Title: Nursery at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C. / photographed and for sale by H.P. Moore, Concord, N.H.

Creator(s): Moore, Henry P., 1833-1911, photographer

Date Created/Published: [1862 or 1863?]

Medium: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen ; 6 x 10 cm.

Summary: Photograph shows slaves sitting in front of a building described as the "nursery."

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-10968 (digital file from original item, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-10969 (digital file from original item, back)

Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Access Advisory: Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling. For more information see, (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html)

Call Number: LOT 14022, no. 55 [P&P]

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Isaac Seabrook, born on Edisto Island about 1840, enlisted in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) in Hilton Head, SC on May 11, 1863 [1]. Isaac was one of six young men born on Edisto who enlisted that day. The others were Prince Seabrook, Peter Seabrook, James Seabrook, Ishmael Seabrook and Edward Seabrook, all born on Edisto. Whether the young men escaped to Hilton Head or fell in with Union troops on Edisto Island remains a question for further research [2].

Isaac Seabrook was 16 years old when he enlisted to serve a three-year term in the military. He was placed in Company C, 21st USCT. He was mustered out in Charleston, SC on April 25, 1866.

History of the 21st USCT

The 21st USCT was organized from 3rd and 4th Regiments, South Carolina Colored Infantry, March 14, 1864. The 3rd Regiment was organized at Hilton Head, SC in June of 1863. The 4th Regiment was organized at Fernandina, FL in July of 1863. Both units were re-designated 21st Regiment USCT March 14, 1864.

The 3rd Regiment, organized in Hilton Head, saw duty at Jacksonville, Fla., till April, 1864. They were moved to Hilton Head, SC, thence to Folly Island, SC, April 18. They served on Folly Island, Morris Island and Coles Island operating against Charleston, S. C., till February, 1865.

From June 30 to July 10, they served in an expedition to James Island, SC. They saw combat action on James Island July 2. The Regiment served garrison duty at Charleston and Mt. Pleasant, S. C., till August, 1865, and at various points in SC and GA till October, 1866. They were mustered out October 7, 1866 [3].

Freedmen's Bank Record, Isaac Seabrook

Sometime in 1868, Isaac Seabrook opened an account at the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (Freedmen's Bank). The account register contains many biographical details as well as the names of Isaac's family members [4].

The information Isaac supplied for the account register was:

No. 2756 Isaac Seabrook, "C," 21

Where Brought Up: Same Place

Where Born: Edisto Island

Residence: Seabrook Landing, SC

Age: 20

Complexion: Dark

Occupation: Farming

Works For: Himself

Wife: Lizzie Williams

Children: Richard Ford

Father: Alfred

Mother: Katie

Brothers: Simon & George Ford

Sisters: Margaret & Nanny Ford and Nanny Jones

Signature: Isaac Seabrook X His Mark

Life After the USCT

Isaac may have changed his name to Ford (the surname of his immediate family members) sometime between 1868 and 1870. In his Freedmen's Bank application, Isaac Seabrook listed his parents as Alfred and Katie, his wife as Lizzie, his son Richard Ford and brothers Simon Ford and George Ford.

The 1870 Census finds the following household in Beaufort, SC in 1870 [5]:

Ford, Isaac,  Age 24, Male, Black, Farmer, Born SC

Ford, Jane, Age 21, Female, Black, Keeping House, Born SC

Ford, Richard, Age [illegible, very faint], Male, Black, Born SC

Ford, Rose, Age 2, Female, Black, Born SC

Ford, Albert, Age 50, Male, Black, Farmer, Born SC

Ford, Katie, Age 50, Female, Black, Keeping House, Born SC

Ford, Simon, Age 22, Male, Black, Farm Labor, Born SC

Ford, George, Age [illegible, very faint], Male, Black, Farm Labor, Born SC

1880 Federal Census, Hilton Head, Beaufort, SC

In the 1880 Census, Beaufort, SC,  we see [6]:

Ford, Isaac, Black, Male, Age 37, Farm Laborer

Ford, Lizzie, Black, Female, 28, Farm Laborer

Ford, Richard, Black, Male, 13, Son, Farm Laborer

Ford, Rose, Black, Female, 11, Daughter, Keeping House

Ford, Romeo, Black, Male, 8, Son

Ford, James, Black, Male, 5, Son

Ford, Mary, Black, Female, 1, Daughter

Also in Beaufort in 1880 we find:

