Toussaint L'Ouverture Delaney was born in 1848 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Catherine A. Richards and Dr. Martin Robinson Delany, one of the first three African Americans to be admitted to Harvard Medical School.
He was a Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States to enlist men of color during the Civil War. He enlisted on 27 March 1863 from Chatham, Ontario, Canada. He was about 18 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted. In the chaos following the Battle of Olustee on 20 February 1864 in Baker County, Florida, he was initially reported as Missing in Action. Thankfully, this report was in error. He mustered out on 20 August 1865 with his regiment.
After the war, he was a teacher in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
He was married twice: first to Allice in about 1880 and re-married to Jennie about 1898. Jennie brought to the marriage a young boy named Eugene Smith who was either her son or nephew. The couple raised him and he took on the name Delaney.
Ongoing collaborative research on Private Delaney can be found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Delany-152
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Contributed by Gail Black (ID 46916450) (thank you, Gail!):
Pvt. Delaney was killed in action at Jacksonville, Florida. Burial information not noted.
CO. D. 54th MASS INF USCT
d. 20 February 1864
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The above record must've been a misreport? Private Delaney survived the war and passed away in 1903. No mention of death while in service in the 54th roster or current genealogical research.
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To read more about the 54th Massachusetts:
Now or Never! by Ray Anthony Shepard
He was a Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States to enlist men of color during the Civil War. He enlisted on 27 March 1863 from Chatham, Ontario, Canada. He was about 18 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted. In the chaos following the Battle of Olustee on 20 February 1864 in Baker County, Florida, he was initially reported as Missing in Action. Thankfully, this report was in error. He mustered out on 20 August 1865 with his regiment.
After the war, he was a teacher in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
He was married twice: first to Allice in about 1880 and re-married to Jennie about 1898. Jennie brought to the marriage a young boy named Eugene Smith who was either her son or nephew. The couple raised him and he took on the name Delaney.
Ongoing collaborative research on Private Delaney can be found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Delany-152
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Contributed by Gail Black (ID 46916450) (thank you, Gail!):
Pvt. Delaney was killed in action at Jacksonville, Florida. Burial information not noted.
CO. D. 54th MASS INF USCT
d. 20 February 1864
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The above record must've been a misreport? Private Delaney survived the war and passed away in 1903. No mention of death while in service in the 54th roster or current genealogical research.
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To read more about the 54th Massachusetts:
Now or Never! by Ray Anthony Shepard
Toussaint L'Ouverture Delaney was born in 1848 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Catherine A. Richards and Dr. Martin Robinson Delany, one of the first three African Americans to be admitted to Harvard Medical School.
He was a Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States to enlist men of color during the Civil War. He enlisted on 27 March 1863 from Chatham, Ontario, Canada. He was about 18 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted. In the chaos following the Battle of Olustee on 20 February 1864 in Baker County, Florida, he was initially reported as Missing in Action. Thankfully, this report was in error. He mustered out on 20 August 1865 with his regiment.
After the war, he was a teacher in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
He was married twice: first to Allice in about 1880 and re-married to Jennie about 1898. Jennie brought to the marriage a young boy named Eugene Smith who was either her son or nephew. The couple raised him and he took on the name Delaney.
Ongoing collaborative research on Private Delaney can be found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Delany-152
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Contributed by Gail Black (ID 46916450) (thank you, Gail!):
Pvt. Delaney was killed in action at Jacksonville, Florida. Burial information not noted.
CO. D. 54th MASS INF USCT
d. 20 February 1864
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The above record must've been a misreport? Private Delaney survived the war and passed away in 1903. No mention of death while in service in the 54th roster or current genealogical research.
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To read more about the 54th Massachusetts:
Now or Never! by Ray Anthony Shepard
He was a Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States to enlist men of color during the Civil War. He enlisted on 27 March 1863 from Chatham, Ontario, Canada. He was about 18 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted. In the chaos following the Battle of Olustee on 20 February 1864 in Baker County, Florida, he was initially reported as Missing in Action. Thankfully, this report was in error. He mustered out on 20 August 1865 with his regiment.
After the war, he was a teacher in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
He was married twice: first to Allice in about 1880 and re-married to Jennie about 1898. Jennie brought to the marriage a young boy named Eugene Smith who was either her son or nephew. The couple raised him and he took on the name Delaney.
Ongoing collaborative research on Private Delaney can be found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Delany-152
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Contributed by Gail Black (ID 46916450) (thank you, Gail!):
Pvt. Delaney was killed in action at Jacksonville, Florida. Burial information not noted.
CO. D. 54th MASS INF USCT
d. 20 February 1864
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The above record must've been a misreport? Private Delaney survived the war and passed away in 1903. No mention of death while in service in the 54th roster or current genealogical research.
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To read more about the 54th Massachusetts:
Now or Never! by Ray Anthony Shepard
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