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Pvt Charles Pryor

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Pvt Charles Pryor

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
10 Feb 1865 (aged 45–46)
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
6- Row 0 Grave #3793, Buried February 10, 1865.
Memorial ID
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Charles Pryor was a private in the 83rd United States Colored Infantry company G. Enlisted; Sept. 20, 1863. Died from chronic diarrhea.
He is listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC. His plaque No. is C-89.

The 83rd Regiment Infantry (New)was organized from 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry December 13, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to January, 1865. Colored Brigade, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to October, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Smith, Ark., until January, 1865. Moved to Little Rock, Ark., January 15-February 4, and duty there until August. Moved to Camden, Ark., August 1-10, and duty there until October 9. Mustered out October 9, 1865. Discharged at Leavenworth, Kansas, November 27, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 32 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 211 Enlisted men by disease. Total 245.

From Angela Walton-Raji and Tonia Holleman who are documenting USCT headstones and cemeteries in Arkansas and parts of Oklahoma.
Charles Pryor was a private in the 83rd United States Colored Infantry company G. Enlisted; Sept. 20, 1863. Died from chronic diarrhea.
He is listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC. His plaque No. is C-89.

The 83rd Regiment Infantry (New)was organized from 2nd Kansas Colored Infantry December 13, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to January, 1865. Colored Brigade, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to October, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Smith, Ark., until January, 1865. Moved to Little Rock, Ark., January 15-February 4, and duty there until August. Moved to Camden, Ark., August 1-10, and duty there until October 9. Mustered out October 9, 1865. Discharged at Leavenworth, Kansas, November 27, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 32 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 211 Enlisted men by disease. Total 245.

From Angela Walton-Raji and Tonia Holleman who are documenting USCT headstones and cemeteries in Arkansas and parts of Oklahoma.

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