Ford, Alfred, Black, Male, 70, Farm Laborer

Ford, Katie, Black, Female, 69, Keeping House

Military Pension Index

That Isaac may have changed his name to Ford is further supported by a pension index record in the name of Isaac Seabrook alias Isaac Ford, for service in Company C, 21st USCT [7]:

Death Certificate, Hilton Head, Beaufort, SC

A death certificate for Isaac Ford may also support that hypothesis the Isaac changed his name to Ford. The certificate, below, states that Isaac Ford, Black, Male, Farmer died May 4, 1920. His parents are listed as Alfred Ford and Katie Ford, both born in SC [8].

We recall that Isaac Seabrook who served in C Company, 21st USCT, listed Alfred and Katie as his parents. His siblings were listed with the surname Ford, as was his son. If this is your family, the possibility of a name change is certainly worth looking into further.

References Cited

[1] and [2] National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 20th through 25th; Microfilm Serial: M1823; Microfilm Roll: 32

[3] U.S. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; database online, http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html, accessed 31 May, 2011.

[4] Ancestry.com. Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Micropublication M816, 27 rolls.

[5] Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1870; Census Place: Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1485; Page: 171A; Image: 345

[6] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: Hilton Head, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: 1221; Family History Film: 1255221; Page: 142A; Enumeration District: 46

[7] National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

[8] Ancestry.com. South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: South Carolina. South Carolina death records. Columbia, SC, USA: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

     The capture of Port Royal, South Carolina by Union forces in November 1861 set in motion a series of events which would lead to one of the largest social transformations in the history of the Lowcountry Southeast - the emancipation of ten thousand enslaved people on South Carolina's sea islands.  With its deep harbor and strategic location, Port Royal served as a Union stronghold from the time of its capture to the end of the Civil War.

     Port Royal was also the staging ground of the first African Americans mustered into the United States military: the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, which later became the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT). 

Above: Detail from "Dress parade of the 1st South Carolina [U.S.C.V.], Beaufort, S.C." Library of Congress Digital Print LC-USZ62-62492 No Known Restrictions on Publication

     In the years following the capture of Port Royal, more than 5,000 men from South Carolina served in the United States Colored Troops in six regiments organized there (21st, 33rd, 103rd, 104th and 128th USCT). Of these, the 33rd USCT is the best documented by surviving firsthand accounts. These accounts, digitized by Google Books, await you in the Lowcountry Africana SC Full-Text Reading Room. 

     Among the primary accounts of the 33rd USCT are Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commander of the 33rd USCT; Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1st S.C. Volunteers, by Susie Taylor King, wife of a soldier in the 33rd USCT; and "Letters of Dr. Seth Rogers, 1862-1863," written by the surgeon who served with the 33rd USCT from December 1862 to December 1863.

     Because these texts survive, we set out to rediscover genealogical records for the individuals who shaped the history of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, to bring their stories into focus and honor their service in fighting for those who were still enslaved.

Who Lived This History?

    Who were the men who served in the 33rd United States Colored Troops? Who were their family members? What are their stories? 

     Account records for the Freedmen's Bank are a rich source for family historians. They often record the account holder's place of birth, residence and occupation as well as the names of parents, spouse, children and siblings. The earliest Freedmen's Bank records may also record the company and regiment of USCT veterans. They are therefore a rich starting point for discovering the family history of USCT veterans. 

     Here, we present abstracts of those records (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     The records presented here are for those veterans whose Freedmen's Bank Records list the USCT company and regiment in which they served. For a complete list of those who served in the 33rd USCT, you can consult the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System website from the National Park Service.

Genealogy of the 33rd USCT

     Please read below to learn the story of the 33rd United States Colored Troops. To view abstracts of records for those who served in the 33rd USCT, please follow the links below:

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames A Through C

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames D Through F

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames G Through H

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames J Through L

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames M Through P

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames R Through S

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames T Through Z

History of the 33rd United States Colored Troops

     The morning of November 7, 1861 started quietly enough in the sea islands along Port Royal Sound in Lowcountry South Carolina. The harvest of sea island cotton was well underway and on this morning enslaved African Americans took to the fields to continue the harvest. But by 9:25 that morning, it became clear to those in and around Port Royal that this was no ordinary day.

