematurely exploded. After recu...

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James Henry
1846-1897
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment
102nd (1863-1865). Company F
African American veterans
United States > History > Civil War
1861-1865 > Veterans
Morris Island
Online Access:http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16694coll1/id/6819
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Summary:Grave marker in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York of James Henry Wilson who volunteered for service in Company F of the Massachusetts 54th Colored Regiment during the Civil War. He was blinded in both eyes and lost his left arm when canon he was helping to load prematurely exploded. After recuperating in a post hospital on Morris Island, South Carolina, he was discharged from the Army in August 1865. After the war, he resided in Oswego, New York and lived on a government pension but, in December 1892, he moved to Buffalo, New York where he resided with a guardian, his sister Josephine Wilson on Michigan Avenue. (Individual's photograph unavailable)

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