Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. G, 45th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry
Drafted in Pittsburgh PA on 14 Jun 1864 but failed to report. Arrested in Pittsburgh on 29 Jul 1864, he was forced to muster in the day of arrest and charged $37.34 for cost of arrest and transportation. Provost marshal for Pennsylvania's 22nd District recommended he not be court-martialed because "circumstances in his case are very mitigating." (Those circumstances not detailed in his Compiled Military Service Records.) Promoted to Sergeant on 3 Aug 1864; reduced to ranks on 20 Sep 1864; detached as a Teamster to Quartermaster department, 25th Army Corps, on 20 Dec 1864; honorably discharged with company at Brownsville TX on 4 Nov 1865.
Private, Co. G, 45th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry
Drafted in Pittsburgh PA on 14 Jun 1864 but failed to report. Arrested in Pittsburgh on 29 Jul 1864, he was forced to muster in the day of arrest and charged $37.34 for cost of arrest and transportation. Provost marshal for Pennsylvania's 22nd District recommended he not be court-martialed because "circumstances in his case are very mitigating." (Those circumstances not detailed in his Compiled Military Service Records.) Promoted to Sergeant on 3 Aug 1864; reduced to ranks on 20 Sep 1864; detached as a Teamster to Quartermaster department, 25th Army Corps, on 20 Dec 1864; honorably discharged with company at Brownsville TX on 4 Nov 1865.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. G, 45th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry
Drafted in Pittsburgh PA on 14 Jun 1864 but failed to report. Arrested in Pittsburgh on 29 Jul 1864, he was forced to muster in the day of arrest and charged $37.34 for cost of arrest and transportation. Provost marshal for Pennsylvania's 22nd District recommended he not be court-martialed because "circumstances in his case are very mitigating." (Those circumstances not detailed in his Compiled Military Service Records.) Promoted to Sergeant on 3 Aug 1864; reduced to ranks on 20 Sep 1864; detached as a Teamster to Quartermaster department, 25th Army Corps, on 20 Dec 1864; honorably discharged with company at Brownsville TX on 4 Nov 1865.
Private, Co. G, 45th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry
Drafted in Pittsburgh PA on 14 Jun 1864 but failed to report. Arrested in Pittsburgh on 29 Jul 1864, he was forced to muster in the day of arrest and charged $37.34 for cost of arrest and transportation. Provost marshal for Pennsylvania's 22nd District recommended he not be court-martialed because "circumstances in his case are very mitigating." (Those circumstances not detailed in his Compiled Military Service Records.) Promoted to Sergeant on 3 Aug 1864; reduced to ranks on 20 Sep 1864; detached as a Teamster to Quartermaster department, 25th Army Corps, on 20 Dec 1864; honorably discharged with company at Brownsville TX on 4 Nov 1865.
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