     Fort Sumter had fallen to Union forces some 7 months earlier. Blockading Federal ships had occupied the South Carolina coastal waters since the fall of that fort. For more than a month, rumors had been circulating among Lowcountry planters that the United States Navy was preparing for an attack on a southern seaport. When the Federal blockade ships began to amass near Port Royal Sound, there soon was little doubt that the Navy's intended target was Port Royal and the sea islands surrounding it [1]. 

     At 9:25 on the morning of November 7, Federal ships approached Port Royal Sound. Confederate troops in the forts guarding the harbor opened fire upon the first vessel, and a heated battle ensued. Over the next several hours Federal gunboats rained explosives on the Confederate forts and received heavy fire in return. By 1:00 p.m., though, the Confederate forts were largely in ruins, their guns dismantled and destroyed. Confederate forces were compelled to retreat. The battle for Port Royal was ended.

Above: Detail from "Bombardment and Capture of Port Royal, SC 7 November 1861," Engraving by W. Ridgway after a drawing by C. Parsons, published by Virtue & Co., New York. Digitized by the U.S. Naval History Center, http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-u/unadilla.htm, accessed 6 Jan 2011.

Aftermath of the Fall

     The day's fighting had also set off a hurried exodus of planting families on Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Helena and Ladies Islands and the surrounding mainland. Evacuees took with them what they could transport - valuables and other personal possessions, some house servants. What they could not carry away were the most valuable of their possessions: sea island cotton plantations, with the crops and enslaved communities upon them. 

     By nightfall Confederate forces on the sea islands surrounding Port Royal were gone. Within a few days, Union forces occupied Port Royal, Hilton Head and Beaufort; strongholds they would occupy for the remainder of the Civil War. 

     For African Americans in and around Port Royal Sound, what began as a day like any other proved to be anything but. Isolated as the South Carolina sea islands were from life on the mainland, they were not so isolated that word of the coming battle had not reached enslaved populations. Nor were they too isolated for slaves to know that the coming of Union forces meant the opportunity for freedom. Many years later, Sam Mitchell, then a young slave of John Chaplin on Ladies Island, recalled hearing the guns and thinking them thunder until his mother explained that the sound was the Yankee, coming to give him freedom [3].   

    No doubt the enslaved people who knew of the impending invasion had carefully planned how they would respond. Some of the planters who fled in advance of the landing of Union troops attempted to compel enslaved communities to evacuate with them. While some succeeded, the majority failed, in many cases because slaves took to the woods rather than obey orders to gather for evacuation. By nightfall on November 7, 1861, thousands of African Americans were the sole inhabitants of the plantations where they had formerly been enslaved.

     For those who remained, life on the sea islands around Port Royal was forever changed. In the days following the capture of Port Royal, some 5,000 African Americans formerly enslaved in South Carolina volunteered to serve in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) to fight for the freedom of those still enslaved [4].

Beginnings of the U.S. Colored Troops in South Carolina

     The first attempt to organize African American troops in South Carolina was made by Major General David Hunter, who took command of Union forces in the Department of the South in March of 1862, four months after the fall of Port Royal. Hunter, an avowed abolitionist and independent thinker, took charge of the forces at Port Royal at a time when the status of formerly enslaved African Americans there was still quite ambiguous.

     Within two weeks of assuming command Hunter quietly declared certain of the former slaves in the district free. A month later Hunter issued a proclamation declaring all of the slaves in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida free. He commenced recruiting on the plantations for men to serve as United States troops. In May, when the response proved less than he had hoped for, Hunter issued an order that all able-bodied African American men between the ages of 18 and 45 were to be sent to Hilton Head. Some 500 African American men were conscripted on that day [5]. 

     Support from Washington for Hunter's order was not forthcoming, however. Within two weeks President Abraham Lincoln countermanded Hunter's emancipation order, reserving for himself the right to free enslaved African Americans. Nor would Hunter's actions in organizing an African American military regiment receive political support or official recognition. When a Congressman from Kentucky inquired if it was true that a regiment of fugitive slaves had been organized in Port Royal, Hunter responded by stating that his soldiers were not fugitive slaves, they were former slaves whose late masters were "fugitive rebels." In organizing the troops, Hunter stated, he had broadly interpreted orders to "employ all loyal persons offering their services in defense of the Union." 

     Hunter's attempts to have the troops recognized as soldiers were not successful. By August, faced with a lack of  political support and unable to obtain pay for the men, Hunter disbanded the regiment and sent all but 100 troops home. The company of 100 men who remained was placed on guard duty at St. Simons Island [6].

1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry

     Scarcely two weeks later the President changed his mind and authorized the raising of African American troops. General Rufus Saxton, who had arrived at Port Royal as Hunter's subordinate in April of 1862, was authorized to "arm, equip and receive into the service of the United States such volunteers of African descent as you may deem expedient, not exceeding five thousand." The first full regiment was mustered in in early November of 1862 as the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry. The 100 men who had remained at St. Simons Island became Company A, 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, with Captain Charles T. Trowbridge in command. That same month, the troops were engaged in an expedition along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, destroying Confederate saltworks, taking prisoners and carrying off slaves and property [7].  

     Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, an abolitionist, was offered command of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry regiment. He arrived in December of 1862. Once he settled in camp he commenced a journal of his experiences which survives today as a rich firsthand account of the first colored troops organized in South Carolina. 

     Higginson headquartered his troops on the Old Fort plantation of J.J. Smith, so named because of its location on the site where the French had erected a fort in the 16th Century. It was there that a grand celebration was held on New Year's Day of 1863. The regiment had received two stand of colors which were to be presented, but the day's focal point was the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. The status of those formerly enslaved at Port Royal was no longer ambiguous. Although they had lived as free since the capture of Port Royal, on January 1, 1863 they were offically declared free [8].

     In his journal, Higginson described a deeply touching moment when the colors were presented. From out of the assembled crowd came a lone male voice in song: "My Country 't is of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty, of Thee I Sing." This spontaneous celebration was soon joined in by others in the crowd. Higginson described the moment:

I never saw anything so electric. It made all other words cheap. It seemed the choked voice of a race at last unloosed. Nothing could be more wonderfully unconscious; art could not have dreamed of a tribute to the day of jubilee that should be so affecting; history will not believe it and when I came to speak of it after it was ended tears were everywhere [9].

Military Expeditions

     After the festive New Year's Day celebration, Higginson wasted little time in placing his troops in the field. From January 23 to February 1, 1863, the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry was on expedition from Beaufort up the St. Mary's River, which forms the boundary between Georgia and Florida. The goal was to surprise a Confederate encampment and capture much-needed lumber stores. Acting as guide on this expedition was Corporal Robert Sutton, who had made his escape to Union lines down that very river.

     A skirmish developed as the 1st South Carolina was intercepted by a Confederate patrol before reaching the encampment. Private William Parsons of Company G, standing near Higginson, was killed instantly in the opening volley. Several men were wounded, including Corporal Sutton who received three wounds [10].

     By March, the regiment was dispatched to Jacksonville, Florida with orders to occupy Jacksonville and entrench themselves there. Higginson was to "carry the proclamation of freedom to the enslaved; to call all loyal men into the service of the United States; to occupy as much of the state of Florida as possible with the forces under you command; and to neglect no means consistent with the usages of civilized warfare to weaken, harass, and annoy those who are in rebellion against the Government of the United States [11]."  In this endeavor they were successful, occupying and holding Jacksonville until March 31, when they were recalled to Beaufort.

   July 9-11, 1863 the troops made an expedition up the Edisto River where, despite navigation difficulties and a heated skirmish, they succeeded in bringing away many enslaved men, women and children who rushed to meet the Union boats. Companies "E" and "K" participated in an expedition to Pocotaligo, South Carolina in November of 1863. In February of 1864 the regiment made an expedition to Jacksonville, Florida. In January of 1864, the regiment was moved to Hilton Head.

1st SC Volunteer Infantry to 33rd United States Colored Troops

     On February 8, 1864, the designation 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry was changed and the troops became the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT). 

     In June of 1864, the regiment was ordered to Folly Island until after the siege of Charleston. The troops participated in the battle of Honey Hill and the capture of a fort on James Island, where they sustained casualties [12].  During its last year of service, from February 1865 to February 1866, the regiment was employed in provost and picket duty. The 33rd USCT regiment was mustered out at Fort Wagner on February 9, 1866. 

References Cited:    

[1] Rose, Willie Lee. 1964 Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment. Athens: University of Georgia Press, pp. 11-13.

[2]  "The Battle of Port Royal,"  The Macon Telegraph, 13 Nov 1861, In Historical Newspaper Collection, GenealogyBank.com, http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/, Accessed 6 Jan 2011.

[3] Account of Sam Mitchell, Slave Narrative Collection (WPA Federal Writers' Project), XIV, Part II, 202-203, quoted in Rose, Willie Lee. 1964 Rehearsal for Reconstruction: The Port Royal Experiment. Athens: University of Georgia Press, p 12.

[4] Gourdin, J. Raymond. 1997 104th Infantry Regiment, USCT: Colored Civil War Soldiers from South Carolina. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., p. ix.

[5] Rose 1964, pp. 141-146.

[6] Rose 1964, pp. 189-193.

[7] Rose 1964, pp. 194-196.

[8] Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. 1870 Army Life In a Black Regiment. Boston: Fields, Osgood and Company. Original from Oxford University, Digitized by Google Books 22 May 2007. Read this book in the SC Full-Text Reading Room

[9] Higginson 1870, p. 41.

[10] Higginson 1870, pp. 75-77.

[11] Higginson 1870, p. 99.

[12] Higginson 1870, pp. 264-265.

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Philip Adams, Company D 33rd USCT

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Joseph Aiken, Company C 33rd USCT

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Adam Allston Company F 33rd USCT

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Clifford Anderson, Company D 33rd USCT 

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Edward Atkins, Company E 33rd USCT

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Fortune Baker, Company H 33rd USCT 

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Henry Baker, Company A 33rd USCT

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Thomas Banks, Company D 33

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Daniel Bird, Company C 33rd USCT

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Cato Brown, Company B 33rd USCT

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Isaiah Brown, Company D 33rd USCT

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J. H. Brown, Company F 33rd USCT 

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Thomas Brown, Company C 33rd USCT

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Henry Brush, Company H 33rd USCT

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Frank Bryan, Company C 33rd USCT

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August Burke, Company A 33rd USCT

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York Campbell, Company D 33rd USCT

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Parson Campbell, Company D 33rd USCT

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June Chaplin, Company B 33rd USCT

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Peter Chisholm, Company F 33rd USCT

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Philip Clement, Company D 33rd USCT

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Edmund Cloud, Company F 33rd USCT

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Samuel Coen, Company B 33rd USCT

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James Coyle, Company B 33rd USCT

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Nero Crawford, Company B 33rd USCT

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Sampson Cuthbert, Company D 33rd USCT

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Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289. 

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames D Through F

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Cuffee Day, Company A 33rd USCT

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Robert Dingle aka Robert Dingley, Company H 33rd USCT

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Middleton Edwards, Company D 33rd USCT

Enlisted at Camp Saxton SC 6 Mar 1863

Age at Enlistment: 18

Where Born: Beaufort SC

Occupation: Groom

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Acct: 2877 Charles Floyd, Company E 33rd USCT

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Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289. 

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames G Through H

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Benjamin Gardiner, Company B 33rd USCT

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John Gardiner, Company B 33rd USCT

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Stephen Geddis, Company B 33rd USCT 

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Andrew General, Company C 33rd USCT

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Robert Goodwin, Company B 33rd USCT 

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Green Gordon, Company B 33rd USCT

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Ansel Graham, Company C 33rd USCT

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James Grant, Company B 33rd USCT

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James Grant, Company K 33rd USCT

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William Grant, Company C 33rd USCT

Daniel Grayson, Company B 33rd USCT  

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Edmund Green, Company B 33rd USCT

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Jackson Green, Company K 33rd USCT 

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Joseph Green, Company  B 33rd USCT

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Moses Green, Company D 33rd USCT

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Quaker Green, Company E 33rd USCT

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Frank Hagans, Company C 33rd USCT 

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Ansel Haggard aka Ansel Hazzard, Company E 33rd USCT

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Joseph Haines, Company B 33rd USCT

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Nathan Haines, Company B 33rd USCT

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Abram Hamilton, Company H 33rd USCT

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Willam Happy, Company F 33rd USCT

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Luke Harris, Company H 33rd USCT

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James Haynes, Company E 33rd USCT

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Able Hewitt, Company A 33rd USCT

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John Hibbard, Company D 33rd USCT

Richard Howard, Company C 33rd USCT

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Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289. 

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames J Through L

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Jimmy Jenkins, Company D 33rd USCT 

Isaac Jenkins, Company F 33rd USCT

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Abraham Johnson, Company  F 33rd USCT

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Caesar Johnson, Company D 33rd USCT

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Peter Johnson, Company D 33rd USCT

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Titus Johnson, Company A 33rd USCT

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Marcus Jones, Company H 33rd USCT

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Clarence Kennon, Company E 33rd USCT

Paul King, Company E 33rd USCT

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Pompey King, Company E 33rd USCT

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William Lee, Company D 33rd USCT

Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289. 

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames M Through P

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Sam Mack, Company F 33rd USCT

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Samuel Mark, Company C 33rd USCT

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Ward Markham, Company K 33rd USCT

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Alex Maxwell Co H 33rd USCT

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Wm. H. McGill, Company C 33rd USCT

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Daniel Middleton, Company F 33rd USCT

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Gordon Middleton, Company F 33rd USCT

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Isaac Moody, Company C 33rd USCT

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Samuel Morse, Company I 33rd USCT 

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Andrew Perry, Company A 33rd USCT

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Albert Phelps, Company K 33rd USCT

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B W Phoenix, Company K 33rd USCT 

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Hector Powell, Company E 33rd USCT

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Frederick Proctor, Company B 33rd USCT

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Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289. 

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames R Through S

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Jacob Reilly aka Jacob Riley, Company B 33rd USCT

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Joseph Richardson, Company F 33rd USCT

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Benjamin Rivers, Company C 33rd USCT

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Prince Roberson, Company C 33rd USCT

Hamilton Robinson, Company E 33rd USCT

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Richard Robinson, Company B 33rd USCT

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Richard Scott, Company C 33rd USCT

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Rodwell Scott, Company A 33rd USCT

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Isaac Scribbens, Company K 33rd USCT

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London Simmons, Company K 33rd USCT 

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Mingo Simmons, Company F 33rd USCT

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Dick Simmons, Company D 33rd USCT 

Toney Singleton, Company B 33rd USCT

Lunnon Small, Company D 33rd USCT 

Peter Small, Company F 33rd USCT

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Joseph Smith, Company F 33rd USCT

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Benjamin Snooks, Company D 33rd USCT

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James Steward, Company H 33rd USCT

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Monday Stewart, Company B 33rd USCT 

Bram Strobert, Company C 33rd USCT

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Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289. 

Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames T Through Z

     This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free collection Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874 at FamilySearch.org), then layer on abstracts of military records digitized at Footnote.com from two collections, Civil War Soldiers – Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry and Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index. If you find an ancestor here, there are many more records waiting for you on Footnote.com, within the two subscription collections listed above.

     Please scroll to the bottom of the page for source citations for these records. Happy Ancestor Hunting from the crew at Lowcountry Africana!

Charles Talbot, Company B 33rd USCT

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Douglas Taylor, Company F 33rd USCT 

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Quamley Thompson aka Quamley Thomson, Company A 33rd USCT

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Thomas Vanilla, Company B 33rd USCT

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Bristo Washington, Company D 33rd USCT 

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Cato Washington, Company A 33rd USCT

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Robert Washington, Company E 33rd USCT

Titus Washington, Company A 33rd USCT

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Leon Watkins, Company E 33rd USCT

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Aaron Watson, Company F 33rd USCT

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Samuel Webb, Company B 33rd USCT

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Gaubner White, Company B 33rd USCT 

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James White, Company C 33rd USCT

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Charles Whiters, Company B 33rd USCT

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Morris Williams, Company A 33rd USCT

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Charles Winkison aka Charles Winkerson, Company E 33rd USCT

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Sandy Wright, Company E 33rd USCT

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Source Citations:

Freedmen's Bank Records: 

"Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874," database, FamilySearch.org, from Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, 1865–1874.

Civil War Service Records:

"Civil War Soldiers - Union, Colored Troops 31st to 35th Infantry," database, Footnote.com, from Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 31st through 35th, NARA M1992.

Civil War Pension Records:

"Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index," database, Footnote.com, from Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, NARA T289.